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anyway

sue robins — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:06:44 +0000

Sometimes I go to this church. I always say it isn’t really a church. It is somewhere people go to feel welcome and exchange ideas. I like that it makes me think, even on a Sunday morning. It clears the cobwebs out of my head.

Like this poem, which was rewritten and posted on the wall of Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Calcutta.

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, 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 and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do 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 have anyway.

© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001

yet another interview – bloom blog

sue robins — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:14:18 +0000

Bloorview Kids Rehab has a gorgeous blog and magazine named Bloom. Back in July, they interviewed me for a post called At a dark time, bringing light about Edmonton Down Syndrome Society’s Visiting Parents Program, which I co-coordinate. Pictured is Aaron and I, on the beach in Kaua’i. (I wish I was in Kaua’i right now).

I love this program. Peer support is something very near and dear to my heart. Associated with this program, we have the opportunity to speak to Perinatologists and Pediatricians about disclosing diagnosis – sharing an unexpected diagnosis with a family. This is kind of a big deal to me too, if you check out this Globe link.

unpaid work page

sue robins — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:10:31 +0000

I created an unpaid work page. Here’s a great quote that sums up my philosophy about service:

“It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” – Charles Dudley Warner