Love them anyway.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies,
Succeed anyway.
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow,
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable,
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight,
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you help them,
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth,
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
this was found written on the wall in Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta. it was also found in the envelope i received from a mysterious stranger at the DI in St. George, along with a $100 bill. after asking some questions, i learned that this is a regular occurance around Christmas time at DI. the motive? to spread the Christmas spirit. this is the first year i have ever had a hard time getting into Christmas, and this little thing has thrown me in head first. what am i going to do with it? i haven't decided yet. i just know that it has literally changed my whole perspective of what Christmas is about. i realize that sounds hokey and stereotypical, but i mean... what would you do if this happened to you, hmm?
just something to think about...
3 comments:
Wow, that's amazing. It's easy for me to say you should find a way to use the money to make somebody else's Christmas better, but then I don't have it in my pocket. I'd probably go buy $100 worth of cookies and then roll around in them. I know! You should buy me $100 worth of cookies, that way you can pay it forward and I can have a huge pile of cookies. Or pudding. We would also accept pudding.
someone suggested that i use it to help pay for my cruise (which i have to somehow come up with like $500 for), and then next Christmas, give someone random $100.
That sounds like a good idea. It's like you get to borrow it for a year and then let it move on down the line.
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