Wiser on Wednesday - The Paradoxical Commandments

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do 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 have anyway.

© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001

Wiser on Wednesdays - Contentment

Do not spoil what you have

by desiring what you have not;

remember that what you now have

was once among the things you only hoped for.

- Epicurus

Today I am grateful that...

1. The sun is shining.
2. I get to see my DD, DSnL, Repeat and Shortie everyday
3. I know my way to and from work without the GPS
4. A friend said he is proud of my risky, courageous move
5. I spoke with my BFF for over an hour uninterrupted!
6. I'm driving to see a friend from school this weekend!
7. I worked all day in the garden on Saturday
8. I have plants in my office
9. The baby will be here soon!
10. Repeat included me in his family "flower".
11. Shortie tells me about his day.
12. I am happy!!
13. I am loved!

Wiser on Wednesday - strength and courage

Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories.

They are measured in the struggles they overcome.

The strongest people aren't always the people who win,

but the people who don't give up when they lose.

Ashley Hodgeson