A LIFE IN FULL SERVICE OF OTHERS – “Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends – this is an experience you must not miss.  We know you will not want to miss it.” (The Big Book, p. 89)

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) Poet & Transcendentalist

How have you discovered “the meaning of life” along your spiritual journey, lately?

Nicki Minaj – Moment for Lif e (6:11)

 Emerson on Transcendentalism (5:10)

8 minute Guided Relaxation Meditation

LIFE

by Charlotte Bronte

LIFE, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall ?

Rapidly, merrily,
Life’s sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily,
Enjoy them as they fly !

What though Death at times steps in
And calls our Best away ?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O’er hope, a heavy sway ?
Yet hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she fell;
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.
Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair !