It is so easy to get caught up in our own little lives. Worrying about whether we go to the park or the pool today, who wronged us, what errands need to be done, which child is whining, what we'll cook for dinner...all the happenings of the day. Today, I'll set those worries aside. I'll be productive, useful and do something that benefits someone else.
I had the opportunity to spend the day working (I mean serious manual labor working) for Habitat for Humanity. I spent time laying wood floor laminate, hauling dry wall and using a jigsaw. A house is being built for a family right here in my community and it was such a great experience for me to exit my comfort zone and devote some energies to these efforts. I met such fun people and it reminded me that this world is so much bigger than my house on Ponds Way.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ~Mohammed Ali
