With the recent spike of racial and cultural intolerance paired together with gender based violence that has been running the late night and early morning news bulletin, I couldn’t help but see a society that is in dire need of some true leaders to show us the way.
As I pondered over these unpleasant incidences, I began to look back into history to find examples of such leaders who stood up at when the world set back in its self created injustices. In all of history there had been many leaders who defied the general status quo of indifference to the plight of their neighbours, Muhammadans Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II the Dalai Lama. Among these great leaders of man there was one who really inspired me, Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa is probably one of the greatest epitome of what it means to be made of greatness as a woman called to a cause greater than yourself. Her greatness was a result of her humbleness as a woman to be a servant to the poor people in Calcutta. Her graciousness and humility formed an unforeseen force of impacting the lives of those less fortunate and in need of help. She exuded passion for the poor and suffering and expressed desire for the truth of all humanity....
In the book the 21 Irrefutable Laws of leadership, John Maxwell explains how the true measure of leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. And he cites how Mother Teresa, even though of small stature made a huge impact in the lives of many through her influence.
"Lucinda Vardey, who worked with Mother Teresa on the book The Simple Path, describes the nun as 'the quintessential, energetic entrepreneur, who has perceived a need and done something about it, built an organization against all odds, formulated its constitution and sent out branches all over the world.' The organization Mother Teresa founded and led is called the Missionaries of Charity. While other vocational orders in the Catholic Church were declining hers grew rapidly, reaching more than four thousand members during her lifetime (not including numerous volunteers.) In Calcutta alone, she established a children's home, a center for people who with leprosy, a home for people who were dying and destitute and a home of people suffering with tuberculosis or mental illness. This kind of organizational building can be accomplished only by a true leader."~ quoted from the book 21 Irrefutable laws of Leadership
With our society is in need of reformation Mother Teresa was probably one of the most revered woman leaders of man in the 20th century and a true icon of leadership for all men and women around the world who have grace and humility embedded within them to touch lives. One of her famous saying of hers is found on the wall in Calcutta in one of Mother Teresa's home for children. This is probably something that you have heard before a but it is we should read probably every day by all men and women which is probably why she had it:
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