Mother Teresa’s Poem –The Final Analysis
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 may
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 all
between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.”