Remember the Small Things

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Remember the Small Things

Some of my sisters work in Australia. On a reservation, among the Aborigines, there was an elderly man.  I can assure you that you have never seen a situation as difficult as that poor old man's.  He was completely ignored by everyone.  His home was disordered and dirty.

I told him, "Please, let me clean your house, wash your clothes, and make your bed." He answered, "I'm okay like this. Let it be."

I said again, "You will be still better if you allow me to do it."

He finally agreed. So I was able to clean his house and wash his clothes.   I discovered a beautiful lamp, covered with dust.  Only God knows how many years had passed since he last lit it.

I said to him, "Don't you light your lamp? Don't you ever use it?"

He answered, "No. No one comes to see me.  I have no need to light it.  Who would I light it for?"

I asked, "Would you light it every night if the sisters came?"

He replied, "Of course."

From that day on the sisters committed themselves to visiting him every evening.  We cleaned the lamp, and the sisters would light it every evening.

Two years passed. I had completely forgotten that man.  He sent this message: "Tell my friend that the light she lit in my life continues to shine still."

I thought it was a very small thing. We often neglect small things.

- Mother Teresa

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great thought dude keep it n carry onnnnnnn

nice posting.

 

Mother Teresa's Life time line

1910

Born Aug. 27 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Yugoslavia, what is now Macedonia. Her father is an Albanian builder. She's the youngest of three children.

1928

Joined a religious order and took the name Teresa. She came to India and taought at a convent school in Calcutta, in state of west bangal.

1937

Took her final vows

1948

Left the convent to work alone in the slums. Shr received medical training and education in Paris.

1950

Became citizen of India. The Missionaries of charity started.

1952

House for the dying opened

1957

The Missionaries of Charity started work with lepers and in many disaster areas of the world.

1962

Wins her first prize for her humanitarian work: the Padma Shri award for "distinguished service." Over the years she uses the money from such prizes to found dozens of new homes

1971

Pope Paul VI honors Mother Teresa by awarding her the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize.

1979

Received Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the poor.

1993

Breaks three ribs in fall in Rome in May; hospitalized for malaria in August in New Delhi; undergoes surgery to clear blocked blood vessel in Calcutta in September.

1997

Died on 5th September in Calcutta, India.

 

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Nice post sir...

Keep posting..

Thank you...


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