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Mom Says It Best: You Do You, And I’ll Do Me

In our extended celebration of Mother's Day 2021, Patch asked readers to share the best advice they ever got from their mother.

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Mary Telesco, shown with her mother, received some timeless advice her mom. The modern-day equivalent might be, "You do you. I'll do me."
Mary Telesco, shown with her mother, received some timeless advice her mom. The modern-day equivalent might be, "You do you. I'll do me." (Photo courtesy of Mary Telesco)

ACROSS AMERICA — Life is too precious to get bogged down worrying about what strangers think.

Mary Telesco of Rochester, Michigan, says her mom’s version of “you do you, and I’ll do me” is this morsel of wisdom:

“Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

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