tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749303208269240657.post8034674209406855609..comments2023-05-16T09:00:31.611+01:00Comments on Four Continents, My Lens: A welcome to 2014Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749303208269240657.post-29313644602795233352014-01-01T22:20:13.821+00:002014-01-01T22:20:13.821+00:00That's a good question, the one of how we volu...That's a good question, the one of how we volunteer to feel good about ourselves. I guess people could join fun volunteer groups with little selfless motives, just because its something fun to do. And yet I wonder if we can call true volunteering selfishness. Maybe selfishness is to put ourselves first, ahead of other people. The feeling, or interior (and wonderful) peace and joy we get from helping others, I believe, is the God-given reward, the natural consequence of peace and "feeling good, feeling right", that human beings have when they exercise Love. It's no wonder so many people volunteer, so many people give, so many people live lives completely devoted to the other, to Love. How could ou explain religious orders, for instance, people who make a lifelong decision of penance and charity service, and do it in utmost joy? Or marriage for that reason: isn't it amazing that we say to Another person, "I will love your fro all my days until I die, no matter what"? Talk about a step in courage and faith and in the name of Love. I don't think a person without a firm hold in what this feeling of what Love can give us, interiorly, could really mean the words, or understand their true weight. Love you, daughter, loved the post.<br />Sent from my iPad AirAna Braga-Henebryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590301615909326119noreply@blogger.com