When you're awesome to someone, they may not always appreciate, acknowledge or even remember your kindness. It may be disappointing and hurtful, and you may be tempted to discontinue future kindnesses to someone who you perceive as ungrateful. Fight the urge and be awesome anyway. Kindness is its own reward.
I've always liked this excerpt from the The Message version of the bible. It's based on Matthew 6:
1 "Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don't make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won't be applauding. 2 "When you do something for someone else, don't call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I'm sure - 'play actors' I call them - treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that's all they get. 3 When you help someone out, don't think about how it looks. 4 Just do it - quietly and unobtrusively. That's the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
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