You weren't created just to consume resources, you were put on this Earth to make a contribution.

Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.

We have a vow to give wholeheartedly everything to the poor.

Good works are links that form a chain of love" Mother Theresa

Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the universe. —contemplative: by gathering the whole universe at the very center of our hearts where the Lord of the universe abides, and allowing the pure water of divine grace to flow plentifully and unceasingly from the source itself, on the whole of his creation. —universal: by praying and contemplating with all and for all, especially with and for the spiritually poorest of the poor.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

The first step to becoming is to will it.