Two Lovely Humanitarians Imagine a world where every person helps one another regardless of their financial or social status. Poverty and suffering are visible issues that have been affecting the whole world. Most people only care about their personal problems, and they are not concerned about their surroundings. However, there are two magnificent ladies that tried to change that by helping the needy out of pure love and compassion. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, also known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Princess Diana recognized the pain and suffering people were going through and wanted to make a difference. Mother Teresa, who was a nun, had unconditional love for everybody, dedicated her life to serving the poor, and she placed others before …show more content…
Likewise, Princess Diana always showed sympathy and love for everyone. She did not care about her royal status. Instead, she presented herself as an ordinary woman which is why people gave her the title of “The People’s Princess” (Tapia 261). Princess Diana and Mother Teresa differ in several aspects, but most people do not realize they are the same when it comes to their great generosity, caring for the well-being of others, and their example of perseverance.
Generosity is a great virtue in which people give or help others without expecting anything in return. Unfortunately is very seldom to see it in our society nowadays. Princess Diana had and believed in that virtue. She helped the people in need out of the goodness of her heart. According to author Derek Stanovsky, “Princess Diana lend her time and her fame to dozens of
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They established several organizations for the most disadvantaged people. According to the article, “Diana, Princess of Wales” she was the benefactor of forty-four different charities. “In June 1997, an auction of seventy-nine of Diana 's evening gowns at Christie 's in New York brought in more than $5.7 million for AIDS and cancer charities.” This demonstrates Princess Diana funded organizations trying to protect and care for the well-being of people in need. She used her financial status in unlimited for good causes. Similarly, Mother Teresa’s example of benevolence enticed the well-off people to help her accomplish her work by funding hospitals and charities. In the words of Eileen Egan, the men of Calcutta were overwhelmed to see the poverty and struggles that Mother Teresa was going through to help the poor and sink, so they decided to donate “The Missionary of Charity a building” (Egan). Also Mother Teresa obtained “the motherhouse” (Egan) with the help of Van Exem, and later on “Ann Blaikie become the founder of the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa” (Egan). In addition, in 1966 the “Missionary of Charity Brothers” was established, and the “AIDS hospice” in 1985(Egan). This clearly shows that even though Mother Teresa did not have the means financially or socially to stablish these organizations on her own. She lured affluent people with her novel examples of
Her whole life, Diana always strived to do what she could to help those around her through lots of charity work. Two famous quotes of Diana’s are “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.” and “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” about the charity work she did. When Diana died, she left behind a legacy that is still remembered, in our modern society as people still strive to follow in Diana’s footsteps. Princess Diana was a great individual who will always be remembered as one of Britain's greatest members of the royal
Mother Teresa resembles this paradigm because she is always helping people. Her actions are based on what she believes she would want upon herself. She treats others the way she would want to be treated. She does this by continuously helping others. For example she helped the. Home less by taking them in and cleaning them up. There was one incident where she picked up a woman literally half-eaten by rats and ants and carried her to the home and cleaned her. Mother Teresa had stated in an interview later, "start treating people the way you want to be treated and you will fulfill one of God's highest purposes for your life". In these examples she treats people the way she wants to be treated with love, respect, and
Growing up in 1960s, Diana Spencer always knew royalty. This idea of power was a birth right through her father, but yet Diana did not know of the influence she was going to inflict one day. Princess Diana, through her marriage with Prince Charles, became an icon for the United Kingdom and impacted many in the world (Princess Diana Biography Princess). Along with her compassionate heart and humble soul, Diana ascended in the eyes of the public and became England’s sweetheart and beloved leader. Princess Diana soon inspired people all over the world by breaking the royal stereotypes, sponsoring many charities and providing a prime example of what it means to love one’s children and people.
[Even when her power was fading Elizabeth showed her love to her people. She gave one of her most famous speeches, Golden Speech]. In it, “Of myself I must say this, I was never greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait, fast holding prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on worldly goods but for my subjects’ good” (History.com).
Most people feel that they should help the needy in some way or another. The problem is how to help them. This problem generally arises when there is a person sitting on the side of the road in battered clothes with a cardboard sign asking for some form of help, almost always in the form of money. Yet something makes the giver uneasy. What will they do with this money? Do they need this money? Will it really help them? The truth of the matter is, it won't. However, there are things that can be done to help the needy. Giving money to a reliable foundation will help the helpless, something that transferring money from a pocket to a man's tin can will never do.
When others didn't accept, receive, or help those in need, Saint Teresa did. I admire her greatly for her acts of selflessness, humility, and charity. Additionally, what I find most interesting about Saint Teresa's life is how Jesus called her to serve on September 10, 1946, during a train ride for her annual retreat. On that day, Jesus revealed His pain at the human neglect of the poor, His sorrow at their ignorance of Him, and His yearning desire for their love. Jesus himself asked Saint Teresa to establish a religious community dedicated to the service of the poor.
On August 26, 1910, in the country of Macedonia, Mother Teresa was born. She would grow up and accomplish many remarkable achievements. She taught in India for seventeen years before she experienced her 1946 “call within a call” to dedicate herself to caring for the poor and sick. She established centers for the aged, disabled, blind and a leper colony. In addition, she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. It all began when she left for Ireland to begin her religious work, leaving her family and speaking a language few knew. Every aspect of her life, from her early years to her later years, are fascinating and builds in to her ministry to the week and poor.
Even twenty years after her death, the world continues to remember the princess who perpetually remembered them. Princess Diana lived as one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. She devoted her life in the spotlight to bring recognition to causes that she felt others should care about, such as AIDS, homelessness, leprosy, and landmine removal. Diana believed that love and kindness served as the remedy for any sort of suffering. She once stated in an interview with BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, “I think the biggest disease this world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month—I’m very happy to do that and I want to do that” (Roisin Kelly). While the matter remains certain that people were initially starstruck having a princess in their midst, it is undoubtedly Diana’s kindness that attracted and continued to attract beings to her presence. She held the hands of those deemed unsafe to touch and broke down stigmas in the process. Diana became a hero for those who had no one to speak up for them, or the trials they endured, through simple acts of kindness, such as a warm smile or a gentle handshake. While Diana aided those around her, she herself desperately craved love and kindness, as discussed in the following quote from the New York Times’ Article, “Diana in Search of Herself”. “Indeed, Diana's unstable temperament bore all the markings of one of the most elusive psychological disorders: the borderline personality. This condition is characterized by an unstable self-image; sharp mood swings; fear of rejection and abandonment; an inability to sustain relationships; persistent feelings of loneliness, boredom, and emptiness; depression; and impulsive behavior such as binge eating and
...g as an ambassador for England, Diana desperately sought out peace for herself and others throughout the course of her life, which in my opinion has earned her the permanent title as “the people’s princess.”
Have you ever had to choose between living a life of luxury and plenty or choose one that contained hardship and want, but you were able to help the poor? Mother Teresa, in the book Something Beautiful for God, written by Malcum Muggeridge, had to face this same issue. Everyone believes that Mother Teresa helped the poor, but some believe that Mother Teresa should have helped them and some believe they should have not.
... had. Diana’s two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry continued their mother’s legacy with the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. In the first nine years, the Fund pledged more than $125 million to more than 350 charities around the world. Diana was a unique princess and her charities were handled on such a deeply personal level she became the real people’s princess. People could identify with her from around the world and they appreciated her approach to life. She was not just adored in her home country the United Kingdom, but around the world.
Individualism is rampant in our world. More and more people are concerned with what they want, when they want it and how they want it. They put blinders on and go about their work, convinced that “looking out for number one” is the only way to succeed and find happiness. If everyone were to adopt this way of thinking and living, the world would become violently competitive, gloomy, and callous. However, if we open our lives and give service to those less fortunate than ourselves, we allow our hearts to receive immeasurable happiness. There are countless members of society, who make service and ultimately self-sacrifice a part of their everyday lives. One of the greatest examples the world has of a self-sacrificing person is Mother Teresa. She said, “In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love… It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.” Doctors Without Borders is a powerful humanitarian organization that was most recently volunteering in Haiti. Part of their mission statement reads, “…We unite direct medical care with a commitment to bearing witness and speaking out against the underlying causes of suffering. Our aid workers and staff protest violations of humanitarian law on behalf of populations who have no voice, and bring the concerns of their patients to public forums…” These are just two mainstream examples of people and organizations that live and work for others, to improve the quality of their lives.
Even after 20 years since her death, Princess Diana’s legacy still lives on. It lives through her sons, William and Henry. Through their deeds in photos and videos, they tell her story. She changed what it meant to be royal and she always led by example. There was also a memorial fund created in her name which gave 727 grants to 471 organizations totalling in almost $145 million.
It was her idea that people should yearn for peace by evading violence and creating equal opportunities for each other. Similar to the foregoing point, Teresa argued that the society could only live together in harmony if the virtue of love was cultivated. In emphasizing this concept, Mother Teresa seemed to have posited that love bounded people from harming each other (Yang 135). For example, she believed that peace in the society began with unity of purpose. Such a condition means that if people decided to do things in a similar manner, absence of peace would not be experienced in the
One of the most basic teachings in the Catholic Church is to ?Love one another as I have loved you.? This can be implied towards people living in poverty as we can follow the steps that Jesus had undertaken to love other people even if they are your enemies. By showing love and compassion we can create a world that is aware of poverty issues and help the declination of poverty. Countless organisations are heavily involved in carrying missions to help ultimately eradicate poverty. These charities and organisations include CARITAS, World Vision, Oxfam, St Vincent de Paul and many other non profitable organisations which help carry out work to help those who are in need.