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kevin Site Admin
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Posted: December 6, 2005 4:37 PM Post subject: the paradoxical commandments |
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i was reminded of these by a recent entry on nita's blog; mother teresa also thought they were worth posting in her children's home in calcutta:
The Paradoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, 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 men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
by Dr. Kent M. Keith _________________
keep choosing life!
kevin
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Kissimee
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Posted: December 6, 2005 4:40 PM Post subject: |
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Love it! Thanks Kevin! _________________
I can NOT control the addiction because if I could, it would NOT be an addiction...BUT I can control ME, the addict.
~Tracy
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marw
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Posted: December 6, 2005 11:36 PM Post subject: |
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Those are GOOD. Kevin. And I never heard them before! Thanks for posting them. _________________
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kannprint
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Posted: December 7, 2005 7:06 PM Post subject: |
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Thanks, Kevin. Sure makes one stop and think; they're so true. _________________
LIVE WELL, LAUGH OFTEN, LOVE MUCH.
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Barbara K.
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Posted: December 11, 2005 11:53 AM Post subject: |
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Hi Kevin,
Thank you for posting this. I am going to save it and try to read it often.
Blessings, _________________
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn arouind and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Blessings,
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alleghany
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Posted: December 12, 2005 8:54 AM Post subject: |
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Much needed today! Thank you for posting. _________________
Face your fears.
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mtwilsonranch
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Posted: December 13, 2005 6:50 PM Post subject: |
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Never saw this before, so glad you posted this.......
Very inspiring and true
Pam _________________
Right Now, this minute, this hour, this day, I choose not to feed my addiction.... |
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