Anyway

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.

For you see, in the end
It is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

—Kent M. Keith