Attitude towards service

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Attitude towards Service

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"Man is active by nature. He must be doing some work

or other, physical or mental which leaves an

impression on his mind. No action is wholly good or

bad.

 

Therefore let us not delude ourselves into thinking

that we are helping the world by doing good. When we

serve, let us remember, while it is apparently to help

the world, it is really to help ourselves. The desire

to do good is the highest motive power in man if only

we have the proper attitude for service.

 

Let us not stand on a high pedestal and take a few

pice and give them to a poor man in a patronizing

manner. On the other hand, let us be grateful that the

poor man is there, so that by helping him we are able

to help ourselves. It is not the receiver that is

blessed but the giver. We ought to be thankful that we

are allowed to exercise our spirit of charity and

compassion, and thus become pure and unselfish.

 

Let us give up the vain talk of doing good to the

world. It is not waiting for your or my or anybody's

help. Yet we must work and constantly do good, because

it is a blessing to ourselves. That is the only way we

can reach perfection."

 

-- Swami Vivekananda