build anyway

"What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway."
-Kent M. Keith

Apparently that little rainstorm that I was enjoying so much yesterday was more that I thought. A lot of homes, roads and schools were destroyed. Families are devastated, and all I can think about is the book Anyway by Keith M. Kent. Have you ever heard of the Paradoxical Commandments? I heard about this book from my Mom a while back and they are always in the back of my mind.

My heart goes out to all the people that have lost their homes in these floods. But all we can do is rebuild.

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith


People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank 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 attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.