After the past couple months/years (who's counting anymore) sometimes people wonder why I continue to keep doing things the way I do...open my arms/home to people that need it and don't deserve it, care about those that have the worst track record ever, and have any hope/love for mankind as a whole at all. As much as I ask myself those same questions at times out of anger or frustration when I get burned, I take a breath and keep on doing the right thing regardless of the results. Each knock down makes me try that much harder and each success affirms what I already know.
This is why:
1. "Rome wasn't built in a day." It takes time to change things in a broken world filled with broken people. Just as it took time for that person to become torn down, typically they aren't going to overcome years of hurt and wrong ways of thinking overnight. It might take years of unconditional love and you might just be a road sign on their long journey to the better person they become.
2. My favorite quote by Mother Theresa says it all. (See attached picture as reference). It's not about you and them. Your actions, what you did and why, are between you and God and that's the only person that's gonna matter in the end.
3. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The golden rule was stated for a reason. What do they call people that ask you to do something but are not able to do that thing themselves? A hypocrite. No one likes a hypocrite. So don't be one. Be the change you want to see in the world.
4. Your actions should not depend on what another person does. Your actions are a direct result of what is inside of you and what you truly believe. Define yourself, then set out to be that person. Don't let what other do to you define who you are, or allow yourself to become. No matter what we think our actions always speak louder.
5. Another one of my favorite quotes I love by is by Einstein. (Again, see attached picture in case you forgot.) If we all reacted the same way to life's stimuli, and there was no hope for someone to change or get better, than we might as well dig a grave for everyone that's made a mistake (or many of them)...like its an incurable disease or something. But we don't do that cuz change does happen, no matter how rare it is. We should not forget that it is still possible and happens all the time. Just because we don't hear about it on the news does not mean it's not happening all around us. Not one person can tell you that change is possible without...wait for it...changing things. So do things differently. Love like no one else does and watch the world around you change.
