My Buddhist teacher gave this to me many years ago. It’s been something I’ve held onto ever since. Important wisdom to live by I think.
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you.
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.
It never was between you and them anyway”.
– Mother Teresa
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Beautiful! Love the poem with the sunset photos. I needed to hear that today 🙂
So glad it was something you could use today! 🙂
Just reading this for the first time (though it’s been here for probably awhile) and I LOVE IT! I have a journal for which I write down quotes, scriptures that I like, or just thoughts I’m having and this one is definitely going in it for me to read again and again. Especially when I am having a troubled time, all I have to do is read this and get back to prespective and feel better! Thank you for this post for it has touched me especially coming from Mother Terisa.
I’m glad you found it, Cindy. It’s been very helpful to me over the years…