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 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.
These are the words of Mother Teresa engraved in Calcutta for her “kids.” I have found them as a comfort and encouragement lately and thought I would share them with you as well.
I know that it has been quite some time since I have truly posted and I apologize for that. I am hopeful that next week when we have our debrief time, that I will be near internet consistently for a few days and can get some more blogs out to you. A lot has been happening on this side of the world and for a lot of the day to day stuff we have been doing, you will probably want to take a gander at some of my team members blogs. I’d encourage you to do so because there are some pretty cool things going on. As of now, I don’t have much time to post this or others so I will have to write out some more at another time to fill you in on everything. Needless to say, this year will best be told in 20/20 once I have returned and in your presence. However, I want to give you some more snapshots soon so please bear with me.
The last few months have been quite interesting and I have been thrust into another growth spurt of awkwardness of heart as I’ trying to reach past myself and my desires, expectations and hopes to grasp on to a hope that what He has for me is better…even if I won’t be able to see it for some time if at all. Much of my life in these past months has felt like a series of waiting periods which has been challenging for me. Either way God is faithful and He is good and I rest in that and know it is true. I also know that my heart is good and I’m very often well-intentioned. Other than that, I’m not quite sure what my future holds…not even tonight or some of tomorrow. I’m learning to trust and walk day by day and the word “balance” that my good friend Dave Brown mentioned at the start of the race seems like the goal to walking steadily and steadfastly. I hope to write much to you soon and know that you are often thought of and prayed for. You are loved greatly and appreciated much. I will leave you with one more thing Mother Teresa said…
Life is a promise; fulfill it.
