The first time I listened to Mother Teresa's poem Anyway, it was a few years ago, and I liked it very much at that time, inexplicably.
Later, when I am confused about my life, I will take it out and read it. It feels like I have been filled up, especially for my life!
Today, I thought of this poem when I was taking "Courage to Be Disliked", and I got new insights from the separation of topics, empathy, philosophical attitude, contribution and trust of others.
I went to feel Mother Teresa again, and the inner peace, peace and beauty gave people strength. There is a feeling of being purified.
Original | Mother Teresa's poem Anyway
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered；;
People are unreasonable, fallacious and self-centered,
Love them anyway.
Love them anyway;
If you are kind，people may accuse you of selfish，ulterior motives；
If you are friendly, people will accuse you of selfish and ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
Be friendly anyway;
If you are successful，you will win some false friends and some true enemies；
If you succeed, you will be surrounded by fake friends and real enemies,
Succeed anyway.
Be successful anyway;
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow；
The good you have done will be forgotten tomorrow,
Do good anyway.
Do good anyway;
If you are honest and frank，people may cheat you；
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable to deception and injury,
Be honest and frank anyway.
Be honest and frank anyway;
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Everyone will sympathize with the weak, but only follow the winners.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
Anyway, we should fight for some weak people.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight；
What you have spent years building may be destroyed,
Build anyway.
Build anyway;
If you find serenity and happiness，they may be jealous；
If you find peace and happiness, people may be jealous of you.
Be happy anyway.
Be happy anyway;
people really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
People really need help, but if you help them, they may be attacked.
Help people anyway.
Help anyway;
Give the world the best you have，And it may never be enough；
It may never be enough to give the world the best you have.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
Give the best anyway!
You see，in the final analysis，it is between you and God； It is never between you and them anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God, and it is by no means between you and others.
——Mother Teresa