Mother Teresa's Contact Info

My sister told this story at brunch this week.

She's an ad executive who was meeting in New York with the CEO/owner of a successful business; let's call him John. Along with her were the owners of her ad agency who are not Catholic; let's call them Ida and Rick. During the meeting John reveals that his goal is to make a lot of money so that he can donate the profits to the orphanages started by Mother Teresa.

Sis: "Oh, you've met Mother Teresa?"
John: "No, I lived and worked with her for several years in India."
Sis: (Wink) "You'll have to give me her contact info."

He goes on to describe how he gives his employees a certain number of days off every month to perform charity work of their choice.

Ida and Rick: "But you're doing this work here because you really love this field, right?"
John: "No. I mean, it's good, but it's just a means to an end. I intend to make millions of dollars but die penniless."

Ida and Rick: "What do you mean, "penniless"?"
John: "I intend to give it all away to the Missionaries of Charity. "

Ida and Rick: (blank looks of incomprehension) "I don't get it."

Later that day they meet with a different client owner, Sal.

Sis: "... and so you see if you make a small change to your program you can save a whole lot of money for the company -- and then pass the savings on to your customers."

Sal: "No, we intend on sticking the profits in our own pockets!"

Ida and Rick: "Finally, something we understand."

And that's a true story. So keep on doing things the world just doesn't understand, because Christ does.