Living to serve

I was talking with one of my friends over facebook and we started discussing things that we were involved with. He brought up the fact that he doesn't feel recognized in the activities he participates in, and for that, I gave him a proposition. I told him to think about these words: "What does it mean to serve?" I decided to think about them as well and these were my results.

When I think of the word 'Serve' I immediately think about an act of service to which one does for a purpose. This is either working on the job, helping out a friend, or providing a party for people to come and enjoy. Those are just a few examples of serving. Serving comes in a variety of ways, whether low end or high end, but all positions are important, but a lot of people serve just for themselves. Working on the job, you serve your boss so you can get paid. Helping out a friend, you serve so you can preserve that friendship. Providing a party for people to come and enjoy, you serve to receive inner joy in creating a place of enjoyment. There is a purpose, conscious or subconscious to which we serve for our own purposes, but that doesn't mean it has to stop there. While working on the job, you are serving your boss, but are you not also providing for those that the business serves? That means you are serving a lot more than just you. Helping out a friend, you could be teaching them how to do their homework, which indirectly lead them to finish their education and help serve others. The outcome is endless!

So the next time you are serving, you're not doing it just for yourself, you're doing it for others. You will impact far more people with you service than you will if you don't at all. It's as simple as that.