Anyway

What keeps you going through the difficult parts of our vocation? We all have those days or weeks. The challenging patient, the long shifts and the stressful situations leave you exhausted, overwhelmed and thinking about why you decided to be a nurse. My faith is what keeps me going. This week, I was reading the book A Simple Path with reflections from Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I identified with the following excerpt of the book, linking it to my experiences in nursing care. I wonder if there are others in this field that feel that this applies to nursing...

Anyway

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 win false friends and true enemies,
SUCCEED ANYWAY
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow,
DO GOOD ANYWAY
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable,
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY
What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight,
BUILD ANYWAY
People really need help
but may attack you if you help them,
HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY
Give the world the best you have
and you'll get kicked in the teeth,
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY.


From a sign on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, the children's home in Calcutta.