Challenge Day 9 (Monday)

Week 2 we are supposed to memorize the following:

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.  

This was said to be written on Mother Teresa's wall in Calcutta, India.  This means something to me.  I can live by these words.  In all fairness, I was prepared to NOT memorize another passage.  I mean, you know how I felt about the last one, (http://thirtydaystoahealthierme.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-day-6-wednesday.html)  but I am a TEAM member and will do my best for the team.  However, I really was not going to learn another as I am working still to finish the last!  But, I found it in a form easier to memorize here:  http://www.oneworldinsight.com/pdf/Mother_Teresa_Prayer.pdf and I have posted it above my desk because these are words to live by.

I had dessert today.  Twice.  One was really pretty healthy with lots of fruit, but it came after 8 pm as a snack.  So I lose TWO POINTS for that one treat that had a serving of fruit bringing me to three servings of fruit.  OY.  Today, I added the other flavor of fizz tabs to the cleanse.  In fact, I added 3 packets of Citrus trying desperately to cover the taste.  Pomegranate definitely masks the taste better.  I got it down.  Barely.  On the positive side, I did a 5K training workout solo today when my workout buddy and I couldn't coordinate our schedules.

Affirmation:   I am special and unique because I get along with everyone... democrats and republicans, Catholics and everyone else, happy people and cranky people. Since I get along with everyone, I can bring them together for the greater good.

For the record, just because I get along with everyone, it doesn't mean I always like them.  Just being real.