When we think of beauty Mother Teresa may not be the first person that comes to mind. However, she was one of the most beautiful people that has ever lived. I really wished that her life was more of a focus instead of the many young ladies who are plastered on the tabloids month after month. I have learned the following lessons from studying her life.
- Sometimes we have to break tradition in order to better serve others. Mother Teresa traded in her traditional Loreto habit for a simple white cotton sari with a blue border.
- Never give up, even when you can’t see the good you are doing. The first year of her ministry, Mother Teresa was penniless & had to beg for food & supplies. This helped her to be empathetic with the people she would help.
- You are never done serving. Even if you have won a Noble prize there is more to be done. Even if you are tired & have been working at it for 39 years.
I first heard this poem entitled “Anyways” & it was said that Mother Teresa wrote it. After some research, there was a theory that it just hung on the wall of one of her orphanages & was called, “The Final Analysis”. So, wikiquote has it simply as unsourced, but it’s something that I try to keep in mind when I get angry, hard to believe that someone with the screename Sarakastic would get angry, but it does happen.
People are often unreasonable, illogical, 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 false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
Thursday, July 12th, 2007, 8:20 pm | 
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