In Calcutta, India, there is a children’s home named Shishu Bhavan founded by Mother Teresa. The home continues to be operated by her community, the Missionaries of Charity. On the wall of the home hangs a sign which has eight sayings about people in this world and follows each with instructions about how to cope with it. One will appear in the newsletter each week for you to think about.
1. People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centred. LOVE THEM ANYWAY.
Mother Teresa taught her young charges that the challenges offered by this sign can be met only if human beings are motivated by a love and a respect for one another which looks beyond faults, differences, ulterior motives, success, and failure.