ACE # 252: Keep Doing Good Anyway

I know. I  know!  You're tired...worn out...exhausted.  Nobody seems to appreciate all you do, all you sacrifice, or how thoughtful you are to them.  But, you know what?  In the greater scheme of things - you aren't really doing it for praise anyway.  You aren't doing it for money.  You aren't even doing it for the person always.  Mostly, you're doing all of it because that's what God commands you to do.  So, in the midst of the weariness, just keep doing good anyway because in due season you will reap the reward that God has intended for you...and then you'll question why you ever thought to quit in the first place. 

Anyway

People are often unreasonable, irrational, 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 unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.  Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.  Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.  Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.  Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten.  Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.  Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.  It was never between you and them anyway.

~Mother Teresa

Galatians 6:9
⁹ Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.