The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will 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.
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.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001
by Dr. Kent M. Keith
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will 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.
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.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001
Once, not so very long ago, someone sent that to me, and said that I was the first person they had ever met who actually lived by those principles. I was floored. It was a great compliment, and I was honored to know someone felt that way about me. I'd like to think that it was true. Even further, I hope that it still is. Just in case, I went back to the web site, www.paradoxicalcommandments.com and accepted the challenge presented there. I even printed out and signed a certificate as written proof of my commitment to live the Paradoxical Life.
There is a reason this is all so important to me right now, and I'll get into that later. But for now, I'd just like to say hello, and welcome to my blog. And, since this is a confessional, I will let you in on a little secret.
I'm still fat.
Now, before you think you've been duped and reach for the little red x at the top of your screen to leave, let me explain. I am not as fat as I used to be. And in the not so distant future, I won't be fat at all. I have been on a quest for health for some time now, and I've come a long way. I still have a long way to go, but I'll get there. And I am already a former fat girl...on the inside. That poor chubby chick with greasy french fry stained fingertips and chocolate smeared lips is a thing of the past. I would embrace her, but instead I'll just let her story, which is mine, give comfort and healing from the pain of the past.
If you stay long enough...you might just learn a thing or two about me. Until next time, happy reading! And if for some reason you don't, I'll keep posting...anyway.
Kimberley
There is a reason this is all so important to me right now, and I'll get into that later. But for now, I'd just like to say hello, and welcome to my blog. And, since this is a confessional, I will let you in on a little secret.
I'm still fat.
Now, before you think you've been duped and reach for the little red x at the top of your screen to leave, let me explain. I am not as fat as I used to be. And in the not so distant future, I won't be fat at all. I have been on a quest for health for some time now, and I've come a long way. I still have a long way to go, but I'll get there. And I am already a former fat girl...on the inside. That poor chubby chick with greasy french fry stained fingertips and chocolate smeared lips is a thing of the past. I would embrace her, but instead I'll just let her story, which is mine, give comfort and healing from the pain of the past.
If you stay long enough...you might just learn a thing or two about me. Until next time, happy reading! And if for some reason you don't, I'll keep posting...anyway.
Kimberley
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1 comment:
The mind is a truly powerful factor is the way we choose to create our own destiny's and it is clear through reading your blog. You are the prime example of a survivor, but also someone who is making it a point to do more than just survive! The fact that you have already left behind the fat girl on the inside is powerful, because so many people can't seem to believe this is possible. Your mindset is going to get you where you want to be, a place where you'll continue to love yourself more and more, and a place where it will just be that much easier for that special someone to love you back even more! You are a truly amazing person! I know this blog will touch a lot of people's lives!
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