Service
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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
—Rabindranath Tagore
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
—Mahatma Gandhi
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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who come alive.
—Howard Thurman
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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
—Maya Angelou
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Poem: For the Sake of Strangers
Parable of the boy throwing starfish back into the sea
An overlooked cure for loneliness
The health benefits of volunteering
Effects of volunteering on the well-being of older adults
Volunteering attenuates loneliness among recently widowed older adults
Giving to others and the association between stress and mortality
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area