Ten Contradictory Commandments
for committed christians

1 People are illogical, unreasonable, self-centered --
LOVE THEM ANYWAY

2 If you do good, there will be those who accuse you of selfish and ulterior motives --
DO GOOD ANYWAY

3 Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable to being hurt --
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY

4 If you break down the walls separating people from each other, you may be scorned and hated --
BREAK DOWN WALLS ANYWAY

5 Thge biggest people with the bigest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest ideas --
THINK BIG ANYWAY

6 People say they favor underdogs, but actually they follow the top dogs --
FIGHT FOR THE UNDERDOGS ANYWAY

7 What may take years to build may be destroyed overnight --
BUILD ANYWAY

8 People really do need help, but if you try to help them, they may attack you --
HELP THEM ANWAY

9 If you stand for what is pure and clean and good in society, you may be laughed off the court --
STAND ANYWAY

10 Give to the world the best that you have. You may get kicked in the teeth --
BUT GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU HAVE ANYWAY

by Howard Ferguson
a Christian high school teacher and coach