“People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
If you are honest and frank people may cheat you;
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
If you find serenity and happiness they may be jealous;
The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow;
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough;
You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.“
(Adapted from Kent M. Keith – The Paradoxical Commandments)