Ever since reading Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne, I have had a new fascination with an old hero. Claiborne actually worked aside Mother Theresa and I love the stories he recalls of her (Have you read this book? You MUST!) . An Amazing woman and true servant of God. Truly inspiring to this 32 year old Jill Holt.
Today my book request came in at the library. Loved this biography. Any book written on a 3rd grade reading level is a book for me! Any book that a mother can read through while her daughter plays trains at the library gets an A+! Loved learning about her life, and had tears in my library eyes reading the following profound quote…
If People are proud and unreasonable, misguided and selfish,
Love them anyway.
If you are kind, and people say that you do it for selfish reasons,
Be kind anyway.
If you succeed, but find only untrue friends and true enemies,
Succeed anyway.
If the good deeds you do today are forgotten tomorrow,
Do good deeds anyway.
If being truthful and saying what you believe hurts you,
tell the truth anyway.
If things you spent years building are destroyed overnight,
Build anyway.
If you help those in need from the goodness of your heart, and they attack you,
Help anyway.
If you give the world the best you have, and you are kicked in the teeth
Give the world the best you have anyway.
– Mother Theresa
Truly a remarkable woman! Her witness endures strong as ever; the Church would benefit to remember her well.