it was never between you and them anyway :)

Sebenernya ini post di tumbr saya, tapi mengingat pembaca tumblr dan pembaca blog saya KAYAKNYA berbeda (kayak ada aja yang baca, hahahaha), mungkin ada baiknya saya post juga di sini. Soalnya bagus. Hehehe.

Btw, pertama kali gw denger puisi ini adalah waktu gw acara keluarga bokap gw, tapi waktu itu yang dibacain tuh versi bahasa Indonesianya. Berhubung gw dodol kalo googling bahasa Indonesia (bukan sombong, tapi sumpah menurut gw lebih ribet), maka gw googling pake bahasa Inggris dan akhirnya nemu versi bahasa Inggrisnya. Enjoy! :)

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 God; It was never between you and them anyway

If I’m not mistaken, this poem is written in a book called “Letters from Mother Teresa”, but actually motherteresa.org states that it is an adaptation of the Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith