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I came across this black-and-white, dark-and-light prose poem today and kind of liked it. Maybe you will too.
"People are unreasonable, illogical 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 person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway." - Anonymous
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Monday, March 22, 2010
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Although I like this poem, I would like to add that I would not stick to the believes it describes. But then again, maybe that is the intention of this poem. Show people to do and feel good, and get rid of the old believes that others are 'evil'.
ReplyDeleteI think the poem is kind of saying that we should not be constrained by outside influences. We should just indulge our highest impulses for good and explore the best that we can be, without expectation.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, as you say, Patrick, it is also about leading by example - showing people how to do good and be good, perhaps, thereby inspiring them to explore new states of being themselves.