...Mother Teresa’s Simple Path Roshan M Royce HS 122 NX Saint Peter’s College Mother Teresa’s Simple Path Planet earth in the twenty first century is a very complex habitat. Planet earth is not just complex because of the wide range of nature and animal life thriving but rather because of one special inhabitant, human beings. In many ways, humans are the best and worst thing that ever happened to our world. Our ego had driven this beautiful planet to the verge of near destruction with wars, violence and protests, terrorism and other forms of bloodshed. Today, if there is a conflict in terms between nations or even among people of the same nation on a particular matter, hate and disgust flow like a river and people alienate nations and groups of people on the basis of silly blind reasons such as skin color, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, race, religion, language, wealth and standing in society. History has provided the inhabitants of the earth with many opportunities to learn from their mistakes, mistakes that range from an individual level to nations or union of nations. Yet the sorrow remains that the nations have failed to learn and change either due to selective ignorance or from arrogance. But history never quits. History is always searching for the wise to provide knowledge and understanding like a parent, like a teacher or guru with tears in the eyes. We shall look at one of the best lesson that history has provided us in the person of Mother Teresa. Mother...
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...Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In 1928, she decided to become a nun and traveled to Dublin, Ireland, where she joined the Sisters of Loreto and took on the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thesese of Lisieux (Short Biography). After studying at the convent for less than a year, she left to join the Loreto convent in the city of Darjeeling in northeast India. On May 24, 1937, she took the name of "Mother Teresa" while teaching at St. Mary’s School for girls where she became the principal. In 1948, she founded a religious order of nuns in Calcutta, India, called the Missionaries of Charity. Through this association, she dedicated her life to helping the poor, the sick, and the dying around the world, particularly those in India. Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997, of a heart attack at eighty-seven years old. Being raised Catholic and spending time as a volunteer with the church and as a Eucharist minister is one of the reasons I chose Mother Teresa. We all have a tendency to get wrapped up in our own little world, with our own individual problems and to me she exemplifies a woman who was able to break free from that. She placed her faith in Jesus to do the work of God. My favorite quotes of hers are “People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.” and ”Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.” I feel these are two very important things to remember especially embarking on the career...
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...Mother Teresa A hero from story Kary Perez Reading / Writing 7 Crystal Curry Dec 23, 2015 Mother Teresa said, “Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go”. She did mean we cannot be pleased only with donating some bills or cent to people who needs it; they want u to give them the treatment that they deserve as human. So we must share love and respect to everyone and wherever we go. Mother Teresa is used to being my heroin because she did such many good actions despite of adversity and hard time; she did not care and did impossible to wellness of those people who really need it. How did Mother Teresa become a heroin? Mother Teresa became a heroin because she tried the world to see in a truly way, she was brave enough and dedicated. Mother Teresa was born on September 26th August 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia, to Albania heritage. Her authentic name is, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Mother Teresa tried the world to see on the authentic perspective. All made of heart worth, she had many thoughts about poverty and illness around her, but she could do everything for those people with all her heart, disposition, and patient and love (Biographyonline.net, 2006). Also she stablished several institutions over the world. She only cares about the problems. A hero does not have specific...
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...Contemporary Disciples: Mother Teresa Description Mother Teresa is most known for serving the poor and destitute. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. Missionaries of Charity was a facility where poor people who were dying in the streets were brought and taken care of. Mother Teresa originally taught at St. Mary’s High School from 1931 to 1948 where she often saw the condition of poor people that deeply impacted her and made her want to serve the destitute. From 1948, Mother Teresa left the convent school to take on the task of helping poor slum dwellers in Calcutta. She started an open-air school for children from slums where she was joined by volunteers. Mother Teresa also learnt basic medical techniques as she realized the lack of basic facilities for the poor. She used the basic medical techniques she knew to help the poor who were unable to afford medication. Mother Teresa helped everyone. In 1980, she opened homes for people who had no one to look after them. These people included people suffering from incurable diseases, prostitutes, drug addicts as well as orphans. In 1985, Mother Teresa established a centre for people suffering from AIDS where thousands of patients were provided shelter. Interpretation Mother Teresa wanted to spread the word of love and compassion to the whole world. This is the reason why she made the decision to become a catholic nun. Mother Teresa now stands as the icon of peace...
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...The Life of Mother Teresa A Reflection Paper Have you ever loved someone? Well she does, she loved others before herself and she loves God. She is a woman of charity, humility and kindness. She is Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She lived a life dedicated to the love of God. A life that is extraordinary. She thought everybody around her how to love. A love that is not measurable by money or anything materially. Her journey is never easy. Struggles and criticisms kept on coming, but that is how God works. Those obstacles made Mother Teresa a better person, a better servant of God to people. She looks deep into the soul. She did not discriminate anybody. She extended her hand as the Helping hands of God. Myriads of questions cross my mind while watching her life like, how could she abandon a life full of comfort? How could she love someone she just saw? How could she hear God calling her? I was so ignorant that I did not saw the answer immediately. The answer was a strong foundation of faith and love. An answer that is not easy to find. Her Life was exceptional. Learning through it will make you realize how much comfort you had. It will make you see the suffering that others had to endure all their lives. It will make you learn how to love and give. She would always say that if we judge people, then we have no time to love them. You can also see the leadership spirit in her. Even though she is experiencing lack of support and resources, she made her way to make people feel...
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...Mother teresa Mother Teresa Brief History Mother Teresa was born in Agnes Gonxhas in Skopje Mecedonia, on the 27th of August 1910. She was youngest of five children born to Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu, yet only three survived. She lived in a fairly well off family. She grew up with a strong faith and spent a lot of time in the church, but didn't think of being a nun until she was 18. When she then joined the Loreto sisters of Dublin. Here she received her name mother Teresa after St Teresa of Lisieuse. After completing her work in Dublin she worked in Calcutta in India. She taught geography and History with great enjoyment and dedication for 15 years. She then taught at Saint Marys School for girls. The people in the area were amongst the poorest, she worked on the streets. She also set up her own missionary know as “The missionary of charity†where her and other took care of and loved those that nobody else would. She strove to teach the children there of literate and basic hygiene. She helped the poor, the ill and the ills families. The missionary also aimed to help the homeless from dying, refuge for the care and teaching of abandoned children, establishment of treatment centers and hospitals for those suffering of leprosy, centers and refuges for alcoholics, the aged and street people and the list continues. She continued this work until her death in 1997. Mother Teresa was a women commended for her unselfishness, courage, charity, her capacity of hard work and a natural...
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...Mother Teresa was a humanitarian. This means she did things to help out other people. Her entire life was fully devoted to helping the poor, the sick, the needy, and the helpless. Where did Mother Teresa grow up? Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910. This city is now called Skopje and is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Her birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Her father died when she was eight and she was raised by her mother. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and decided to devote her life to God at a young age. She joined the Sisters of Loreto at the age of 18 to become a missionary to India. She first had to learn English. So she went to Ireland to learn English at the Loreto Abby. A year later she started her missionary work in Darjeeling, India. She learned the local language, Bengali, and taught at the local school. She soon took her first vows as a nun and took the name Teresa. She would teach for many years in India becoming the headmistress at a school in eastern Calcutta. What did Mother Teresa do? When she was 36 years old she felt the call from God to help the poor of India. She received some basic medical training and then set out to help the sick and needy. This wasn't an easy task in 1948 India. She had very little support and, while trying to feed and help the poorest of the poor, she herself was constantly hungry and even had to beg for food. Soon other women joined her and she formed the Missionaries of Charity. Mother...
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...ASSESSMENT THREE – PART A: DEVELOPMENT PLAN Task 1: Identify and evaluate your current leadership abilities. 1.1 Identify your current leadership skills and qualities. Some of the leadership skills and qualities I’ve identified in me, are as follows: * Courage * Self Confidence * Intelligence * Knowledge * Punctuality * Humility 1.2 Rank your current ability in those areas. If I was to rank my abilities, I’d do it as follows: * Courage (5/10) * Self Confidence (4/10) * Intelligence (5/10) * Knowledge (4/10) * Punctuality (3/10) * Humility (5/10) * Commitment (5/10) * Patience (5/10) 1.3 Give reasons for your ranking. I think I have the courage to do things but I lack the self confidence. I believe that I’m a little on intelligence and knowledge but I still lack the punctuality. I’m always humble towards others. If I commit myself to do a work, I dont leave it until its completed. I also believe that I have a lot of patience and am always willing to wait. 1.4 Support the reasons for your ranking with evidence. Courage is what I believe I have, because it was not easy for me to travel to New Zealand, where I knew nobody. But I lack the self confidence which makes me feel somewhat shy to talk to new people. And also, I have good grasping skills and am a fast learner, which I can account into intelligence. But still, I have to learn a lot of new things which are not known to me. And I also...
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...Altruism can be described as a form of pro-social behavior in which an individual seeks to voluntarily satisfy the welfare of others at their own costs. It is an unselfish concern of a person to achieve the good of others and this tends to be the primary motivation and the ultimate goal of an altruistic behavior. Genuine altruism is guided by the desire to improve the state and welfare of other people without expecting a reward or indicating some degree of self interest (Ricard, 2011). A number of historical figures and other individuals have been implicated in the demonstration of altruism. Below are five examples of altruistic behaviors. Example 1- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Activism) One example of altruistic behavior was demonstrated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He emphasized on the need of equality and basic civil rights for all. He labored hard and was committed to ensuring that democracy and justice was practiced irrespective of an individual’s race and social status. King did not mind facing the dangers that were associated with his fight against injustice. His ultimate sacrifice was demonstrated through his death, since he was killed for trying to improve the welfare and lives of others (Myers, 2014). Martin Luther’s altruistic behavior was a product of modeling. For instance, Kail and Cavanaugh (2015) explain that King’s pursuit of civil rights and equality for African Americans was significantly influenced by Mohandas Gandhi, a political leader, Henry David Thoreau...
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...In the midst of this world's poverty and pain, Mother Teresa of Calcutta has shone the warm light of God's love and compassion on us all. This is what the Church affirms in raising her to the rank of blessed — that it was his light we beheld in her. "You are the light of the world," Jesus told his disciples, in words that echo down to this day. "Come, be my light," Jesus similarly urged Mother Teresa at the outset of her mission. "Bring me into the dark holes of the poor. Come, carry me, I cannot go alone." Throughout her life on earth, and now even more fully in the Kingdom, she stands as a beacon of light reflecting the heart of God to those who seek him, who seek signs of his nearness and care in the darkness of human suffering and sin. Through her message, proclaimed not as much with words as deeds, rich and poor alike have felt inexplicably drawn into the mercy and solace of God's tender embrace. Her life has truly become "something beautiful for God" — and what is more, something beautiful from God. She is indeed a "sign for this generation" — an incontrovertible sign that "God still loves the world today." Her work, though touching every social ill, was not only or even primarily social work. In Mother Teresa's vision, feeding the hungry and caring for the dying are not ends in themselves, but a share in Jesus' own redemptive "work of love" for the least and the lost. In the face of the overwhelming needs of the poor, abandoned in Calcutta's streets and...
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...My Name My first name is Isabella, but I prefer to be called Bella. My middle name is Grace, and my last name is Affrunti. I have not been confirmed yet but I have already picked the name Teresa. I received the first name Isabella from my mother. My grandfather wanted to call me Bella because Bella means “beautiful” in Italian (Affrunti, T). He passed away almost two years ago, but I still remember him calling me “Bella Mia.” That is Italian for my beautiful. The name Isabella in Hebrew means’ oath of God or God is my oath (Campbell 1). In Italian, the name Isabella is derived from the name Elizabeth (Richman 112). Isabella’s etymological origins are from Italy and Spain (Stafford 421). Isabella is the Latinate form of Isabel (Campbell 1). The name Isabella or Isabel was worn by many medieval royals (Campbell 1). I think that my first name has foreshadowed that I would become a follower of God. My name means God is my oath, and I go to Mass to worship God and follow his teachings....
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...Gandhi was the architect of civil disobedience that influenced the world? A struggling, shy, student who had tremendous difficulty speaking in public. Gandhi was unsuccessful as a lawyer in Bombay. He found his calling working for the downtrodden Indian minority in South Africa. Why him? Why is it Mother Teresa, a convent school teacher dedicated to her student’s education became a Noble Prize humanitarian? Her clinics now care for tens of thousands. Why her? Why is it that Jesus, (whether one believes he is just a man or truly the Son of God), became the most influential person who ever lived? Born in a barn to poor parents; Jesus relied on friends and strangers for food and shelter. He changed the culture of the world. Why him? There is something else at play here, Servant leadership. Servant leaders show proof of their character through behavior. They display the common practices of model leadership by modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act and encouraging the heart (Kouzes & Posner, 2007). Leadership is about service, stewardship, and shepherding those; at home, work, and in the community. Washington, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Jesus’ effectiveness as leaders reflects courage, vision, values, and commitment to change. They have the heart, head, hands and habits of a servant leader. (Blanchard & Hodges, 2003). One of my main themes from StrengthsFinder is context (Rath, 2007). The lessons learned by studying historical...
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...martyrs are an important part of the Church, their ultimate sacrifice proved they were serious about their faith and showed non believers how real the religion was. Catholics give their lives today in many different ways. Some people completely devote their life to God and become a nun, priest, or monk. Others give their life by giving up their time to help their Church community and the needy in it. 5. The Canonization of Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Canonization behind with the people who knew the candidate best. The bishop has to start the “investigation” and further review by Congregation for the Cause of Saints and the person is declared “Venerable”. Next, God has to preform a miracle through the person, the Church declares the person “Blessed”. With another miracle the Pope “raises the person to the altar” and declares the person a saint. Pope Francis declared that Mother Teresa ‘deserved’ to be canonized. Francis recognized a second miracle in which she was credited with the healing of a man with multiple brain tumors. Besides that I believe Mother Teresa desires to be a saint, she left a good life to do Gods work and help the needy in...
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...INSTITUTION: ST PAULS UNIVERSITY ADM NO: DLM/NKR/2280/16 LECTURER: MADDAM CATHERINE KAREMI UNIT TITLE: LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP THEORIES SUBMISSION DATE: 12TH JUNE 2016 Charismatic Leadership Introduction Talking of charismatic leadership, scholars refer to the guidance provided to an organization by one or more individuals seen as heroic or inspiring and who have therefore been granted the organizational power to make dramatic changes and extract extraordinary performance levels from its staff. For example, a business manager imbued with charismatic leadership could be enlisted to orchestrate a turnaround or launch a new product line.Charisma is really a process – an interaction between the qualities of the charismatic leader, the followers and their needs and identification with the leader, and the situation that calls out for a charismatic leader, such as a need for change or a crisis. But when it comes to the charismatic qualities of leaders, the emphasis is on how they communicate to followers and whether they are able to gain followers’ trust, and influence and persuade them to follow. Most politicians, particularly on the national scene, have developed their ability to communicate effectively – to make speeches, “work the room” with potential donors and supporters,...
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...and spirit to it and always look at the positive sides of everything. If everything is always negative then why ever be positive about something? When Therese found out her dad was sick she knew that she could look and lean on one person; God. She knew he would help her throughout it all. What ended up happening was that Therese strived for child like faith from god when her dad was sick. I feel Therese really needed people to give her attention, talk to her, and show her she is strong and could get through it. God became a “fatherly figure” to her, and I think that is a really heart warming thing. Sometimes people strive for that attention for some people that they act childish, and that can be essential to your faith. Chapter 4: A Mother At Heart The material spirit in me looks like I am called to give to others. I feel that doing exactly what god did to us by giving to others, everyone should do. I love community service and love showing others I care for them. I like volunteering at...
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