Why We Serve

Is there in the inclination to provide service, and always to the least able or most needy, a drive to affirm our own value, to continually earn -- but never really acquire -- a sense of worth?  Whatever is given, it is to meet our need and fill our emptiness.  Perhaps, were we to focus instead on the need and worth of this other person, seeing his dignity and celebrating his significance, there might be greater satisfaction for both of us.