Service To Mankind Is Living A Life Of Significance.

in service •  7 years ago 

Life is not about what you have or what you were able to acquire. It is more than that actually. To live a fulfilled life is not the amount you have flowing in that bank account.

It's about how many lives you touched, sacrifices you made so that people could benefit and so on. Honestly life is good, life is just too good if we realise the way it operates.
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I don't know the concept of suffering to people. Most times I hear people say that life is unbearable and that nothing good can come out it and am like... seriously?

We often want things to come and go just how and when we want them, countless occasions life has never been what we want them to be, thus; it is hard for People to cope and be stable, then they start feeling that life is a cheat and probably wicked.

The significance of living

Talking about life and being significant; it is not new that what everyone want is something that would stand to benefit them. Well it is natural to some but it takes a heart that has found the need to be significant in life to know that everything does not have to benefit them alone.
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Have you thought of what happens when you are old and can not struggle anymore, even your bones are old and all the money you have is not enjoyable anymore? Then you think and say to yourself- what was I able to do significantly and what was it I did differently?

Trust me, time would come when all you think about is the opportunities you never got, people you coukd not help when you had the chance, the ones you intentionally missed because you were busy collecting more wealth to yourself alone.

The thing that matters is giving yourself away to find yourself.

Mahatma Gandhi said that the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in th service of others. Self service is thinking of others first before you. Helping others rise and not feeling bad about it. It is about making others feel more important than you are.

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What I think about people is not the bad in them, it is the good I know that lie within them which somehow they have refused to ignite and have allowed to quench without anyone to rekindle them.

When we know that we were made for one another, to bring joy into other people's lives and not ours alone. Then we would begin to key in into a better understanding of what happiness is for real.

We need each other to get there. If you feel you have done so well for yourself, what have you done for others?

This is not a question of- "are you kind?" Already by default we were created to be. But people would say-"am being careful", I can't help because am being careful. Yes one has to be careful but do not lock your heart so hard it becomes evil.

My final note here to you would be to strive to be significant through the service of others. That is the best way of find your true self.

Exercise
To start a life of service for others, try being kind. To be kind is not a big deal, it starts with nice comments, appreciating others and being polite.

You can also add the practice of sharing and giving out to few people in need around you. I bet you, this could be your step to serving others.

Never think that nothing goes for nothing. No matter how small, start today. Till I come your way again, remain inspired.

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i am highly inspired..these are the best and worst things life gives us..thanks always @gloglo

Hi dear one, am very glad this post served its purpose in inspiring you today. Thank you for dropping by.

Life of service is the definition of humanity. No one would be human without practicing service to others.

Gloria is such the great writer.
I am very inspired by her writing, and her wonderful mind.

oh @surfyogi, the one with a heart of gold. Thank you very much for being here.

Hmmmm! That's the spirit. Steem on my Baby, I like what you are doing here.

Yo! mama... I love you steem mama. Thank you for being here.

nice post I like @gloglo

Thank you very much.

Good story, I hope your day is always fun

Yes it is thank you very much.

Same

de verdad que felicitaciones por el post, te mereces todo el exito!

I don't know what this mean but all the same... merci!

Lol... Ask Jackie Chan 4 translation..

Lol... that could be french if am not mistaking.

Nice one ,i love this

Am glad you do love it.

You are right, to serve others is to serve yourself and the entire world at Large

Thank you very much my friend for that contribution.

Never think that nothing goes for nothing.

The society we find ourselves in, has made it a norm, "that nothing goes for nothing".
It takes continuous show of love and kindness to one another no matter how badly you have been hurt to make the world a better place.

I think you are very right. That is why when we find the truth we would be able to relate with why somethings are the way they are. Truth is the love that is supposed to flow by default in our hearts.

When we know that we were made for one another, to bring joy into other people's lives and not ours alone. Then we would begin to key in into a better understanding of what happiness is for real.

Always online point dear. Life is not how much of yourself but so much more of how you have impacted the lives of others. Selflessness is a virtue lacking IN our lives today but we can rekindle it once again.

Yes ma, we can always rekindle it for our happiness and for the service of mankind. Thank you very ma.

Just last night, I was made aware that the word kind is a suffix for the word human: humankind. I wonder if that's a coincidence.

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hahaha... I think by ignorance we have forgotten that suffix. May be it's time we add it back both in the way we live and how we relate. Thank you very much.

This article is very wondering to me. I think life is simple with joys, sorrows etc. But my idea was wrong, its proved from this article. Many many thanks to the writer.

I appreciate you finding this article wonderful. You are welcome to steemit.

This post is bringing a lot of thoughts into my head right now.

you can't light the path of others without lighting your own path too.

Helping others is equal to helping oneself. Helping others don't take away from us but rather adds to us.

What you've achieved in life is very important but what you've achieved in other people's life will be remembered for a longer time.

Thanks for sharing...