“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” - Mother Teresa

On 4th September, 2016 Mother Teresa was canonized a saint at the Vatican. What a blessed, happy and proud moment that was! Ironically, I am a parishioner at Mother Teresa Parish and we had a joyous and grand celebration to commemorate the saintly life of a wonderful person. The homily delivered at mass reminded us that you do not need great qualifications to achieve the greatest and Mother Teresa was a testament to that truth. We, as a nation were blessed that an Albanian born Roman Catholic nun chose to call India her home and dedicated her life to helping the poor, especially the down-trodden of society. She was a beacon of hope in a sea of poverty, loneliness and rejection - seeing God in all human suffering. She radiated warmth, love and compassion - having touched numerous lives all over the globe with her simplicity and devoutness, even 19 years after her passing.
Our generation is lucky to have witnessed a saintly life in our midst..

I took a moment to look up one of my favorite poems that I thought was apt. -

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN  by Robert Frost                                      

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,                                              
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,          

And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.