Anyway Poem by Jorge Campos

People are unreasonable, illogical, cruel 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 gain some true enemies
Succeed anyway

If you are honest and sincere, people may cheat you;
Be honest and sincere 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 will never be enough;
Give the world the best you got anyway

In the final analysis, it was between you and your god
It was never between you and them anyway......