"Very few of us can do great things, but everyone can do ordinary things with noble love. - Mother Teresa
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The so-called wish to do things
Mother Teresa is the only "saint" posthumously canonized by the Vatican in nearly a hundred years.
At that time, she was the principal of the Monastery Secondary School.
Seeing the world outside the school, poor people don't care about life.
There were beggars, street children and lepers everywhere.
She felt that she had a mission to settle these people.
Everyone thinks that she is whimsical, and in this chaotic world, it is difficult for Mingzhe to protect herself.
She didn't think so, and she knew exactly what she was going to do.
After writing several letters of request, the Vatican Pope finally allowed Mother Teresa to do what she wanted.
Her relief society started with only 12 people and few assets.
There are quite a few volunteers who come to help.
One of them was an architect, and Mother Teresa asked him to help out with a blueprint.
She wanted to build a quarantine city where poor homeless people could live.
The architect said, it's impossible, do you know how much it takes to build such a place?
Mother Teresa said firmly: Surely.
A few days later, the Pope came to see Mother Teresa, asked her what she wanted, and said he was going to give her a gift.
Teresa said she didn't want anything.
The Pope left his Mercedes benz and said, "Whatever you do with it, I'm going to give it to you anyway."
Teresa sold it because it was the pope's car, so it sold for ten times more than the original price.
This money is just enough to build the quarantine city.
This kind of consensus and wishful thinking often happened to her.
At that time, Mother Teresa received food for the poor every day, often without guarantees.
Everyone else is anxious about what to do tomorrow.
She said: "I never worry about tomorrow.
She started as one person and went into a small group of 12 people.
Later, Teresa's Missionary Sisters of Charity grew to more than 4,000 people, with branches in many countries around the world.
Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
She gave her medals, the money for the Nobel Peace Prize banquet, and the proceeds of the collection to the poor.
After her death, more than 400 dignitaries from 20 countries attended her funeral.
The so-called wishful thinking is actually meaning:
When you are confident enough that you can do something, you will do it wholeheartedly, unconsciously want to try all the ways, and will pay attention to it for a long time.
To what extent is it to be wholehearted, to immerse yourself in the process of doing things and forget the result.
When these factors come together, what can be done without doing more with less?
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Break the illusion of fear
Teresa had a journalist friend who interviewed her for years.
Once, the reporter said that he wanted to try to give nursing to patients.
At that time, the sanitary conditions were very poor, and many patients not only had their wounds festering, but also grew maggots.
The reporter really did not hold back, lying outside and vomiting wildly.
She said, give me 1 million and I won't do this job.
Teresa said, give me 1 million, I won't do it.
So, why is Theresa so dedicated to taking care of these people?
From her teachings to her students, you can learn a part of her ideas.
She said, "The body of the sick person you care for is the body of Jesus." The sick person you care for is Jesus.
Then you have only one person in front of you: your beloved Jesus.
You will be from the heart and want to take care of all the patients.
There is actually a great idea here, that is, to break your own illusion and reconstruct your own cognitive world.
Do everything as if you like it.
For example, the same crystal, made into a crystal ball, everyone thinks it is so cute and likes it.
Make a skull, and some people will think, so terrible.
Why are they all the same things, but they bring different feelings to different people?
It's not that the crystal material itself is different, it's that you set limits for yourself.
You think it's scary, so you're afraid of it.
When in your heart you can treat this crystal skull equally with other crystals, you will have no fear.
This is seeing the most fundamental way of things, that is, it is the same thing as other things.
They would have been the same.
Like the reporter and Teresa, facing the same patient, the reporter saw the nausea of maggots squirming.
This disgust was due to the illusion created by the reporter himself, and she would be afraid that she would grow these things in herself, and her cognition of maggots was also limited, and maggots projected his inner uneasiness.
So it will be fearful and sick to the stomach.
But in fact, how much difference does there be between the appearance of maggots and silkworms?
It's just that we define them differently, so we react in different ways.
In Teresa's eyes, all types of wounds are just wounds, just treat them.
Everything that happens is calm and joyful.
Don't think too much, and you won't have fear and disgust.
Most of the fears in life are their own illusions.
And you have the power to break these illusions.
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Think of yourself as a pipe
Teresa was not at all proud when she helped the poor.
She always said, "God is doing these things through me."
She never felt that it was because of herself that these things had been made possible.
Just think of herself as a pipe, and all the things she does are just passing through her.
In the process of helping others, I also cultivated my own heart.
In fact, life is the same, when you choose to help others, you should do it seriously, and don't think about what others can return.
Because helping others is your choice.
And how others respond is someone else's business.
Living with such a mentality, you will find that there is less fear and much better.
Another example is work.
Some people do everything well, and some people don't do anything well.
The latter is that the mentality is not right.
He mistakenly believed that all the results he had achieved in his profession were his own credit.
Ignoring the foundation and networking that the company's platform provides.
We can think of all professions as a different way of looking at things.
And when we do these things, we just act as a conduit to get things through us.
When things flow through you, you can not only enjoy the feeling of doing things in the moment, but also gain the corresponding experience.
Another example is interpersonal communication.
We always have a lot of people to hate and people to like.
There is a saying that when we hate others, we hate a certain part of ourselves that is not accepted by ourselves.
All of us are just mirrors of us.
From the feedback of others, we become aware of ourselves and renew our understanding of ourselves.
Isn't that the best reward?
If you're worried about money and livelihood, you don't have to.
When you can actually do that, the livelihood problem is no longer an issue.
Did Mother Teresa have a lot of money in the first place?
Not really.
She is just constantly practicing her role as a pipe, a bridge.
Constantly crossing others and crossing oneself.
There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching:
"The heavens and the earth can therefore be long and long, and because they do not give birth to themselves, they can live forever."
It is the saint who precedes his body and the body that exists outside.
Is it not selfless?
Therefore, it can be selfish. ”
The great men of heaven and earth have never considered themselves, they have never been selfish.
But it is precisely because of this that they have achieved their "selfishness".
Let them do what they want to do.
What about you? After reading the story of Mother Teresa, did you have a clearer idea of her life?