Reflection Of Joy And Quality Of Life

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One of the lessons that I gained from analyzing Mother Teresa is the joy and quality of life should come from the inner calm or peace not from the material of outside. This realization made me recalled of a meaningful statement that I obtained from an elder. “You will only be a freedom person when your joy and happiness are not depending on any person or anything, otherwise, no matter you are durance in the prison or walking on the streets, you are still the prisoner of yourself.” This is one of the key aspects of Mother Teresa that I would like to develop in my life as I strongly agree with Mother Teresa that the joy and quality of life is not determined by how big is the car or house. Instead, it is determined by the inner peace within ourselves and how deeply we touch another life. Besides that, I also agree with Mother Teresa that once you had identified yourself with people or materials around you, you may not be a freedom person as your joy are determined by the things at outside. To me, as a student, I felt anxious and stress whenever there are many assignments and exams were waiting for me to complete them. My mood at that moment was not within my control as it had affected by the environments. However, a fully functioning person like Mother Teresa would not affected by the environments as she believed that it was not because of her intentions that the environment changes, it was her attitude towards the environment made it changes. Nothing is threatening to her self- concept. Thus, if I can develop this aspect well in my life, I will be joyful and peaceful all the time as I will not be affected by the conditions of the environment. It is because no matter how good or bad is the environment, nothing will be threatened to my
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