If I had to lose one of my senses, I would lose the sixth sense of inference, or drawing conclusions. This
sense allows one to understand unspoken messages communicated by body
language and the dangers inherent in scenarios like falling asteroids
and law enforcement. No longer would I need to worry about such things;
no longer would fear plague my now-numb consciousness. Indeed, I would
be free to act as I will. "Darn the consequences" would be my motto; and
on my tombstone, written shortly after my imminent death, would read
the words, "He lived so cautiously; he died so carelessly."
Although we have several examples of heroes in our day, one of the best known is of a woman named Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (“Gonja Bojaju”), who devoted her life to sustaining the “poor, sick, orphaned, and dying.” Her venue was Calcutta, India, where she served as a teacher until she began to take notice of the poverty there. Seeking to do something about it, she began an organization that consisted of just thirteen members at its inception. Called the “Missionaries of Charity,” the organization would eventually burgeon into well over 5,000 members worldwide, running approximately 600 missions, schools and shelters in 120 countries; and caring for the orphaned, blind, aged, disabled, and poor. As her personal work expanded, she traveled to countries like Lebanon, where she rescued 37 children from a hospital by pressing for peace between Israel and Palestine; to Ethiopia, where she traveled to help the hungry; to Chernobyl, Russia, to assist victims of the nuclear meltdown there; and to ...
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