Loss Of Yourself

Activist Mahatma Gandhi wrote, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." This statement is true in regards to the lives of many people today. Although it is true to the lives of some, others find this statement to be false. Others believe that it is possible to discover oneself in ways that do not revolve around servicing the needs of someone else. They believe that a person may find their self in the depths of a book or through interaction within themselves. However, it is imperative to help others in order to discover oneself. The tasks in which a person completes in order to better the life of someone else can have an outstanding and life changing effect on that person. Services which have been done so that the life of another …show more content…
These situations can greatly impact one's outlook on life. For example, therapists discuss issues with a wide range of people each and every day. Along with every person that comes to speak to a therapist is a set of issues and situations that have led them to be the person they are up until that point. When these people share their times of hardship and times of euphoria, they allow for a light to shine in the mind of another human being. They allow for their experiences to have an effect on the life of another human being. They allow for their words to help another human being find himself. Losing oneself in the service of others is the best way to find oneself. Effort which has been made in order to benefit the life of someone else leaves a long lasting, irreversible effect on not only individuals but communities as a whole. Those who believe contrary to this idea, claim that servicing others does not help a person define who he is. It is possible to find parts of oneself without helping others; however, it is the interaction amongst family, friends, and strangers that truly shape people into who they are. Without the ability to help others, many people would