I've been looking through old correspondence and came across this. I just wanted to share it with everyone. I ended up using sections of this as a Christmas card one year:

LOVE THEM ANYWAY
Author Bishop Muzorewa :Former President of Zimbabwe

People are unreasonable, illogical 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 with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest folks with the smallest minds.
   Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
   Fight for some underdog anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
   Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you help them.
   Help people anyway.
Give th world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
   Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Jerry