Do It Anyway

Dedicated to our big-hearted friends in the sport...
A very special poem called:

"Do It Anyway"

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.

This poem is engraved on the wall of the Home for Children in Calcutta.
It is thought to have been written there by Mother Theresa.

There is now some opinion that it was written by Keith Kent as the "Paradoxical Commandments". That poem is similar to this one but there are many differences.

as ever, Happy Training & remember...It's About Love!