读到一段特雷莎修女的话，有感触，与路过诸君共勉。
特雷莎修女说:
"你如果行善事，人们会说你必定是出于自私的隐秘动机。不管怎样，你还是要做善事；
你今天所做的善事明天就会被人遗忘。不管怎样，你还是要做善事；
你如果成功，得到的会是假朋友和真敌人。不管怎样，你还是要成功；
你耗费数年所建设的可能毁于一旦。不管怎样，你还是要建设；
你坦诚待人却受到了伤害。不管怎样，你还是要坦诚待人；
心胸最博大最宽容的人，可能会被心胸狭窄的人击倒。不管怎样，你还是要志存高远；
人们的确需要帮助，但当你真的帮助他们的时候，他们可能会攻击你。不管怎样，你还是要帮助他人；
将你所拥有的最好的东西献给世界，你可能会被反咬一口。不管怎样，还是要把最宝贵的东西献给世界
。"
特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997)，印度著名的慈善家，印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人，在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网，赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞，语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华，其所举事例听来似平凡之至，然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。平凡中孕育伟大，真情才能动人。我们作文时，要善于从自己所熟知的平凡中发掘伟大，以真情来打动读者。
特蕾莎修女（1910-1997）
生于南斯拉夫，37岁正式成为修女
1948年远赴印度加尔各答
且于两年后正式成立仁爱传教修女会
竭力服侍贫困中的最穷苦者
一九七九年获诺贝尔和平奖
一九九七年九月葬于加尔各答
特蕾莎只是一位满面皱纹、瘦弱文静的修女。1979年9月，当她去世时，印度政府为她举行国葬，全国哀悼两天。成千上万的人冒着倾盆大雨走上街头，为她的离去流下了哀伤的眼泪。他就是被誉为"活圣人"的特蕾莎修女。1979年授予她的诺贝尔和平奖的颁奖词说："她的事业的一个特征就是对单个人的尊重……最孤独的人、最悲惨的人、濒临死亡的人，都从她的手中接受到了不含施舍意味的同情，接受到了建立在对人的尊重之上的同情。"
她被视为"贫民窟的圣人",世人亲切地称她为 "德雷莎嬷嬷"。
她1910年出生在南斯拉夫境内的一户阿尔巴尼亚农家,那一带一直为贫穷、混乱和民族战争所困扰,她小小年纪就开始思索人生,12岁时感悟到自己的天职是帮助穷人,17岁时发了初愿,到爱尔兰的劳莱法修女院学习,随后到印度大吉岭受训。27岁时发誓终身愿成为修女。此后,她放弃在女子学校和修道院做老师的优雅生活,向教会请求批准辞职,走出修道院的高墙,来到世界上以贫民窟多且脏而闻名、被印度总理尼赫鲁称为"恶梦之城"的加尔各答,走进那些不避风雨的贫民窟,置身在贫困者中间。她在那里开办了一所学校―圣马利亚中学,让那里较大的孩子受教育;她从美国医疗遣使修女那里学习掌握了基本的医学常识,然后到患病者的家中去医治他们。她亲手握住快要在街头横死的穷人的手,给他们临终前最后的一丝温暖,让他们含着微笑离开这个残酷的世界。她亲吻那些艾滋病患者的脸庞,为他们筹集医疗资金。她给柬埔寨内战中被炸掉双腿的难民送去轮椅,也送去生活的希望。她细心地从难民溃烂的伤口中捡出蛆虫,她亲切地抚摸麻风病人的残肢……
自1952年开始,德蕾莎修女在加尔各答的街头遍寻垂死者,她和她修道院(仁爱传教修女会)的修女,将爱心和慰籍分别带给400万被舍弃街头的人。但出乎意料的是,有过半数的人,在德蕾莎修女等人的悉心照料下,日渐康复了。
特蕾莎修女自己也是一个穷人，她的生活朴实无华，但同时她又是世界上最富有的人，因为他拥有爱、给予爱、收获爱。特蕾莎修女清醒的认识到，居高临下的给予，接受者会有被施舍的屈辱感觉，这对一个人的尊严是极有害的，他可能导出苦涩的敌意，而不是和谐与和平。在街头，这个瘦小的修女亲手握住快要横死的穷人的手，给她们送去临终前最后一丝温暖；在医院，这个受着病痛折磨的修女亲吻着艾滋病患者的脸庞，为他们筹集医疗资金；她给柬埔寨内战中被炸掉双腿的难民送去轮椅，也送去生活的希望；她细心的从难民溃烂的伤口中捡出蛆虫，帮助他们减轻痛苦。她曾动情地说；"我们做的不过是汪洋中的一滴水。"特蕾莎修女说这些话的时候，就好像母亲给孩子讲故事，没有花招，没有卖弄，有的只是一颗直白坦率的心灵。她微笑者说，让我们记住这一点：没有人不需要关爱，我们要总是以微笑相见，尤其是在微笑起来很困难的时候，更需要微笑。
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated the majority of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name "Saint of the Gutters." The devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India dedicated to serving the poor. Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide.
Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Whales, is remembered and respected by people all over the world more for her beauty, kindness, humanity and charitable activities than for her technical skills.
1910: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu born August 27 in Skopje, in what is now Macedonia, the youngest of three children of an Albanian builder.
1928: Becomes novitiate in Loretto order, which ran mission schools in India, and takes name Sister Teresa.
1929: Arrives in Calcutta to teach at St. Mary's High School.
1937: Takes final vows as a nun.
1946: While riding a train to the mountain town of Darjeeling to recover from suspected tuberculosis, she said she received a calling from God "to serve him among the poorest of the poor."
1947: Permitted to leave her order and moves to Calcutta's slums to set up her first school.
1950: Founds the order of Missionaries of Charity.
1952: Opens Nirmal Hriday, or "Pure Heart," a home for the dying, followed next year by her first orphanage.
1962: Wins her first prize for her humanitarian work: the Padma Shri award for distinguished service. Over the years, she uses the money from such prizes to found dozens of new homes.
1979: Wins Nobel Peace Prize.
1982: Persuades Israelis and Palestinians to stop shooting long enough to rescue 37 retarded children from a hospital in besieged Beirut.
1983: Has a heart attack while in Rome visiting Pope John Paul II.
1985: Awarded Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian award.
1989: Has a second and nearly fatal attack. Doctors implant a pacemaker.
1990: Announces her intention to resign, and a conclave of sisters is called to choose successor. In a secret ballot, Mother Teresa is re-elected with only one dissenting vote -- her own -- and withdraws request to step down.
1991: Suffers pneumonia in Tijuana, Mexico, leading to congestive heart failure, and is hospitalized in La Jolla, California.
1993: Breaks three ribs in fall in May in Rome; hospitalized for malaria in August in New Delhi; undergoes surgery to clear blocked blood vessel in Calcutta in September.
1996: November 16, receives honorary U.S. citizenship.
1996: Falls and breaks collarbone in April; suffers malarial fever and failure of the left heart ventricle in August; treated for a chest infection and recurring heart problems in September. Readmitted to hospital with chest pains and breathing problems November 22.
1997: March 13, steps down as head of her order.
I think the greatest person that has ever lives is Mother Teresa.She changed many people's lives.Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Macedonia.Her father was a builder.When she was young,Mother Teresa studied religion and loved everyone.She became a nunin Irealand and left for India in 1929.She taught Geography for many years in India.She spent her life caring for the poor.Mother Teresa was awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 1979.She died in 1997 when she was 87.
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