• Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Home
  • About
  • Best Of
  • Make Blogging Better
  • Motherhood
  • Contact

Favorite Quote & News

10/19/2010 by Kate P. 18 Comments

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” ~Mother Teresa

This is one of my favorite quotes. And I’ve been thinking about it a lot and how I should apply this to my life. It doesn’t matter what people say about me or what people say to me. Their perception of me shouldn’t matter, their opinion of me and my life doesn’t matter, it won’t change who I am or how I conduct myself. 
 
I hate when I hear something that someone has said about me or when someone says something not nice or judgemental straight to my face. I want to convince them that they are wrong, I want to argue with them to prove a point. It never works. So I get caught up in trying to prove to these people that what they are saying to me is an incorrect evaluation of who I am and it ends up being a waste of time. I am a type A, control freak afterall. 🙂
 
So I am having to learn how to apply this quote & the serenity prayer in my life right now. I am having to learn that I have to know when to decipher the situations that I can control, the situations that I can’t, and then pray for the wisdom to know the difference.
 
I love this quote, it just puts me at peace. Regardless of whether people are God believers or not, I wish that all humanity would apply this principal to their lives and TRULY live it. Our world would be a better place. I’ll try my hardest if you will. 
 
On a sidenote, remember this post about my great-aunt & uncle who just recently celebrated their 75th Wedding Anniversary? Well, my great-aunt passed away yesterday morning. She was 91 years old and died peacefully in her home she shared with her husband of 75 years. We should all be so lucky. There was no illness, pain, or tragedy. I never heard a bad thing about her, she was never anything but kind to me, & she would ALWAYS give me a glass jar to catch frogs in when I was at her house. 

There were a million of them in the driveway in the summer time & all the kids would take jars out there, start collecting them, & then wrap the top of the jar with saran wrap. Then we would sneak them into my parents’ minivan & of course something would happen causing the jars to fall over & frogs to go EVERYWHERE! And we would have to drive the 3 hours all the way home with jumping frogs. ahaha! It was so awesome! Then we would get in trouble because my mother would find dead frogs in her car for days afterwards. Sorry mama, trust me, Lboy will pay me back for it tenfold.
 
My great-aunt & uncle had six children (the oldest is 74 the youngest is 60), a million grandchildren, a ton of great-grandchildren and so on, so there will be a huge family get together to celebrate the wonderful, full life of my aunt later this week. Due to this & my computer being broken you will more than likely not hear from me again for a few weeks and I won’t be able to take any blog design orders.

Until then, HAPPY BLOGGING & I look forward to getting back to the blogosphere!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you like what you see & will subscribe to my blog via Email and/or visit my Facebook page so you can see all the posts! Or look for me on Twitter so we can chat!

Thank you so much for coming back to visit! If you've never left a comment, leave me one! I'd love to chat! Be sure to subscribe to the via Email and check out the Facebook page or find me on Twitter so we can keep chatting!

Past Posts You Are Guaranteed to Love:

  • No Posts to Display

Filed Under: 75th wedding anniversary

About Kate P.

I'm a Spanish speaking, supper cooking, sporadic house cleaning, sometimes swearing, to do list making, stroller pushing, diaper changing, SAHM & skin care selling, God fearing, church going, independently thinking, family loving, not always perfect, hooked on blogging, husband loving, health food nut & junk food junkie, first & now second time mommy. Welcome to my world.

Comments

  1. Maryann says

    10/19/2010 at 6:25 pm

    Aww I love this one. I was thinking about those frogs earlier today!!!

    Reply
  2. gringationcancun says

    10/19/2010 at 8:43 pm

    That quote is really helping me. I have someone being unreasonable and cheating me, and I'm trying to be nice back, but it's hard. *sigh* So thanks to you and to Mother Theresa.

    Your great aunt sounds amazing 🙂 I'm glad her passing was an easy experience.

    Reply
    • Utpal says

      01/10/2014 at 2:01 am

      rbi sports cards and ccomis i go their regularly5906 w. 87th st. burbank, illinois, 60459 1- (708)-636-0944 they have all loads of different auto relic and leather cards . plus they have the boxes of baseball cards with the babe ruth auto’s in it. And the owner scans and puts all the auto’s relics etc. in this book to see what other customers pulled from packs in his store.

      Reply
  3. Sherri says

    10/19/2010 at 10:55 pm

    So sorry about your great-aunt, but what an amazing life she had! You have some great memories of her, too.

    I am so type-A, I always want to change people's opinions of me if I don't agree! There are just times and situations that happen a certain way, and we just can't bust our butts over them. But I understand what you are saying!

    Reply
  4. Kim says

    10/19/2010 at 11:37 pm

    I must copy this quote and tape it to my forehead! Perfect!

    Sorry to read about your aunt. It sounds like she had an amazing life filled with wonderful love and people. Go celebrate her.

    Reply
  5. Gypsy Heart says

    10/20/2010 at 1:12 am

    This is one of my favorite quotes! Try your best NOT to get wrapped up in all the gossip & hearsay…just not worth your time. True friends will not believe the "stuff" anyway. If you have time & have not read this book, I highly recommend it!

    "What You Think of Me is None of My Business" by Terry Cole-Whittaker

    I offer my sincere condolences regarding your aunt. Truly, that is the best way to go. I'm grateful she did not suffer or experience a lengthy illness. I feel sure she's the type that would want all of you to delebrate her wonderful life and treasure all the beautiful memories.

    xoxo
    Pat

    Reply
  6. Joey @ Big Teeth and Clouds says

    10/20/2010 at 1:45 pm

    My condolences on the passing of your aunt. You're right to celebrate her long, beautiful life. She is an inspiration and a good argument for the benefits of a long marriage.

    Reply
  7. Shelby Bukhenik says

    10/21/2010 at 3:25 am

    Oh I am so sorry for your loss! Sounds like she was a pretty awesome person and left you with some good stories. We will miss you, but I hope you at least enjoy the time with your family remembering her life!

    Reply
  8. Kerri says

    10/22/2010 at 1:01 pm

    Oh, to have such a full life and go so peacefully. Thank God for that.
    LOVE that quote. I saved it, because I'm sure I'll use it someday!

    Reply
  9. Hannah says

    10/24/2010 at 7:41 pm

    I am so sorry for your loss! It sounds like she was quite an amazing woman and the frog story had me laughing, I can't even imagine finding a bunch of dead frogs in my car! I am glad that she passed on peacefully and surrounded by love, one can only be so lucky! I loved your quote, I might have to steal that one for Sunday Citar. I think that quote came to me at the perfect time, I will have to keep this one in mind!

    Reply
  10. ournextchapters.com says

    10/28/2010 at 4:06 am

    Amazingly you just described me… and my husband who I just read your post to… completely agrees! lol I too try to prove people wrong.. completely wasting my breath, my time. I forget all too many times that it doesn't matter what they think. Maybe I will print this quote out and paste to my desk as a reminder. I too love this quote.

    Great post!

    Reply
  11. Ryan says

    10/28/2010 at 12:54 pm

    Condolences to you and your family, I try and treat people the way I would like to be treated but I honestly couldn't care less what some people think of me. As long as you and your family are happy then that's all that matters.

    Reply
    • Krishnamurthi says

      01/12/2014 at 8:31 am

      You are a truly inspiring and buietaful person who does AMAZING at everything you do, and I wish you luck in all your journeys. I am very excited to see the new blog, I will most definitely follow it. I am sad that I won’t be seeing your buietaful work anymore after this year, but I am very happy that you are following your dreams. I wish you all the best ! <3

      Reply
  12. Maureen says

    10/30/2010 at 10:42 am

    My thoughts and prayers goes out to you and your family, Kate. So sorry to hear about your loss. I miss you!

    Reply
  13. MommaKiss says

    11/01/2010 at 2:29 am

    So sorry for the loss of your blessed great aunt. Hope you're doing well, my friend.

    Reply
  14. Megan (Best of Fates) says

    11/03/2010 at 5:09 pm

    I love that quote – and I'm so glad that your great aunt's death was peaceful. She sounds like a wonderful woman.

    p.s.~ I, however, am somewhat concerned about where she lives and whether G-d is reenacting some sort of plague there – frogs littered her driveway??

    Reply
  15. bluecottonmemory says

    11/05/2010 at 8:06 pm

    What wonderful memories! It sounds like she knew how to love children! Jars for frogs already! I loved your frog memory. I am sorry for your loss, but it sounds like you will be celebrating a life beautifully lived!

    I particularly loved this line of the M.T. quote: "The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway." – I think that line describes motherhood the best:)

    Reply
  16. Lori says

    11/10/2010 at 11:17 pm

    I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you find peace at this tough time for your family.

    I love the quote. It is a great reminder of not only doing good, but being good as well.

    Thank you. I'm your newest follower!
    http://penelopeblue.blogspot.com/

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

Change Your Life!

Mommy Monologues Button

Button

Mommy Monologues Button

@MommyMonologues

Advertisers

Mommy Monologues ButtonMommy Monologues ButtonMedia Kit Smash Online CourseMommy Monologues Button

These are affiliate links, meaning if you purchase this product by clicking on one of the ads, I receive a small commission. I use/have used each & every one of these products on my blog & have been beyond happy with them, otherwise I would not be advertising them here. If you have questions about them, please email me.

Click Here to Make Your Blog Better

Mommy Monologues Button

My Communities

Arkansas Women BloggersHerding Cats

About Kate

About Me

Hello, I'm Kate, author behind the blog & matriarch of chaos, meal planning, family entertainment, & everything in between in the Mommy Monologues family. I started this blog in March of 2010 as a new mom and was looking for an outlet while trying to figure out motherhood. Blogging was great, exciting, new, wonderful & an awesome … [Continue Reading]

Subscribe to Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Mommy Monologues Button

Copyright © 2023 · Delightful theme by Restored 316 · Built on the Genesis Framework

Copyright © 2010-2014 · Mommy Monologues ALL RIGHTS RESERVED · Disclosure/PR · Contact