Sometimes we all see so much pain
and suffering around us. And we wonder why is Life so harsh on people?
There is a reason.
Each instance of pain, every suffering
fellow voyager through Life, is an invitation to us, an opportunity for us to
lift ourselves from this quagmire of self-centered thinking and invest
ourselves__our time, resources and efforts__meaningfully. And yet we hurry
through Life, squirming at times when we see destitute people on the streets or
hear of those who are living in agony and despair, promising ourselves that we
will serve the rest of humanity when we have enough for ourselves first, which
includes the most priceless commodity, our time!
Mother Teresa always reminded us of the
folly in such thinking. She said that the best form of prayer was to serve
those who needed love, understanding and caring. "One of the greatest
diseases is to be a nobody to anybody. Only in heaven will we see how much we
owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them," said. The time we have, this lifetime, is
really not for merely rearing families, earning an income, planning for our
retirement, and worrying about our past, present and future. It will be more
meaningful to invest some of our time daily to touch lives__to cause a smile,
to give some understanding, to lend a shoulder.
In making a difference to another Life, we
will discover the God we so desperately seek. And, believe me, it is not so
difficult to make a beginning. There are over 1 billion people that go hungry
on the planet daily. Which means even if one of every 5 people feeds a hungry
person daily, the hunger crisis can be mitigated. You could be one of those 5
people today! As Mother Teresa exhorted, "If you can't feed a hundred
people, then feed just one." What are you waiting for? Stop being sick__a
nobody to anybody. Wake up and make a difference today!
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