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"A little girl from Singapore, A big boy from Sweden, together they meet, and together they fall in love with each other "

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Nike style..Just Do it~anyway

I was reading the ST Forum dated 26 AUG (i love reading the ST forum!!) and came across this poem from a reader replying to the topic "Of Chivalry and Xenophobia".

Chivalry : the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms
Xenophobia : an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange

The reader mentioned that this is a poem that Mother Teresa hung on a wall of the orphanage she founded in Calcutta, its source is unknown.

People are often unreasonable,
Illogical and Self-centred;
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 God;
It is never between you and
them anyway.


Moi additional version:
So to the mean people and nasty passengers
who had bullied moi previously,
and will bully moi in the future;
I FORGIVE YOU ANYWAY~

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