Steadiness in between all the discomforts - Contentment

Sister Nivedita loved to give gifts to Holy Mother. On 24 February 1904, Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod, after Holy Mother had returned to Calcutta from a visit to Jayrambati: "The Holy Mother is here, so small, so thin, so dark, worn out physically I should say, with village hardship and village life. But the same clear mind-the same stateliness, the same womanhood, as before. Oh, how many comforts I would like to take her! She needs a soft pillow, a shelf, a rug, so many things. She is so crowded with people about her always. I would like to give her a beautiful picture, a piece of bright colour. But I suppose one must wait. Meanwhile, there is not a change in her. "

Sarala (later Pravrajika Bharatiprana) was a student at Nivedita's school. She recalled a memorable visit that Sister Nivedita paid to Holy Mother in Udbodhan House: After the Mother's return from Jayrambati, one afternoon Sister Sudhira and I went to see her in Udbodhan House. Sister Sudhira remarked: "Mother, you have become very dark and lean."

"Our village is in open fields, you know," the Mother replied, "and so the complexion becomes dark. In addition, I had to work hard there." Meanwhile, Sister Nivedita came, bowed down to the Mother, and took her seat. Whenever Sister Nivedita visited the Mother, I watched her sit absorbed for a long time in front of the Mother. She would bow down to the Mother with full prostration and an indescribable wave of bliss would flow over her entire face. She seemed a joyful child closely looking at the face of her Mother. Once the Mother presented Sister with a palm-leaf fan that had woolen lace around the edges, which she had made herself. Receiving that fan from the Mother's hand, she was beside herself and exclaimed, "This fan has been made by Matadevi and she has given it to me." This she repeated again and again and touched that fan to her head and chest. And to those who were present there, Sister touched that fan to their heads, including myself. Observing her exuberant joy, the Mother remarked: "Do you see how Nivedita is thrilled having this trivial thing? Ah, how simple she is and what deep faith she has as if she is a Goddess! How much devotion she has for Naren! Because he was born in this country, she has left her home and family and come to do his work with her heart and soul. What devotion to the guru! And what love for this country!"

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