I remember some time ago I visited a very wonderful home for old people. There were about forty people there and they had everything, but they were all looking toward the door. There was not a smile on their faces, and I asked the sister in charge of them, “Sister, why are all these people not smiling? Why are they looking towards the door?” And she, very beautifully had to answer and give the truth: “It’s the same every day. They are longing for someone to come and visit them.”
–Mother Teresa, Everything Starts from Prayer: Meditations on Spiritual Life for People of All Faiths, selected and Arranged by Anthony Stern, 9
