ANYWAY DAY WITH RENEE
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 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 God; It was never between you and them anyway.
Associated with Mother Teresa, adapted from The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent Keith (1968)
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 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 God; It was never between you and them anyway.
Associated with Mother Teresa, adapted from The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent Keith (1968)
posted by The Adventures of Jump Ahead Jane & Captain Surly at 7:21 PM
4 Comments:
That is great...what is with the title? Did Renee do something??
For the last few days we have been walking a very fine line between good Samaritan, random acts of kindness toward her and becoming completely sucked into her sea of dysfunction....
We've just done a whole, whole lot for her lately and she called to yell at me last night, again last night and this morning for telling Jonathan she's been having a hard time.
I made this post because I sometimes have to remind myself that when people like her don't appreciate what you do for them....that doesn't mean you should stop doing things for them....
At the same time - it's hard to keep your own priorities in check when you are dealing with someone who needs so much.
I think dealing with Renee could very easly be 2 full time jobs.
that is great of you guys...sorry she is being difficult. At least you see the positive side to it.
saw tarnation last night...it killed me, everything about it...just beautiful.
jonathan looks so familiar, also.
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