a song for mother teresa

this is a continuation of the blog below (‘mother teresa – the one i admire’). i don’t want to make a blog post too long, so i’m continuing my say of mother teresa here. make sure you read the post below first!

a few days after the death of mother teresa, i wrote a poem entitled ‘god’s way’ in tribute to her and it was published in the star paper. yeah I used to write poems a long time ago.. but very amateurish work. if you would like to read some of my poems, you can go to yoursaymysay and look under ‘my poem’. well, this ‘god’s way’ poem i have it up there too but i feel it is better for me to reproduce it here in case many of you are too lazy to click on the link to go there. (hmm… i wonder do you guys usually click on those links, not only here but my other blogs? i spent so much time souring around for those links you know.)

btw, “god’s way” is to be sung to the tune of frank sinatra’s (otherwise known as ‘old blye eyes’) song ‘my way’, the very popular song, which I’m sure all of you know. oh and do you know, it seems that our dear PM had also adopted this song as his final swan song!

GOD’S WAY (Tribute to Mother Teresa)

And now her end is here, she had gone to meet God
My friend, let me tell you
She was the one, a most unique person
She lived her life that was full, a life full of love and compassion
And more, much more than that, her life is of God’s way

Yes all the time, she had shown us
We must empty ourselves to serve the poor
And through it all, to see Christ in the poor
Gave them hope and dignity
With true compassion and selfless love, which is God’s way

She walked the streets, in and out of the slums
Searching for all those unwanted, wretched people
She find them very precious
To think they are God’s gift, so she said “Made them feel loved”
Oh yes, oh yes, that should be the way…God’s way

For who are us, if we don’t give up something
That was what she would ask each and everyone of us
And those were not words of herself
But what that God is asking us too, doing it His way

Regrets she had none, as she knew this call came from God
She did what she had to do, reaching out to the untouchables
In this, she shows us, a way of expressing our love for God
And more than ever, she always did it God’ way
(by Lucia Lai)