Anyway one of the poems loved by mother teresa home. The paradoxical commandments is both a poem and a book by keith, which he wrote as. Keith in 1968 as part of a booklet for student leaders. Keith born in 1949 in brooklyn, is an american writer and leader in higher education. This poem has been shared by many and reprinted in. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motive. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Change text and images quickly and easily in pdf documents. Well, poems arent equations, so there are no exact answers. One that bears reading and rereading, so that life can be lived with dignity.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and god. Add new text, edit text, or update fonts using selections from the format list. The mother teresa do it anyway poem is much beloved. Mother teresa wrote this poem do it anyway people are often unreasonable, illogical and selfcentered. I copied it from a message passing around the net and it had that attribution. Add, replace, move, or resize images on the page using selections from the objects list. Occasionally you may think it would be easier to not take responsibility, be honest, give or even be kind. Inspirational poems anyway what mother teresa has to say.
Learn how to edit pdf files using adobe acrobat dc. Pdf editors dont understand smart quotes slanted typographic quotation marks the way wordprocessors do, so they insert straight, typewriter. People are often unreasonable, illogical and selfcentered. For you see, in the end, it is between you and god. Check out all of the spectacular designs or make your own. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. The article identified dempsey byrd as the editor of hearsight. Born in colonial india to english parents in 1865, kipling spent his early. Welcome to the paradoxical commandments website the paradoxical commandments were written by kent m. Whether the anyway poem is by mother theresa or kent keith, its a truly inspirational poem. Reportedly inscribed on the wall of mother teresas childrens home in calcutta, and attributed to her. Sometimes life can be challenging it takes strength and courage to walk a noble path. However, before you do that you may like to read this poem by mother theresa called do it anyway. Keith which supposedly hung on the wall of mother teresas home in calcutta, india.
A guide to building, doing and in creating ones life. People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered forgive them anyway. How to edit a pdf adobe acrobat dc adobe document cloud. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies. Edit pdf free pdf editor working directly in your browser. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Mother teresa anyway be a part of the conversation. Kiplings poem seems to reflect the basic virtues that informed kiplings life and work as a victorian englishman. The first group above was supposedly on the wall in the childrens home directed by mother theresa. However, an article in the new york times has since reported march 8, 2002 that the original version of this poem was written by kent m. If you find serenity and happiness, there may be jealousy.
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