Mother TeresaIf you people, you have no time to them. Not all of us can do . But we can do small things with great . begins with a .. I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to us, He will not ask, 'How many things have you done in your life?' rather He will ask, 'How much did you put into what you did? Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. Every time you at someone, it is an action of , a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Do not think that in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. The most terrible poverty is , and the feeling of being und. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's ness: ness in your face, ness in your eyes, ness in your . If we have no , it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. What can you do to promote world ? Go home and your family. It's not how much we give but how much we put into giving. At the end of life we will not be d by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many we have done. We will be d by "I was hungry, and you gave me something
to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in. I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to
create many ripples. God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you . The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, und, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for , despair, and hopelessness is . There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little . The poverty in the West is a different of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for , as there is a hunger for God. The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest. The hunger for is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly. Live so others may live. is not asking. is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts. I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a letter to the world. If you are nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something. The Simple Path Silence is is Faith Faith is is Service The Fruit of Service is I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do . God made the world for the delight of human beings- if we could see His ness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we've waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His for us, we just begin to fall in with Him because He is so busy with us - you just can't resist Him. I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, it's God's , it's His. Do not wait for s; do it alone, person to person. A to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish on the condition that you believe much more in his than in your weakness.
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