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18 April 2012

The Paradoxical Commandments


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

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

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

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

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.

Excerpt from "Anyway - The Paradoxical Commandments: Finding Personal Meaning in a Crazy World", Kent M. Keith (G. P. Putnam's Sons, c. 1968, rev. 2002)

1 comment:

The Good Tale said...

I invite you to hear the true word of God.
Satan has deceived the whole world Rev 12:9 until a woman delivers the true word to the world Rev 12:5, Rev 12:13 from the wilderness Rev 12:6. The true word proves by the word of God that not one child of God will be put in a hell fire no matter what their sins whether they repent in this life or not. It never entered the heart or mind of God to ever do such a thing Jer 7:31, Jer 19:5 to his children. The world has been worshipping the god of hate, murder and revenge. Prove all things.
http://thegoodtale.blogspot.com/2012/01/power-of-god.html