One
night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with
eight children. They have not eaten for days,” I took some food and I
went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the faces of those
little children disfigured by hunger. There was no sorrow or sadness in
their faces, just the deep pain of hunger. I gave the rice to the
mother. She divided it in two, and went out, carrying half the rice
with her. When she came back, I asked her, “Where did you go?” She gave
me this simple answer, “To my neighbors-they are hungry also.”
I was not surprised that she gave–because poor people are generous. But
I was surprised that she knew they were hungry. As a rule, when we are
suffering, we are so focused on ourselves we have no time for others.
–Mother Teresa
night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with
eight children. They have not eaten for days,” I took some food and I
went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the faces of those
little children disfigured by hunger. There was no sorrow or sadness in
their faces, just the deep pain of hunger. I gave the rice to the
mother. She divided it in two, and went out, carrying half the rice
with her. When she came back, I asked her, “Where did you go?” She gave
me this simple answer, “To my neighbors-they are hungry also.”
I was not surprised that she gave–because poor people are generous. But
I was surprised that she knew they were hungry. As a rule, when we are
suffering, we are so focused on ourselves we have no time for others.
–Mother Teresa
