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  • It’s Between You and God

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    Posted on June 21st, 2007Lyman ReedUncategorized

    About a week ago, I sat down with an old mentor of mine, and he printed out the following and gave it to me.

    —

    Do It Anyway

    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 true enemies;
    Succeed anyway.

    If you are honest and frank,
    people may cheat you;
    Be honest 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 God;
    It was never between you and them anyway.


    Mother Teresa
    1910 - 1997

    —

    One of the main things that we discussed about this was the last stanza: “It’s between You and God.”

    It’s not between you and your parents.
    It’s not between you and your boss.
    It’s not between you and your spouse.
    It’s not between you and your guru.
    It’s not between you and your pastor.

    It’s between you and God - whatever you conceive God to be (even if it’s just your own conscience).

    These people may or may not be important to you. They may have ideas about life that you want to adopt as your own.

    At the same time, what they think or believe may not be helpful to you.

    Only you can be the final judge of what works or doesn’t work.

    Always question. Always test. Then do the best you can.

    And even if you make a mistake, keep trying anyway.

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9 Responses to “It’s Between You and God”

  1. Steve Olson June 21st, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    Lyman,

    I struggle with that one all the time. Remembering it isn’t all competition. It is about doing the right thing regardless if anyone cares, notices, or rewards you.

    Thanks for reminding…

  2. Lyman Reed June 21st, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    You’re welcome, Steve… the reason he gave it to me was because I needed the reminding myself.

  3. Betsy June 22nd, 2007 at 10:10 am

    Thanks for what you write. It encourages me through the bad times.

    Betsy

  4. Betsy June 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 am

    PS: Iknow it’s not all original. But being wise helps one to know who to steal from–and when.

    Betsy

  5. Lyman Reed June 22nd, 2007 at 9:28 pm

    Thank you for saying that, Mom. I’ll be giving you a call this weekend. I love you.

  6. Arti Honrao June 28th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    Hi …

    This is the most inspiring post I have read. Perhaps it might be because of the frame of mind I am currently in. It seems as if there is a hidden message in this post for me, I was meant to read it.

    Well! Do you mind if I copy this down?

    GBU
    Arti

  7. Lyman Reed June 29th, 2007 at 4:38 am

    Arti - feel free to have at it. Since I got it from someone else who printed it off from an email they sent me, I have no idea what the original source is.

    I’m glad it inspired you! Thanks for letting me know.

  8. Arti Honrao June 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    Copied, printed and pinned to the wall already :)

    Thanks

    GBU
    Arti

  9. Lyman Reed June 30th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    Awesome, Arti. It’s on mine too!

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