Mother Teresa's Anyway Poem
People are often unreasonable, illogical 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 false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
'Do it Anyway' poem dresser
This vintage dresser is in great condition for its age. It has four drawers that are all clean. The face of the dresser was adorned by the poem attributed to Mother Theresa. I had to edit the poem just a little as I could not fit it entirely. This is a decoupage method and it is distressed. The body of the dresser is painted in Midnight mineral chalk paint by Dixie Belle. The knobs have been replaced and new black glass knobs were added. In this troublesome world, the poem brings a positive and optimistic message.