The Kindness of Serving

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
― Mahatma Gandhi

At a wedding recently, I met a lovely young woman and her three-year-old son.  The boy, who was all decked out in his wedding attire, was adorable and stayed very close to his mother.  She shared that his father is a Marine deployed in Afghanistan, and that sometimes her son cries for his Daddy and she feels badly that there is nothing she can do.  Her husband is due home late November or early December, so hopefully in time for Christmas.  "Who knew," she said, about the way life turns out.  I told her that I would pray for her husband and his safe return as well as for her and her son. 

 

There is certainly kindness in serving one's country.  But somehow kindness does not do this type of service justice, although it most definitely springs from a very kind -- and brave -- heart.