Memento Mori refers to the philosophical reminder of death’s inevitability. You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. It helps you remember the good things without arrogance and to let the bad things go with indifference. You control whether you waste time getting upset by things. And whether you waste time taking things personally.

Amor fati is a phrase that may be translated as “love of one’s fate”. It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one’s life, including suffering and loss, as good or, at the very least, necessary. You take what you can from life. You use it as fuel. You become better from it. You become improved by it. Make the most of it. Be better for it having happened.

“No good deed ever goes unpunished.”

Sometimes when you try to do something good or helpful, it can backfire and you end up in trouble or face negative consequences, sadly, even when you have the best intentions.

This can happen even when you are trying to be kind or helpful towards those closest to us, such as our parents. It’s an unfortunate reality that good deeds don’t always result in positive outcomes.