Why is it that I so often feel better when I help another person, or contribute to a group effort, or get a task done that benefits others? I think it is because in service to others I stop thinking about myself. Two things often happen when I think about myself. One, I fantasize. Two, I whine and suffer self-pity. Thinking about me too much, there is never enough. The real world is never enough for me. Fantasy is a solution to that. Just get out of the real world, reality, the present moment. I find that when I am of service I am thinking about someone other than myself. Plus, I have learned to be of service without expecting results to go as planned or to be thanked. Get out of me.
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Love this and feel it's so true! How are you, Father Ryan?🌷
ReplyDeleteI feel what you are talking about when I give communion to the elderly in end of life care.
ReplyDeleteIt always creates great sadness in me when one of them dies.