Community Service

Life is fast-paced. There is so much going on around us. Information is flowing from our school, the Internet, our TV and radio, our family, our friends, our workplaces, and so on. As we try to keep up with everything we are expected to know, and we focus our energy on activities that ensure that we meet our pressing responsibilities for good grades, sufficient income, etc., etc. how is it possible that we find time for anything more.

And yet, just a momentary pause from the hectic mania that is common for much of human existence today, one would hope that we might actually be able to glimpse so much more that in fact demands our attention. Stresses and anxieties of our daily rituals can make us numb to the true joys of life and to the absolute shortcomings of the lifestyles we are creating.

The joys of course are those things we have been blessed with to enjoy and to learn from, to be nurtured by and to maintain in their glory and wonder i.e. beautiful lands, diverse species, other peoples and cultures, and the relationship we share with each of them.

Absolute shortcomings of our chosen lifestyle, it seems, entail the neglect and disinterest in those blessings that are made to take a backseat to a competitive "rat-race" that keeps us yearning for newer, bigger, better, faster things.

We serve ourselves...we serve the many special blessings of life by making time to think about, care for and invest of ourselves in the lands, the diverse species, the different people and cultures, and our important relations to one another.

The question is, what does that look like and how do we at HIS make the precious time for serving our community and serving others? Please share your ideas...let us know what you think about community service and our potential to make a difference around us!