This is my favourite thought. One of my very favourites.
I do not know whether it truly belongs to Mother Teresa or is only attributed to her, but for me it captures the true essence of spiritual intelligence.
If a person lives what is expressed in it, they will no longer feel like a powerless victim of life’s circumstances.
People are often unreasonable and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you.
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
— Mother Teresa of Calcutta
