Mother Teresa
Mother
Teresa needs no introduction. She is an inspirational personality who
poured the unconditional love for the poor. The noble prize winner
acclaimed globally for her incredible and heart-warming charitable
services. We can call her the kindest heart in the world!
Mother Teresa’s incredible services have been
renowned in India as she spent several years in India. The early
childhood days of this beloved personality is little known? Born in
Skopje, in capital city of Republic of Macedonia, she at a very tender
age had an institution and innate feeling to serve the needy people.
She had feeling that she wanted herself to be called a nun. When she
turned 18 years of age, she had the permission to pursue her dream and
joined a group of nuns. She had training in Ireland and after a few
months of training, she was permitted to visit India.
Soon after arriving at India, she started
working as a teacher in Calcutta. The poverty, unhealthy and deprived
lifestyle all over the city created a strong impression in her mind
that she should help them. This led her to begin a new order named as
‘The missionaries of Charity.’ The ultimate goal of this charity is to
serve the people who had nobody to look after them. Her devotion to the
charitable services had a great start in Calcutta. She devoted her
entire life to help and serve the needy people.
Born as a Roman Catholic, Mother Teresa always
believed and preached that serving the peoples is the chief principle
preached by Jesus Christ.
Still, she had a great passion towards India
and Indian customs and practices. Although she faced a few traumas due
to Hindu Muslim Violence and communal violence in Calcutta, she
continued her service without any hesitation. After independence, she
left the convent and joined the poor in city. She began to wear white
sari with blue lines in the border, respecting the Indian tradition.
Her full-fledged services began and she was
accompanied by many fellow nuns. The entire crew survived with little
food and trivial income. She and her fellow nuns never hesitated to beg
for funds as well for foods sometime.
She was invited for a grand function. Heavy
and grand lunch is the part of the celebration. After lunch, Mother
Teresa started to collect the leftovers from the lunch plates served at
the party hall. When others made fun of her, she replied them politely
that ‘There are many poor kids who have never tasted most of the foods
served here.’
Besides being a lovable and kind hearted
woman, Mother Teresa who born as a Roman Catholic and respected the
traditions of India never went behind conversion of faith in religion.
All the people in her homes and under her care were provided
appropriate religious and traditional rites.
The small initiation of Mother Teresa was
sparked by her intuition and simple thought. Her Missionaries of Charity
now spread across various parts of the world as a huge, strong and
undying tree with service motive to serve the homeless people. She
passed away in the year 2003. Her soul remains with her.
A beautiful saying by Mother Teresa!
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