Anyway

My(Kevin) dad ministers to our family in many ways. One special way is that he periodically sends us good books. He and I are very close. I share many personal things with him and so he has a good pulse for what I need to read. His timing is usually right on the money.

Sometimes he sends books from his favorite authors (like Brennan Manning) and other times he sends some that someone has recommended to him or others that he's found on his own. He found a short little book entitled "Anyway.....The Paradoxical Commandments" and sent it to us last year. The author is Kent M. Keith.

Here are his 10 "paradoxical" commandments:

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 your best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world the best you have anyway.