Anyway (Words to Live By)

It's been quite the week around the old red brick house.

I've been beyond exhausted in more than one way, physically, emotionally, mentally....pretty much in any way, shape or form.

In the words of the most adorable daughter in the world, Mimi, "I'm punched." (I don't know where she came up with this term but she uses it when she runs out of steam).

I have about a million words I could write to share with you all the experiences and feelings I've been having this week but I found a woman who sums it up better than I ever could.

Mother Teresa. How can one even sum up this insightful human being?
Growing up LDS, I naturally many those great teachers of my own faith but also those of other faiths who transcended the label of any particular religion. Those who honored spirituality and the divine, no matter the creed.

Mother Teresa was one of those people for me as I grew. The Dalai Lama was another. I think some people are put here as teachers for all of us, those two being a few I admire at the top of my list right alongside many others who I am sure I will mention as time passes.

This writing by Mother Teresa reflects what I've been feeling today and all week (and much of my life) so wanted to share and remind us all that:

People are often unreasonable, illogical 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 false friends and some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;

It was never between you and them anyway.

-Mother Teresa