“One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves.” (From a talk, “Be the Best of Whatever You Are“)

For P. Diddy fans out there who may be wondering who L. Tom Perry is, see here for more information about him. Also, a recent post on our site gives a personal glimpse into the life of L. Tom Perry and his family. The Christmas essay was written by his son, Lee Tom Perry.

You’ll see that L. Tom Perry loves baseball and has a loving family.

He also has experienced difficult times…he lost his first wife in 1974 (and a daughter as well, when she was 33). They both died of cancer. The essay also shows how family traditions and the love in their family has helped them continue on in spite of these difficulties.

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Mother Teresa said,

“People are often unreasonable,
illogical 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 false friends and
some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis.
it is between you and God;
It is never between you and them anyway.”

This last stanza says it all. I don’t like to waste time looking side to side and worrying about what other people think of what I am doing. I want to spend my time looking up to God to find out what He wants me to be doing. Then what He thinks is all that matters.

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