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kevin
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PostPosted: December 6, 2005 4:37 PM    Post subject: the paradoxical commandments Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: December 6, 2005 4:40 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love it! Thanks Kevin!
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PostPosted: December 6, 2005 11:36 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those are GOOD. Kevin. And I never heard them before! Thanks for posting them. Smile
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PostPosted: December 7, 2005 7:06 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Kevin. Sure makes one stop and think; they're so true.
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PostPosted: December 11, 2005 11:53 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Hi Kevin,

Thank you for posting this. I am going to save it and try to read it often.

Blessings,
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PostPosted: December 12, 2005 8:54 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Much needed today! Thank you for posting. Cool
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PostPosted: December 13, 2005 6:50 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never saw this before, so glad you posted this.......

Very inspiring and true

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