If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
-- Mother Teresa
This quote is near and dear to my heart. Not just because it is a great quote, but because it was given to me directly from one of the Sisters at the Mother Teresa Center in 2019 to be used in Chapter 5 of my book.
You see, during the editorial and legal review with my publisher for my book, ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐๐ก๐-๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐๐, I was told I could only use a Mother Teresa quote if I obtained permission.
I will have to admit, I felt intimidated thinking I would have to reach out to the Mother Teresa Center for approval. We are talking about ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎโฆ Saint Teresa of Calcuttaโฆ a Nobel peace prize winner. The Catholic nun who ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ. I felt the pressure was onโฆ this chapter better be great if I was submitting for approval.
After a very sweet back-and-forth with one of the sisters at the Mother Teresa Center, she not only gave me permission to use a quote, but after reading the chapter, suggested an even better quote than I had originally selected (the one I shared above).
With that said, ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ. For me, and if nothing else, I feel Chapter 5 in my book is blessed.๐ And with reviews like the ones to follow, I am happy I followed my heart and published the book with the goal that it would at least help one.
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ:
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข'๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ! -- Cathy
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต - ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ - ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข'๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต. -- Maria
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