Motivational Poem -
Life Is....
by Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.

09.19.08 - Beauty

We have 1000s of lepers here. They are so great, so beautiful in their disfigurement!
In Calcutta, we have a Christmas party for them every year. Once I went to them and I
told them that what they have is the gift of God, that God has a very special love for them,
that they are very dear to Him, that what they have is not a sin. One old man who was
completely disfigured tried to come nearer to me, and he said, "Please repeat that once
more. It did me good. I have always heard that nobody loves us. It is wonderful to know
that God loves us. Please say that again!"

-Mother Teresa

09.18.08 - Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit

We beseech You, O Lord, mercifully pour into our Society, Thy Holy Spirit, by whose Wisdom it was created, by whose Providence it is governed and maintained, and whose love may enkindle in the Society that same fire which Our Lord, Jesus Christ sent down upon earth earnestly desiring that it should burn mightily.

And so,

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit,
That my thoughts may all be holy.

Act in me, O Holy Spirit,
That my work too may be holy.

Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit,
That I love but what is holy.

Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit,
To defend all that is holy.

Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit,
That I always may be holy.
-Mother Teresa