I have tried to remind myself to read it daily. To truly read it and understand it, daily.
This came from a memorial service for a friend and mentor and amazing woman, Cathy Grzybowski. There are a few women in my life that I aspire to be like. And I know that if I end up like one of them, I'll be doing alright. My mom is one of those women. Cathy Grzybowski was another.
It reads:
"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 may 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, others may be jealous; be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway. If you give the world the best you have, 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 other people anyway."
