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.
When you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may 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.
--Maggie & Suzzy Roche (aka The Roches), Anyway
To hear The Roches perform Anyway, from their album Zero Church, click on the video below:
Image source: Still from the French film, Un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément (Blind Date) in which two neighbors sharing a common wall cannot stand the other's presence:
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