{"id":117,"date":"2009-06-13T10:10:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T10:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/06\/just-do-it-wisdom-and-encouragement-from-mother-teresa.html"},"modified":"2009-06-13T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T10:10:52","slug":"just-do-it-wisdom-and-encouragement-from-mother-teresa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/06\/just-do-it-wisdom-and-encouragement-from-mother-teresa.html","title":{"rendered":"Just Do It: Wisdom and Encouragement From Mother Teresa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande'\">People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.<br \/>Love them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.<br \/>Be kind anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies.\u00a0<br \/>Succeed anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.<br \/>Be good anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable.<br \/>Be honest and frank anyway.<\/p>\n<p>What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.<br \/>Build anyway.<\/p>\n<p>People need help but will attack you if you help them.<br \/>Help them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>In the final analysis, it is between you and God.<br \/>It was never between you and them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>~ Mother Teresa ~<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.Love them anyway. 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