Mother Teresa "Faithless" ???

Have you seen the news story about Mother Teresa's (deceased) recently released letters where she describes her faith journey and her personal struggle to connect with her god? In light of her public persona and the theological paparazzi's feeding fenzy on her selfless work with India's poor, I find it comforting. I don't exalt in her struggle but am eased somewhat that she is human...just like the rest of us.

I guess that we're all conflicted souls, slaves to both our passions and our weaknesses....in fact, driven by both to believe and behave in our own inimitable fashion.

I am drawn to the conflicted person, Mr. Jefferson being one I'm particularly fond of....a slave owner and writer of the phrase of freedom..."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Perhaps the tension of our demons makes us more our true selves than we can ever mask.