Pastor Yu shared something during Sunday service yesterday that I thought was particularly interesting. It's this bit of...poetry, if you may, that some say was written by Mother Teresa. Regardless of author, it's a fascinating perspective and worth a read.

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 final analysis, it is between you and your God;

It was never between you and them anyway.

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I think it's a good concoction of words and messages that I want to take a thing or two away from. It's a daily struggle to not return evil for evil, a challenge not to honk a useless driver on the road when he honks you first and it was his fault in the first place. Instead, maybe make it a chance to return good for evil, an opportunity to drive away instead of flipping a finger.

It's difficult, but let me try do it anyway. :)