There is this poster I hang at my work desk to constantly remind me to DO GOOD ANYWAY despite of all negative circumstances!
Not sure if you have read it, but it does comfort me from time to time and give me the strength to move on! The first step is always difficult, I mean how to love someone who has been nasty and cruel to you? They give you this urge to slap them left and right! Anyway, anyway…just do good anyway! If you sew sow kindness, you will reap kindness. You sow time, you reap time. You sow love, you reap love. Likewise, you sow hatred, you’re most likely reaping hatred. You reap what you sow my dear! Enjoy reading this piece and hope that encourages you!
The Paradoxical Commandments
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 Dr. Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001
Dear Father in Heaven, who is the God of all comfort, pour your peace and strength into many hearts. Let not the storms of life overtake them. Though they are beaten down and utterly discouraged, their souls are fainted within. Their sorrows are greater than what they can bear.They are too weak for the burden laid upon them. I pray to you dear God, send them the comfort of your help.
