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I was on my 3-mile walk with my husband on Easter Sunday reflecting on all that was happening in the world and wondering whether anyone could make a difference. It just seems overwhelming. He then quoted Mother Theresa:

“Never worry about the numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.”

When I got home from the walk, I immediately googled to confirm that he was correct and chanced upon the Mother Theresa’s Anyway poem.

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 your God;

It was never between you and them anyway

Find time this week to just be still and reflect.