Monday, June 22, 2009

Do it anyway

You have perhaps read this quote from Bl. Theresa of Calcutta before. It was recently posted on Unschooling Catholics, and I've been thinking about its truthful conclusion quite a bit these last few days:

People are often unreliable, irrational 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 true enemies; succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway. What you spend your years building, someone may destroy overnight; build it 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. -- Mother Teresa

When I think about living my life and making my choices with an eye to the fact that what I choose and what I do and who I am are ultimately between myself and God, it helps me tremendously by freeing me from a lot of second-guessing.

1 comment:

Suzanne said...

Amen, sister(s)!!