What is Service?
Service is giving to others and wanting to make a difference in their lives. It is looking for ways to be helpful instead of waiting to be asked. The needs of others are as important to you as your own. When you work with a spirit of service, you give any job your best. You seek to make a real contribution. People who want to be of service can help change the world for the better.
Why Practice it?
Without service, no one would be there to help when someone needed help unless there was pay or something in it for them. With an attitude of service we do our work with heart. Our good intentions are felt by others. When we are being of service we accomplish what needs to be done without having to be asked. We give our best and we are happy to do so and in doing so
How Do You Practice it?
When you want to be of service, watch to see what help other people need, then do something to help. Look for little ways you can add to people’s lives. Everyday can seek to make things happier or easier for someone. There are so many ways to make a difference in the world through the spirit of service.
Signs of Service in Action
Good Going! You are putting service in action when you:
- Seek to make a difference
- Look for opportunities to help others
- Think of ways to make things easier for friends and family
- Volunteer for a charity or local organisation
- Contribute to your community
Prayer/Meditation/Affirmation
I seek to lead my life with the spirit of service. I will look for ways to contribute to others and to the community. I will help make a difference.