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Giving back is a duty that everyone should do in their life. It can help those who need it most. Not only does it help out a person, it can help you find and understand yourself as an individual more clearly. I believe the best way to find yourself is through serving others because it brings you closer to the community, helps you understand how other people live their lives, and can show you how to be a better person. Serving others can bring you closer to the community. While doing community service projects, you can meet a large amount of people whom you may have never met before. Meeting new people can show you how many other people interact with each other. By seeing this, you may figure out more about the role you play in your

The purpose of life is viewed by Christians as the worshiping of God and spreading the teaching of the holy word. Life should follow God’s messages and should be carried out in the right.

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" Gandhi. I always like to volunteer and join charitable events because their benefits are numerous. For example, volunteering let me meet a wide range of people from different backgrounds and this helped me to enhance my character, improve my social skills, and make me a better citizen. In addition to that, volunteering let me embraces new experiences and knowledge. When I went to a high school in the United States in 2013; I was selected to be a member of the 'National Honor Society’.

"Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return." --- S. Truett Cathy, Chic-Fil-A founder

In Christianity, the purpose of this life is to better your relationship with God and to know Him better. This is also proven in Job 22:21 that if you align yourself with God and are in harmony with that relationship that you will receive good things in this world.

Various individuals have different reasons as to why they exist and what they are supposed to fulfil. The Christian worldview of the meaning and purpose of life is to build and maintain a steady relationship with God. Christians believe in getting salvation as it is the key factor that links them with God. Every person has a different purpose in this world, but the common one is exemplifying and worshiping the Lord (Weider and Gutierrez, 2011).

There is a Chinese saying that goes: “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” As incredibly cheesy as this sounds, it’s true. My passion is helping people. For centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping others, even little things make a big difference. We learn early in life that it is better to give than to receive. The aphorism is drummed into our heads from the beginning. Experiments show evidence that altruism is hardwired in the brain and helping others may just be the secret to living a life that is not only happier but also healthier,

Give when you can. If you can spare a few dollars, give. If you can spare some time and energy, then give that. Giving doesn't just help other people feel better about themselves and impact how they behave in the world, it also affects you and how you behave in the world. When you know you have something to give and don't, you will put yourself into a lower energy state of guilt or shame and that's not going to benefit anyone in this world.

What is the point of living if I don’t find a meaning to it, or I place where I fit, someplace I can call home or escape… what is the point of living?

A lot of people walk this earth questioning why they are even still here today, why they were put on this earth and if there is even a purpose to keep walking on it. Everyone was put on this earth for a reason, whether it be going over the top and curing cancer or simply just creating a family. Creating a family put our next generation on this earth; it keeps our human race going and gives our future hope. You don’t have to be put on this world to make a great change, but simply walking on this planet and doing everything you’re supposed to do is

The purpose of life is to found out why God sent you here and serve him. Figure out the reason why God chose you to be born. God has already chose the path that he wants you to go on and he knows which path you are going to take it is up to you if you decided to

I used to work the food bank with my grandfather, paint faces at my mother’s school carnival, and help pick out and deliver “love tree” gifts for families in need. Although I enjoyed giving back to my community from a young age, I realize that I didn’t have to get outside of my comfort zone in order to help others. I got rewarded for helping my family. Gandhi claims on page 215, “Such service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.” Growing up in a church and with two older siblings only furthered my opportunities to serve, but now that my siblings have both graduated and I am old enough to drive, I am discovering that it is my choice to give up my time for others. I have found that it is easier to serve with your whole heart when you take initiative. There are many ways I volunteer on my own. I serve on mission trips, Youth Advisory Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and at United Way. And like Gandhi said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” I

Gandhi said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” If there is one thing in my life that I absolutely could not live without it would be helping others. The act of giving to others and helping people out is what fuels my life. It is what gets me out of bed in the morning. That being said, if I could only do one thing for the rest of my life it would be helping others whether through volunteering, working, donating, or by other means. I want to have a positive influence on others. Service learning projects and volunteering are excellent ways to accomplish my goal. I want to help people and enlighten them to the bliss of giving back. It is sad that hate and selfishness get advertised seemingly more than kindness and love.

I was always wanting to help others. I joined programs that donated to many charities. I helped people who were homeless, sick and anyone in need.I would feed them, donate clothes and money. Giving made me feel good about myself. It felt good being the cause of someone’s happiness. Knowing that I made changes in other’s lives, changed my life too. Later on in life, I noticed to become more of a taker. Some people take advantage of the givers. I began taking whatever I wanted. But then I realized that in the end it resulted in some type fall back. In life you have to give more than you take. You earn what you deserved when you do the right thing. Now I consider myself to be a matcher. Sometimes I give to receive. I like it better this way, no one is getting over. I give and take and feel good about the outcome. In my eyes everyone is

To discover our own purpose as we lead Christ centered lives, and learn how we can live out that purpose every day.