Recently I found an interesting story about Mother Teresa that fell into the same idea of positive energy (in terms of positive speech). There was an Anti-War group that asked Mother Teresa to attend. Her response was interesting. She completely and emphatically refused, to the astonishment of the organizers of the Anti-War group. They were totally confused by her words and reaction.
Let’s put ourselves in the Anti-War group’s shoes. They are a group of people tired of war and the loss of lives, which most of the times is needless. Mother Teresa seemed to be a perfect person to bolster their efforts and give them legitimacy in the eyes of many. Mother Teresa has seen the results first hand of war. What a great keynote attendant and speaker! Then she flat out refuses.
What was her objection? It was because they were “Anti-War” protesters not “Pro-Peace” protesters. At first glance this seems more like semantics and worse yet nitpicky. But there was a sound principal employed that was also echoed in the Rabbi’s mother-in-law’s home.
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