BE KIND ANYWAY

BE KIND ANYWAY

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 many never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

from the wall of Mather Teresa's home, Calcutta

Under Construction!

Grace and Peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord and Savior!

It is with great trepidation I begin my first blog! Special thanks to my WONDERFUL step-daughter, Amy, for helping get me started!!

Gracie Abounds will be an occasional sharing .... topics will include my random thoughts, scripture reflections and various Christian Education topics. And I hope to have some of my favorite links to some helpful and interesting resources as well as posting some of my favorite "things." Things will include pictures of our grandchildren, grand pets, children, family and friends AND favorite articles, recipes & poems!

My reason for doing this is to share information with parishioners, family and friends that I don't necessarily plan to preach but nevertheless would like to share with folks. As with all things ... take what is helpful, leave the rest.

In closing remember this from John Wesley ....

In essentials, unity;

In non-essentials, liberty;

In all things, charity.

Shalom,

Kathleen, aka GRACIE THE CLOWN