Do It Anyway

“People are often unreasonable, irrational, 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 unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.  Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.  Be happy anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may deny you if you do help them. Help people anyway. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.  Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” this quote by Dr. Kent M. Keith and Mother Teresa of Calcutta just about sums up the motive of which we all want to live by. But this is hard, especially in high school. So very many of us here today share that same compassion and dream for the world, and that is why you all are fortunate to be part of something so much greater. Because they are right, only you as a leader know, in the end what is most true is that your time is the most valuable thing you have to give. This is a force that can change the world and lead the future. I assure you thankfulness will come if not from them, than from yourself, because in the end all you have done is between you and yourself anyway.