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High Coo – Nov 4 – National Day of Community Service

Whether you’re “giving back” or “paying it forward”, volunteering is a great way to contribute to your community.

There’s only one country in the world that dedicates a day for the whole nation to volunteer to their community. Maybe we should follow their example? https://nationaltoday.com/national-day-of-community-service/

Today’s haiku: National Day of Community Service

we need each other

we are smarter together

be a volunteer

“NATIONAL DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE FAQS

What are the advantages of volunteering in the community?

Volunteering can help you gain more self-confidence. Self-confidence, self-esteem, and overall life happiness can all be improved by participating in volunteer activities. Depression can be alleviated by volunteerism. Volunteering can also help you maintain your physical health.

What is the significance of community activity inside a community?

It is the goal of community action to place communities at the center of their local service delivery. It is possible to achieve some objectives by engaging communities in the planning process. These include, for example, constructing a sense of community and social capability – assisting the community in exchanging knowledge, skills, and ideas.

Why is it vital to aid others?

Volunteering provides people a feeling of meaning in addition to health benefits. Giving back to society and making a difference is incredibly satisfying. Volunteer work is a terrific way to meet your neighbors. Volunteering gives you the chance to meet new individuals.” https://nationaltoday.com/national-day-of-community-service/

Can You See?

“Every day there’s a miracle of beauty somewhere …. if you look

Big bright moon in the morning sky, dew of the morning grass, running water in the faucet, warm air from a heating vent.” from Natural Beauty and Other Poems; Life Isn’t Always Pretty, p.7

So much beauty to see and feel if we have eyes that can see, so it is said.

I am especially conscious of the refugees across the world today. May they receive their “daily bread” and know that we are working toward their further comfort. And may those inflicting the harm see the errors of their ways and the karma they are creating for themselves and their descendants.