The 10 Paradoxical Commandments

1. People are often unreasonable, irratational and self centered. Forgive them anyway.

2. If you are kind, people may accuse you of having selfish and ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

3. If you are successful you will win some unfaithful friends and genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

4. If you are honest and sincere you are vulnerable and people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

5. What you spend years creating and building, could be destroyed overnight. Build and create anyway.

6. If you find serenity and happiness, some will be jealous. Be happy anyway.

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

8. People really need help but will attack you when you help them. Help people anyway.

9. 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.

10. Give the world the best you have even though it may never be enough, and you get kicked in the teeth. Give your best anyway.

10 paradoxical commandments found on the wall of mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta.
I'm sure in our lives we all feel that we have kept the 10 paradoxical commandments. I know I try to as I go through life. But I guess sometimes one of the key things to remember about it, is as humans, sometimes other people practice that 10 commandments on us too when we make our mistakes.

Let us all try to follow these 10 paradoxes and help make the world a better place. After all as I said in the previous post, its only a pale blue dot and we should deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

I know what I write no one reads or check this blog out. Write to try and reach anyway. =)

Always trying,
Yuen