Anyway

When the going gets tough the wonderful poem - Anyway - comes to mind. Anyway was found on hanging in Mother Teresa's room and for many years the author was anonymous. The original author however was Dr. Kent M. Keith and I found his book purely by chance. The following words have inspired, uplifted and helped me often keep going.

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith
website: http://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/index.html


People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001