I went for mass today. Father Yim described the journey to God like "Snakes and Ladders" however not so much as a game. From looking at the metaphor, (I think it is) the snakes would be all the things you'd do wrong and all the temptations that take you further away. The ladder however, is God, reaching out to us, giving us means of climbing and getting close to him. I love the analogy!

And he goes on to tell you some ways of climbing. He said many things, I cannot remember all of them; but here are the things I do remember.

When you are kind and helpful to other people, some may think that you have an ulterior motive. But be kind anyway.

When you succeed, people may be jealous and do things to compromise you.
But succeed anyway.

Basically, when you think about it, you should always make sure that everything you do, you're doing good. Because no matter what, there will always be some people who will always be against you. At the end of the day and time, what we need to remember is that our lives belong to God and it will be between him and us anyway. Not between us and other people.