The one person from whom I learnt the most

Every person gets inspired by someone or the other. Some get inspired by their family, while some get inspired by their friends and some from popular leaders. We can learn a lot from the person we are inspired. Likewise I’m inspired by Mother Teresa. She is also known as ‘Teresa of Calcutta’. She was born on 26 August 1910. She founded the missionaries of charity and she lived a very simple way of life. She was the youngest child in her family. At the age of 12 she decided that she wanted to be a missionary and spread the love of Christ. Then at the age of 18 she left her parents and joined Sister Loreto. There she was called as ‘Mary Teresa’.


She sacrificed her family and looked after many poor children as well as old people when they were suffering from infectious diseases. She also started an open air school for homeless children. She visited many poor families every now and then. She washed the sores of some children and took care of an old man lying sick on the road and nursed a women dying of hunger and TB. Her great work fetched her awards like ‘Padmashri’ and ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ and attention for the glory of God and in the name of poor.

These days nobody is bothered about others. People are so selfish and self-centered. But Mother Teresa taught us a wonderful lesson. She lived her life for others. Helping others was her only aim in life. Her lifestyle inspired me a lot. The way she helped poor and sick people touched my heart. In the same way we should also start taking care of others and help the needy people. We always complain about the things we don’t have. Instead of this we should be happy with what we have because there are billions of people in this world who can’t even afford a meal a day. We are blessed with a healthy body while many people die of sickness.  We must be satisfied with the things we have and start helping others and live a peaceful life.