Everyone has slumps. Bad days, weeks and sometimes months. There’s too much going on, everything that can go wrong does and you just can’t seem to get a break. It’s easy to feel helpless and even depressed.
There is a way to get out of the rut. It may seem counterintuitive at first but I can promise, from my own experiences, that it works.
When problems start mounting up, focus on other people’s needs and not your own: serve.
Call it Karma, the Golden Rule, call it blessings from on high, but when we put other’s needs before our own we will see our own lives improved. It’s not that your problems or challenges will disappear (although they may), but they will be put in perspective and seem more manageable.
There are plenty of opportunities to serve all around us. From something as simple as buying lunch for a homeless person to volunteering time at a hospital to visit with children who are there for long-term treatment.
Service puts life in focus. As we look outside ourselves and our own troubles and act, what’s really important in life floats to the top and the small things that were bothering us seem to disappear.
Do you have any service experiences you’d be willing to share? Were you on the giving or receiving end? Leave word in the comments.
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