Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Advice from Mother Teresa

Reading this today refreshed me. Do you have people in your life that don't respect your boundaries, that intrude upon your relationships, that lie to you, that mock you, and interrupt your peace? If so, this will refresh you too.

Do It Anyway

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

13 comments:

Vickie said...

Amen! Thank you for reminding me of this, I read one of her books years ago. So very, very, very true!

Beth said...

I love the last 2 sentences. So very true! A great post!

stellaroselong said...

We like this alot, true words!
stella rose

Anonymous said...

A lovely post and so very true!

cucki said...

i love mother teresa..
hugs x

Unknown said...

Well said we say...bravo. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly

Mary Ann said...

So very true--thank you.

Vicky L said...

Thank you for posting this post. Sometimes we get caught up with other people, we forget why we are doing it for. Lovely post

Anonymous said...

Parsley,
I read this once a day, every day.
Your Friend,
Deborah
FairfieldHouseNJ.com

Intense Guy said...

Mother Teresa was a brilliant person. We could use a lot more like her -

I wonder if she ever said anything about sick dogs (or animals)... her wisdom would be worth hearing.

Pam in IL said...

I needed this today! Thanks for sharing.

Simply Victoria said...

Well said!

Julie said...

Lovely, thank you.