Little Things With Great Love

She was most lovingly called the "Saint of the Gutters". Yes, I am talking about Mother Teresa. She was a giver, who gave all she had for the poor and helpless people of Calcutta. She dedicated her life to give unbounded love to the neglected and the down trodden people of the society. Truly a saint of the modern era.

Already some tv channels have started showing programs on Princess Diana, as her 10th death anniversary is fast approaching. The question is, how many of us remember that the 10th death annivesary of Mother Teresa is also coming very soon? We tend to remember the powerful and influential people for ages to come, I guess thats human nature. Nobody would remember a poor person like Mother Teresa who cared for the well being of thousands of outcasts. Surely the people of Calcutta (now Kolkata) will remember their own saint with love.

Last week while visiting a local hospital, my eyes caught a board on a doctor's door, which read:

"We can't do great things in this life.....

We can only do little things with great love"

- Mother Teresa

We do one good deed in life, brag about it and claim we are entitled to Heaven. But our deeds are like old rags in God's eyes (as one of my friend rightfully said it). There is a lot we can learn from Mother Teresa. The world is filled with oppurtunity to do good deeds to our fellow humans. The question is how many of us care for our fellow humans to help them in their times of need?? Most of the time we question God, as to why there are so many people who are poor and suffering in this world and why there is so much unequality? But the answer is in ourselves, if we help these poor and the needy and do "little things with great love", the gap is filled and all humans will become equal.