Give the world the best you have . . . .

People are often unreasonable and self centered,
forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives,
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may try to cheat you,
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous,
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, may be forgotten tomorrow,
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have . . . and it may never be enough,
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God,
It was never between you and them anyway!
Mother Teresa

A Man of value

A human being is part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of opticle delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.
Albert Einstein