I was looking through a catalog and found a framed print and I really liked what it had to say:
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"They may see the good you do
as self-serving.
Continue to do good.
They may see your generosity
as grandstanding.
Continue to be generous.
They may see your warm and
caring nature as a weakness.
Continue to be warm and caring.
For you see, in the end,
it is between you and God.
It was never between you and
them anyway.
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"They may see the good you do
as self-serving.
Continue to do good.
They may see your generosity
as grandstanding.
Continue to be generous.
They may see your warm and
caring nature as a weakness.
Continue to be warm and caring.
For you see, in the end,
it is between you and God.
It was never between you and
them anyway.
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...I have been accused of being to generous, to kind. It had never occured to me that these could be bad things, yet that is how it was expressed to me.For a while after that, everytime I wanted to do something nice for someone...I'd start asking myself, "Why am I doing this for them? Is it for me or for them? Are people going to think I am after something?" The answer is always the same...."I do it because I want to, because the whim strikes me and it makes me feel good, puts a smile on thier face and that is payment enough." Why did I ever let some jerks make me feel bad for doing something out of the goodness of my heart. It's not like they ever refused anything I gave them (out of the goodness of my heart.) ..And, life moves on...
I love that poem. It is so true. I may have to make a print of that for Danielle.
ReplyDeleteI know...I really liked that. It just goes to show, you have to do what you feel is right and not let people make judgement calls...only you know your heart.
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