My mom, Lois Bernice Miller, ran for Mayor of Bolivar, TN and used this poem on her
Get Out The Vote card (GOTV). I wanted to share it with you here:
Anyway
People are unreasonable illogical 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
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable
Be honest and frank anyway
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow
Do good anyway
The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds
Think big anyway
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs
Fight for some underdogs anyway
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight
Build anyway
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth
Give the world the best you've got anyway
(Attributed to Mother Teresa)
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