Found posted on a doorway at Peet’s Coffee House in Menlo Park, California….
“ANYWAY”
“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered –
…Love them anyway
If you do good, people will accuse you of ulterior motives –
…Do good anyway
If you are successful, you 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
People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs –
…Fight for some underdogs anyway
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight –
…Build anyway
People really need help, but may attack you if you help them –
…Help them anyway
Give the world the best you’ve got and you may get kicked in the teeth –
…Give the world the best you’ve got anyway”
To be creators of solutions, we must polish our soul entering the doorways of creativity, inspiration, and generosity. This requires us to:
- Love anyway
- Do good anyway
- Succeed anyway
- Be honest and frank anyway
- Fight for some underdogs anyway
- Build anyway
- Help people anyway
And most of all – give the world the best you’ve got anyway!
As read by Ray Davi at the Collaborative Event in Big Sur on September 9, 2001.
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