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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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