WHAT DID MOTHER TERESA SAY ABOUT KINDNESS?

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”

MOTHER TERESA’S ‘DO IT ANYWAY’ POEM:

(The verses below reportedly were written on the wall of Mother Teresa’s home for children in Calcutta, India, and are widely attributed to her. They seem to be based on a composition originally by Kent Keith.)

DO IT ANYWAY

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 end, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.

“Don’t forget to be kind to those who are kind to you. However, if some are being mean, be kind to them nonetheless, as that is who you are.” -Anonymous