"Between You And God" Poem

Being as it is mid-terms week, I am finding it difficult to have time to spend a lot of time on this. . However, i would like to share one of my favorite quotes with you. I guess it is technically more of a poem than a quote, but however you want to look at it is fine. It's accredited to Mother Teresa because it was written on the wall of her children's home in India:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, 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 unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.

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I think it is a very uplifting peice. As human beings we often become overwhelmed by what others think of us. We allow others to judge us and let it affect us. As college students, I feel that often times what we put hours of effort into can be easily overlooked by professors, parents, and especially our peers. This can be very frustrating and disapointing. If we instead look for satisfaction from within ourselves and work hard to please ourselves and God than we will feel much more rewarded for our efforts.

Good luck to everyone else out there with tests to study for. I'll try and write again later this week, but if i disapear for a bit, you know it's into my room to study...