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Musings

Do It Anyway — Mother Theresa
The world is too complex today, too much People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
going on, too many crimes, too much vio- If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
lence, too much excitement. Try as you will, Be kind anyway.
you get behind in the race in spite of yourself. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some
genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
It is an incessant strain to keep pace, and still If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
you lose ground. Science empties its discover- Be honest and sincere anyway.
ies on you so fast that you stagger beneath What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
them in hopeless bewilderment. The political If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
world is news seen so rapidly you're out of Be happy anyway.
breath trying to keep current with who's in The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
and who's out. Everything is high pressure. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Human nature can't endure much more. Give your best anyway.
-- June 16, 1833, Atlantic Journal In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.

I AM YOUR FLAG

I am your flag. I flew as proudly at
I am not a pennant, but a Charleston as at Concord,
purpose; not a standard, but at San Antonio as at San
a symbol; not a banner but a Juan Hill, at Iwo Jima as at
belief. Independence Hall.

I was conceived in justice, I am a composite of a
fostered by the love of Nation's ideals and a
liberty, and nourished by denotation of its desires.
the desire for freedom. I am I am Old Glory.....
not a flag, but your Flag. The Star spangled Banner....
the Red, White and Blue.
My fate is in your hands.
I can rise equal to your I am what you believe me to
highest hopes. I am be, and am nothing more.
indicative of your ideals Love and respect me,
and symbolic of your then Freedom, Liberty, and
sacrifices in the Justice live.
preservation of Liberty,
Freedom and Justice. Neglect me and we perish
together. I am YOUR
I am not a substance, but a FLAG. My fate is in your
shadow: hands.
The heroic spirit
of all the great Americans... Author Unknown
of Washington and Wayne,
of Jefferson and Jones,
of Calhoun and Carver.