Janet stumbled on these words of wisdom from Mother Theresa and sent them to me as she could see the relevance of them to my life.
Now I'm not big on religion but I am BIG on truth & goodness and I found these words of wisdom to be very true.
Words of wisdom:
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
- Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you’ll win some false friends and 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, some 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 it anyway.
After reading the above I was inspired to form my own version which are even more appropriate to my life;
Trev's words of wisdom;
Ignore the false accusations of those who fail to appreciate your good intentions and always do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Success will always attract false friends and enemies despite your best efforts to the contrary. Be guarded against such people but don't let them influence the way you live your life.
No matter how honest and frank you are with some people, they will not accept your word and whilst others may be unhappy with your honesty and frankness, truth and honesty is always the best option.
There will be those who wish to destroy that which you have laboured long and hard to create, through jealousy and avarice. Rather than be overcome by their efforts, let it inspire you to work even harder to strengthen your creation against future attacks.
A mans achievements of any kind (business, pleasure and personal) instil jealousy in those who fail to emulate those achievements. Be aware that such factors influence the way others think, when you need to judge their words or their actions.
Being good is not about what other people think about you after the deed, it's about what you think about yourself. Being good and being able to help others should be considered a privilege, because you are lucky enough not to be in their position. Being good and helping others should be driven by our own personal satisfaction and not for any glorification from others.
It's very easy to go along with the crowd, living a life of mediocrity but it takes a man of great strength to stand up against the masses and raise the bar to another level.
I hope one or other or even both will be of benefit to someone.
I think I might study philosophy now.
Best wishes