Maybe it's because I'm back on the graveyard shift after a week's vacation with a normal schedule. Maybe it's because I'm getting over a nasty cold. Maybe it's because my closest friends are dealing with cancer, paternal death, marital struggles, layoffs, and preschool discipline. Or maybe it's because yet again, I have failed at playing God.
No matter what I do, I cannot love enough to fix everything. Even when something works out beautifully on paper, the erratic emotions of human nature may build high walls that refuse to be torn down. I cannot tear them down with cookies, or kisses, or even frank discussion. At the end of the day, I am powerless in the face of free will.
However, I find peace in knowing that something greater is waiting. Even when our worst fears are realized, we will be taken care of. We will persevere. We will be alright.
"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 could 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 between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway."
~*Mother Teresa
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