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My tooth seems to have gotten infected. Then Damian got an ear infection. Plus: we now have some of the doctors we needed to line up here. Minus: well, yeah. Difficult week. Had to postpone a trip to the Berkshires. Had to take pain meds. Had to soothe child-in-pain. No fun.
I'm still working on my freelance gig. Getting close to the end. It's been rewarding, interesting, and tiring too.
I found a quote from Mother Teresa today. I'm no Catholic, not close. And I'm not sure she and I would have seen eye to eye. But I admire her nevertheless. And I love this quote:
"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it."
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Nice quote. Sucky week. Hope it gets better (the week, but also your tooth and D's ear).
Posted by: Kay | October 17, 2005 02:31 AM
Not sure you'd see eye to eye AT ALL-- love this article about Mother T.:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090083/
Posted by: Christine | October 17, 2005 08:34 AM
Well, I suspected about the reactionary politics. Had no idea there was a whiff of fraud about her, though!
Posted by: Tamar | October 17, 2005 10:29 PM
She does have some good quotes, it can't be denied. My favorite Mother Theresa quote is this one (I hadn't heard yours before, though, and I love it, too):
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, LOVE THEM ANYWAY. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. DO GOOD ANYWAY. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. SUCCEED ANYWAY. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable, BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY. People really need help, but may attack you if you help them. HELP THEM ANYWAY. Give the world the best
you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY.
Posted by: Jessamyn | October 17, 2005 11:24 PM