Do It Anyway

- Mother Teresa Poem

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;

forgive them anyway.

If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;

succeed anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable;

be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight

build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, there may be jealousy;

be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;

it was never between you and them anyway.