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 may 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;
Be 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 all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
-The Final analysis is a version of the Paradoxical Commandments by Kent M. Keith
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It is true, our decisions and what we choose to do is between God and ourselves. He is our Judge. What though does God require of those who want to please him? Surely, one thing is to conquer evil with good, no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. (Romans 12:21)
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