A couple of days ago, a dear friend gave me this quote in a lovely frame. She knows how much I love the Catholics and Mother Teresa. In fact, this blog was originally inspired by a book I'd read about Mother Teresa, her philosophy in life was "let's do something that's beautiful for God". Anyway, this is one of my favorite quotes and now I have it framed.
Enjoy, until next time.
Ciao.
“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
Showing posts with label beautiful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beautiful. Show all posts
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Saturday, October 29, 2011
DIY foot scrub
Last year for Christmas my mom asked for family pictures, we didn't end up getting them done because my step-dad hasn't been well enough. So tomorrow is finally the day we're going to get them done. We're all wearing jeans and black shirts, I found the cutest shirt at work last week, yay. I'd like a picture of the five of us barefoot, this week has been busy with back to back football games so I didn't have time for a pedicure like I'd wanted. I made a scrub for my feet out of stuff in my pantry and refrigerator and it came out well. My feet are super soft! (Just make sure you rinse the tub out well after you wash your feet, you don't want to slip the next time you take a shower. ) After a couple of coats of coral nail polish, I think my feet are ready for their close up : )
In a bowl mix:
2 Tbsp raw sugar
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp oatmeal ground into a fine powder in the blender
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp fresh grapefruit juice (or other citrus)
It's going to be a thick paste. Smear on your feet, wait about 15 minutes and wash off. I wrapped my feet in plastic grocery bags after I put the scrub on so I could still walk around and not make a mess. Enjoy your beautiful feet!
Ciao.
In a bowl mix:
2 Tbsp raw sugar
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp oatmeal ground into a fine powder in the blender
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp fresh grapefruit juice (or other citrus)
It's going to be a thick paste. Smear on your feet, wait about 15 minutes and wash off. I wrapped my feet in plastic grocery bags after I put the scrub on so I could still walk around and not make a mess. Enjoy your beautiful feet!
Ciao.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Blind Sign
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his
feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and
dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it
around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that
everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving
money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how
things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked,
"Were you the one who changed my sign this morning?
What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but
in a different way."
"I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first
sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people
that they were so blessed that they were not blind. Should we be
surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story:
Be thankful to GOD for what you have.
Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you
have 1,000 reasons to smile.
Author Unknown
feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and
dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it
around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that
everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving
money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how
things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked,
"Were you the one who changed my sign this morning?
What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but
in a different way."
"I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first
sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people
that they were so blessed that they were not blind. Should we be
surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story:
Be thankful to GOD for what you have.
Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you
have 1,000 reasons to smile.
Author Unknown
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Harder than I thought
This is way harder than I thought. Don't get me wrong I'm super excited for my daughter to be going off to college, I just didn't think (probably naive on my part) that it would be this hard. Today she said good bye to lots of people at church, people that have poured into her life, and ours and have loved her well, it was hard, hard for her, hard for me and probably hard for them. Crying sucks, it leaves you with a big fat head ache.
I feel in some ways that I'm getting a do-over. I didn't leave home on good terms and this has been a process for all of us. To get what she needs, think of all the things that may come up... a time for all of us to process. It's good, hard but good. I'm really proud of the woman that Jade has become. Right now my job is to release her into God's hands. *sigh* Easier said than done.
Life can be such a beautiful thing and yet so painful. Find some beauty this week and I'll try to do the same.
Ciao
I feel in some ways that I'm getting a do-over. I didn't leave home on good terms and this has been a process for all of us. To get what she needs, think of all the things that may come up... a time for all of us to process. It's good, hard but good. I'm really proud of the woman that Jade has become. Right now my job is to release her into God's hands. *sigh* Easier said than done.
Life can be such a beautiful thing and yet so painful. Find some beauty this week and I'll try to do the same.
Ciao
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