Mother Theresa said, “Peace begins with a smile.”
Mother Theresa is one of the people I admire the most in my life. Everything she did can jog my memory easily. This memory still abides my heart and the time will not fog my memory of recalling her. In a nutshell, she is all that impressive to me.
Mother Theresa mixed in very well with people came from different social status, background, nationality, belief, religion and color. She mocked up a world with love, caring and compassion. She wanted nothing more than a peace and less suffering the world she lived in. Indeed, she is nothing less than an angel. Her words and actions are always touching millions and even more spirits.
Mother Theresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. She was called Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. At her age of 17, she was a Catholic missionary nun. She then joined a missionary work in India. She was named after a French noble person, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux as Theresa. This name was given to commemorate this French who confronted disease with gentle heart, courage, calm and pious before her last breath.
On September 10, 1946, Mother Theresa had a feel of being called for a service. She said, “The message is clear that I've to leave the convent and work with the poor, living among them.” Since this day onwards, she devoted her time and energy to help those who were in need. She never ever neglected of the poor but she insisted to continue service them night and day. She was not trying to be arrogant in the least while dealing with the poor and patients. There was not a shadow of doubt that she sacrificed for others with a heart neither wicked nor selfish.
Mother Theresa and her students found men, women, and children were abandoned dying on the street in the city of Calcutta in India. They rented a room to care for these helpless people. Their jobs were not all roses as they had to beg for a financial support to sustain their survival while aiding the dying and unwanted people. Mother Theresa wrote in her biography: The first third and forth months, I cried several times for being teased and insulted. Later, I tell myself to be strong to stand for the insults and curses.
Mother Theresa was not merely sincere but nice as well. She provided plenty of services to the poor. She had picked up countless abandoned babies and sick children from piles of rubbish. She recalled that, “I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days and her only lament was: "My son did this to me." I begged her: You must forgive your son. In a moment of madness, when he was not himself, he did a thing he regrets. Be a mother to him, forgive him. It took me a long time to make her say: "I forgive my son." Just before she died in my arms, she was able to say that with a real forgiveness. She was not concerned that she was dying. The breaking of the heart was that her son did not want her. This is something you and I can understand." With her own free wish, she cleaned the leper's wound with muchcare and love. She comforted the poor patients who were close to death with uplifting and positive words. She used her gentle hands to feed the patients, poor, babies and children who had difficulty in moving and eating. She never let the patients to stay alone. Instead, she accompanied them to go through the painful life. Like a sincere doctor, she used her hands gently to close the patients' eyes who were last to see the world. She said, “I must let them feeling that they're being taken of good care and loved. As for me, they're Jesus.” She added that, “Most people think that we're social workers. No, it's wrong. We offer service to Jesus and we do work for Jesus 24 hours as well.”
Mother Theresa's message to the world is clear and of much important. Most important of all, I believe that she was an honorable angle who was sent to rescue this world. I remembered that she had once said, “Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength." She looked at every person equally which is obviously in her quote, “There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I've always said we should help a Hindu becomes a better Hindu, a Muslim becomes a better Muslim, and a Catholic becomes a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs-all different religions. But they all come to our prayers."
Prince Diana and Mother Theresa were both who advocated strongly for peace, equality and humanitarian.
Mother Teresa's Sayings:
- I will do more than belong......I will participate.
- I will do more than believe......I will practice.
- I will do more than forgive......I will forget.
- I will do more than teach......I will inspire.
- I will do more than care......I will help.
- I will do more than dream......I will work.
- I will do more than give......I will serve.
Mother Theresa was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
She said, “This is a gift of God. I am afraid I am not worthy of it.”
Mother Theresa had portrayed an extremely good example as a pioneer for a peacemaker. She knew that the world's peace will be stirred by a problem of poverty and agony. She had put in so many efforts to reduce the pain and poverty people were suffering. In 1979, she was awarded Pope John XXIII Peace Prize and the Nobel Peace Prize for popularizing her works related to humanitarian and world peace. She had established many homes for the dying and unwanted from Calcutta to New York and to Albania. Her missionaries of Charity grew from 12 to thousands serving the “poorest of the poor” in 450 centers around the world. She was also a pioneer to establish homes for AIDS victims.
On September 5, 1997, Mother Theresa left us on the cause of a heart disease. She passed away peacefully and calmly in Calcutta, India in her age of 87. At her funeral, most were moved to tears.
Remark: If ever “Mother Theresa” existed in our world, not only we are blessed with peace, but also there will be no war, quarrelling, discrimination and color recognition. Though Mother Theresa had left us, her pure, clean and sacred spirit will remain forever in everyone's heart. We are obliged to pay high respect to such special human being in regard toher huge contributions to this world.
