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.