Serve

When you do something, do it with love, never because you were forced to. When you serve others, do it with a smile in your face. Let it come from the heart. Let your service be sincere and full of love. What's the purpose of helping others, if we do it because it is incumbent upon us to do it? No, my friend, help because you feel it in your heart to do so. Give people a hand because you hold a conviction that using your blessings to help others is the right thing to do. Help people, and once again I tell you, do it with love. Because like Mother Teresa said, "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving."

Don't be condescending when you serve others. No, be humble. Always, always be humble. Be humble if you're serving the poor, be humble if your serving the rich, be humble if you're serving God. No matter who it is you serve, just be humble when you do it. Be servile. I'm not saying this in a bad way. What I mean is that you should be willing so serve when others need your service.

Be willing to be the server, and keep in mind that people need different things. Sometimes those who seem to have the most are the ones that need the most; sometimes the person next to you is the person who's in need. Sometimes they don't need food, but a hug and words of encouragement to alleviate their pains. People lack different things; not everyone's hunger is the same. Just be willing to feed whatever that person's hunger might be.

Be benevolent because of the love you feel for your brothers and sisters, without ever waiting to be rewarded something back because the act of giving is a reward itself. Remember that "It is more blessed to give than to receive" Acts 20:35 (2).

1. http://www.writespirit.net/authors/mother_teresa/mother_teresa_quotes/2
   
2. http://www.christianpf.com/5-bible-verses-about-money-every-christian-should-know/