Today's
thought
from
Hazelden
is:
God
hasn't
called
me
to
be
successful.
He's
called
me
to
be
faithful.
--Mother
Teresa
A
reporter
asked
Mother
Teresa
how
she
could
bear
to
go
on
working
at
such
a
hopeless
task
day
after
day
and
year
after
year.
The
people
she
cared
for were
so
wretchedly
poor.
Many
of
them,
very
sick.
How
could
she
continue
with
such
dedication,
knowing
that
all
the
poverty
and
sickness
would
still
be
there
long
after
she
had
died?
Didn't
she
realize
she
couldn't
win?
Her
explanation
was
simple:
Of
course
she
knew
the
task
was
immense,
but
"finishing"
wasn't
her
purpose.
Mother
Teresa
had
turned
her
life
and
will
over
to
God,
and
her
work
was
what
she
believed
to
be
God's
will
for
her.
Because
of
this,
she was
devoted
to
the
task
itself,
not
to
the
completion
of
it.
We
too
can
learn
to
be
receptive
to
a
higher
purpose.
We
can
direct
our
energies
into
causes
we
believe
in,
even
if
we
know
the
job
will
never
be
finished.
We
can
visit
with
friends
and
family
and
not
try
to
win
a
verbal
exchange.
We
can
accept
the
will
of
our
Higher
Power
and
thereby
find
serenity.
Today,
I
will
let
go
of
the
driving
need
to
succeed
or
to
impress
others.
Instead,
I
will
be
receptive
to
my
Higher
Power's
will.
You
are
reading
from
the
book:
Days
of
Healing,
Days
of
Joy
by
Earnie
Larsen
and
Carol
Larsen
Hegarty
Days
of
Healing,
Days
of
Joy
by
Earnie
Larsen
and
Carol
Larsen
Hegarty.
Copyright
1987,
1992
by
Hazelden
Foundation.
All
rights
reserved.
Printed
in
the
United
States
of
America.
No
portion
of
this
publication
may
be
reproduced
in
any
manner
without
the
written
permission
of
the
Hazelden.
