Walls and wails in Israel, bombs and bodies in Baghdad, space and beyond in China, nepotism and anti-semitism in Kuala Lumpur... amidst all that Mother Theresa was beatified yesterday. While I do not fully understand the spiritual significance of this, I think celebrating the life of someone who had not taken a single day off in 50 years to ease the pain of humanity is worth the trouble... and attention.
My brother embraced for the first time his newborn baby. I need to wait several more months. But if there was something I would impart to the 2 kids, it would be this:
My wise uncle once told me that there are 2 types of people today; one who does all the work, and the other who takes all the credit. He went on to say he'd rather be the former and do all the work cos there was less competition. Mother Theresa knew the difference; I wonder if we will ever get fed-up of our own self-serving lip servicing? But rather than take this time to bitch about how bad we are, in the spirit of things, let us take time to see how much better we can become? It starts with a little kindness, which we learn, eventually begets kindness...
Peace be with you.
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