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賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲噩乇亘丞 卮禺氐賷丞 賮賷 兀爻丕賱賷亘 禺丿賲丞 丕賱賲賰乇賵亘賷賳 賵賯賷賲鬲賴丕 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 , 賴丿賮賳丕 賲賳 鬲乇噩賲丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 , 廿賱賯丕亍 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 毓賲賱 丕賱噩賲毓賷丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賵丕賱鬲亘卮賷乇賷丞 賮賶 丕賱睾乇亘 , 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 毓賲賱 卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 賲丕乇爻鬲 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲賷丿丕賳賶 賮賶 亘賱丿丕賳 毓丿賷丿丞 , 賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賲丐爻爻丞 " 賲賳 丕賱賯賱亘 廿賱賶 丕賱賯賱亘 " 乇丕噩賷賳 兀賳 鬲賮賷丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賲丕匕噩 賮賶 賲毓乇賮丞 胤乇賷賯丞 毓賲賱 丕賱賲丐爻爻丕鬲 丕賱禺賷乇賷丞 賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賵丌孬丕乇 匕賱賰 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲

195 pages

First published January 1, 2006

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Gary Morsch

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Gary Morsch is an American physician, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder of Heart to Heart International and One Heart Many Hands, as well as the founder/CEO of Docs Who Care.

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136 reviews1 follower
May 27, 2019
The best book on serving others I鈥檝e ever read.
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80 reviews11 followers
March 13, 2023
This is a thoroughly enjoyable book to read. It is full of heart-warming real-life stories that help restore some of our optimism about the human race. The ideas are not new or earth-shattering. Some of the recommendations may even appear self-contradictory. Nevertheless, there are important lessons to be gained from the author's perspective. This is a book that touches our hearts and stimulates our minds toward actions. The message is simple. The stories will inspire.

"For whatever reason, we feel that we need more training, more education, more skills assessments, more time, or more money. We don鈥檛. We are the answers to others鈥� prayers."
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655 reviews
May 10, 2013
I really liked this one. The author believes that anyone can serve others, and that it is vastly important for us as humans to do so. There were lots of stories. And there were lots of quotes from my favorite authors. I found this short read to be inspiring and affirming.
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96 reviews
December 7, 2023
everyone has some thing to give. Most people are willing to give when they see the need and have the opportunity. Everyone can do something for someone right now. why don鈥檛 most of us naturally live this way of serving others? People simply don鈥檛 know how easy it is. Everyone can do some thing now. We can do no great things, only small things with great love. we are the answers to others prayers. to someone in particular, what seems like nothing can鈥檛 be everything. what makes us think we are making a difference? Why do we do what we do? What makes us think we can make a difference? What do we live by? success is in the trying, not the outcome. When we serve others, it is useful to go beyond our routine to see what might happen. If we only went with the sure thing, nothing new, whatever happens, we have to be willing to fail now and then. Life is not measured by failures and victories. It鈥檚 measured by attempts and journeys. you can make a living, which is to measure what you get鈥攐r you can have a life, which is to measure what you give. { I liked this book and it helped me to find purpose in serving others. It truly showed me that everyone can do some thing. }
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September 22, 2012
In The Power of Serving Others, the author's overarching philosophy is that serving others is how we find meaning and significance in our lives. His experience suggests that the following three statements are truisms:

1. Everyone has something to give.
2. Everyone can start where they are.
3. Most people are willing to serve others when they see the need and opportunity.

He quotes Morrie (of Tuesdays with Morrie) - "So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

Robert Coles, a Harvard professor, told Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker
Movement that he had misgivings about his motives for serving others. She said, "If we were going to forbid hypocrites to work here with us, there'd be no one else to do the work, and no one to do the forbidding!"

Some of my takeaways from this moving and inspiring book follow:

Get in the Boat. "Everyone has something to give. Everyone can do something now. Many people are willing to give is they are presented the opportunity." "Institutions can't and won't save us when we need help. And let's admit it: We all need help sometimes. The corollary is that we all need to help sometimes. That's what gives our lives meaning and significance."

Get Over Yourself. "We can do no great things, only small thins with great love" (Mother Teresa). "Nobody gets to heaven without a letter of reference from the poor" (Jim Wallis in God's Politics). "Sometimes my true vocation lies in putting away the stethoscope -- the badge that tells the world who I am, or at least who I think I am -- and picking up a shovel at a garbage pile in Calcutta." "Serving makes us see ourselves as part of a larger picture." Service starts with whatever is within reach.

Look In Your Hand. Trust that whatever you have at hand will be enough, and dive in. Don't hesitate because of what you don't have...focus on using to best effect what you do have. We are the answers to other peoples' prayers. Think small enough so that you can get started...resources follow action.

Give What You Can. Most people want to help others. What stops them is that they don't think that what they have to offer would be helpful, or they don't know how to help. Remember that everyone can do something...write a letter, hold a hand, relieve suffering in some way, however small. We can all do something, and sometime even nothing is something. Skip a meal and donate what you save...or give the food to another. Give time that is going to waste. Give of the space in your life. To someone, what seems like nothing to you, can be everything.

Think Small. Start where you are...with whatever you have, no matter how small. Every ideology in the world will fail. "everyone needs a sense of purpose in their lives that ascends their daily routines. I believe our purpose is to give of ourselves according to our ability to give, and according to our neighbor's need. That's the only way we can find meaning in our lives on this earth. It's not about making money or acquiring power. It's about serving others. That's what we're here to do. That's my 'ism.'" stop thinking in terms of what you can't do, and start thinking of what you can do, however small it might be. Start where you are.

Be There. Sometimes the people who need us as to be found nearby, and only need something small. Sometimes all they need is for us to be present with them. "...you come to keep them company when it feels like the whole world is falling apart, and your being there says that just for this moment, this one tiny piece of the world is OK..." (Anne Lamott). Often those in need become "invisible" to others, and their most immediate need is to be noticed, acknowledged. As James
Fowler says, in a world that says people only have value if they pull their weight and contribute something of value, what could be more relevant than affirming by word and deed that every person is a loved and valued child of God? Sometimes the right mindset is "Don't just do something, stand there!"

Lose To Win. When things look bleak, serve anyway. Lose yourself in the service of others. "Failure is what you decide it is. Sometimes it is a launching pad to something better. Losses won't always become victories. But they are part of the journey." Chuck Colson says that he maturing of the soul is the object of life...that happens as we serve others.

Love Anyway. If our lives are going to be committed to serving others, inevitably some of those others are going to be enemies. Love them anyway. "Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you. It's an opportunity, so use the occasion to live the servant life" (Eugene Peterson)." You can make a living (measured by what you get), or you can have a life (measured by what you give). Loving our enemies means we must humanize them. That does not mean unconditional acceptance of bad behavior, but it does mean identifying with their humanity and weaknesses. To effect that change in ourselves, we must turn from looking inward to looking outward...act as if you love, and you will begin to love in reality. Service to others changes the give as well as the receiver, and over time, profoundly so.

Pull Out The Arrow. The immediate need is to relieve the pain, whether physical, emotional, spiritual or anything else. Assessment of guilt, blame, cause, and so forth comes later. Pull out the arrow...and they are sticking out of people all around us, all we have to do is open our eyes and see, and then act. When we leave the responsibility for service to others to institutions like the government or corporations, we lose the opportunity to find meaning and significance in our own lives.
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84 reviews
June 10, 2017
I found "The Power of Serving Others" an interesting read. The authors, Gary Morsch and Dean Nelson are very encouraging to the reader at finding where they can make a difference. And - it is not necessary to go half way around the world in order to do that. It is not necessary to have a lot of money, a big business, or multiple employees. All it takes is one person to change the life of another. We never know how our actions may affect another human being's life unless we try by taking the focus off of our own life for a moment.

Morsch and Nelson also pointed out that every attempt to help someone may not be successful in the way you may have anticipated or others may say negative things about you for trying, but "do it anyway." After all, how will we know, if we don't try?

I would DEFINITELY recommend this book, to ANY reader, adult, teen, man, woman, book club, whatever. The potential for a ripple effect could be amazing!
12 reviews5 followers
March 27, 2022
A very enjoyable read. I did not know much about Gary Morsch before this, but what shines through is a genuine belief in the importance of doing good works. The brief chapters are to my mind inspiring, though some might find them too full of personal stories, and I appreciate the repeated emphasis on the author's own three principles of service (Everyone has something to give; Everyone can start where they are; Most people are willing to serve others when they see the need and opportunity). I imagine anyone who values serving others would enjoy reading and reflecting on this.
2 reviews1 follower
January 29, 2025
This book and the concepts and stories therein are an important addition to anyone鈥檚 library. More so than that, it is important for them to be made a part of the life and heart of anyone living within reach of another human being.
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March 28, 2019
賰鬲丕亘 賷鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 鬲噩丕乇亘 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賱賲丐賱賮 賮賷 賲噩丕賱 禺丿賲丞 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 賵賳鬲丕卅噩 匕丕賱賰 毓賱賷賴
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260 reviews
March 20, 2020
This was a 2014 United Methodist Women's Reading Program book. I enjoyed this book. I used portions of it as a book review for our local UMW group.
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丕诏乇 丿乇 毓卮賯 賵乇夭蹖丿賳 賲乇丿賵丿 卮賵蹖賲貙
丿乇 賴賲賴 蹖 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 卮讴爻鬲 賲蹖 禺賵乇蹖賲.
(賵蹖賱蹖丕賲 丕爻賱賵賳 讴丕賮蹖賳)
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鬲賯丿賷賲 :
" 兀爻賴賱 胤乇賷賯 賱賱爻毓丕丿丞 賴賷 兀賳 鬲賭購卮乇賰 賮賷賴丕 睾賷乇賰. " * 賮賷賰鬲賵乇 賴賵噩賵


"賲賳 丕賱賯賱亘 廿賱賶 丕賱賯賱亘 丕賱丿賵賱賷丞" 賴賵 廿爻賲 賲丐爻爻丞 賷賯賵賲 丿賵乇賴丕 毓賱賶 廿賷氐丕賱 丕賱鬲亘乇毓丕鬲 賵丕賱禺丿賲丕鬲 丕賱禺賷乇賷丞 賱賱噩賴丞 丕賱賲丨鬲丕噩丞, 賯丕賲 亘鬲兀爻賷爻賴丕 睾丕乇賷 賲賵乇卮 丕賱匕賷 賷賮鬲乇囟 兀賳 丕賱賳丕爻 賷賵丿賵賳 賮毓賱丕賸 禺丿賲丞 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賱賰賳 賱丕 賷毓乇賮賵賳 賰賷賮賷丞 匕賱賰 ! 賵賯丿 丕爻鬲賯胤亘鬲 丕賱賲丐爻爻丞 丌賱丌賮 丕賱賲鬲胤賵毓賷賳 賲賳 丕賱兀胤亘丕亍 賵丕賱賲賴賳丿爻賷賳 賵丕賱賲氐賲賲賷賳 賵丨鬲賶 乇亘丕鬲 丕賱亘賷賵鬲 丕賱乇丕睾亘賷賳 亘鬲賯丿賷賲 丕賱賲爻丕毓丿丞, 賵賰爻亘鬲 兀賷囟丕 賸 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 丕賱丨賰賵賲丕鬲 賵鬲兀賷賷丿 丕賱卮乇賰丕鬲 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 賴賷 賲丨賵乇 丕賳胤賱丕賯 丕賱賲丐爻爻丞, 賮丕賱賲丐爻爻丞 賱丕 鬲賲賱賰 胤丕卅乇丕鬲賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賱廿賯丕賲丞 噩爻乇 噩賵賷 胤亘賷 亘賱 鬲毓鬲賲丿 毓賱賶 卮乇賰丞 胤賷乇丕賳 鬲乇睾亘 亘丕賱鬲亘乇毓, 賵毓賱賶 卮乇賰丞 丨丕賮賱丕鬲 賵卮乇賰丕鬲 兀丿賵賷丞 賵丕賱禺 賲賳 丕賱卮乇賰丕鬲 丕賱丿丕毓賲丞 .


锟斤拷匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 丿毓丕賷丞 賵鬲毓乇賷賮 亘丕賱賲丐爻爻丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 賲丐爻爻賴丕 睾丕乇賷 賲賵乇卮 丕賱匕賷 賱丕賷毓鬲賲丿 賮賷 爻乇丿賴 毓賱賶 丨賯丕卅賯 賵兀乇賯丕賲 亘賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賯氐氐 賵丕賱丿乇賵爻 賵丕賱毓亘乇 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 賱賳丕 賱賷爻 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 丌禺乇賷賳 亘賱 賰禺亘乇丞 賲亘丕卮乇丞 毓丕賷賳賴丕 亘賳賮爻賴 賮賷 乇丨賱丕鬲賴 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 賱賱賴賳丿 賵 賰賵爻賵賮賵 賵賮賷鬲賳丕賲 賵睾賷乇賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 .

賰鬲亘 丕賱賳丕卮乇 賵賴賵 丕賱毓亘賷賰丕賳 賷賯賵賱 兀賳 丕賱賴丿賮 賲賳 鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 廿賱賯丕亍 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 毓賲賱 丕賱噩賲毓賷丕鬲 丕賱禺賷乇賷丞 賵丕賱鬲亘卮賷乇賷丞 賮賷 丕賱睾乇亘, 兀賷 賲賳 亘丕亘 " 丕毓乇賮 毓丿賵賰 ", 賵賴賵 賴丿賮 噩賷丿 賰賲丕 兀馗賳, 賱兀賳賴 賰賲丕 賷毓乇賮 丕賱噩賲賷毓 兀賳賴丕 噩賲毓賷丕鬲 賳丕噩丨賴 賷 毓賲賱賴丕 賵爻亘乇 兀睾賵丕乇賴丕 賵丕賱賵賯賵賮 毓賱賶 爻亘亘 賳噩丕丨賴丕 賯丿 賷賮賷丿賳丕 賰孬賷乇丕 賸 賮賷 丕鬲賯丕亍 卮乇賴賲 (丕賳 賰丕賳鬲 鬲亘卮賷乇賷丞 ) 兀賵 賮賷 丕賱兀禺匕 亘亘毓囟 禺亘乇丕鬲賴賲, 賵賯丿 爻丕毓丿賳賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰孬賷乇丕 賸 賮賷 賮賴賲 賲丕 賷賮賰乇賵賳 亘賴 "賰卮毓亘" 亘毓賷丿丕 賸 毓賳 丕賱丨賰賵賲丕鬲 賵丕賱丿賵丕賮毓 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 賳丨賵 賰賵丕乇孬 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵 賲噩丕毓丕鬲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 .

賷毓乇囟 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賱爻賮鬲賴 鬲噩丕賴 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱禺賷乇賷 賵賲丕 鬲鬲乇賰賴 賲賳 兀孬乇 毓馗賷賲 賮賷 丕賱賳賮爻, 鬲賲丕賲丕 賸 賰賲丕 兀禺亘乇賳丕 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲 亘賴 賯亘賱 兀賱賮 賵兀乇亘毓賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲, 賵賷毓乇囟 兀賷囟丕賸 兀賯賵丕賱丕賸 賱毓賱賲丕亍 賵賲丐賱賮賷賳 賰鬲亘賵丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱卮兀賳, 賮賷禺亘乇 毓賳 賰賵卮賳乇 賲孬賱丕 賸 丕賱匕賷 賷賯賵賱 賮賷 兀丨丿 賰鬲亘賴 廿賳 鬲爻禺賷乇 兀賳賮爻賳丕 賱賱丌禺乇賷賳 賱丕 賷睾賷乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱賲賳胤賯賷 卮賷卅丕 賸 賲賳 賲丕囟賷賳丕 " 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 毓賱賶 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱賱丕賲賳胤賯賷 丨賷孬 鬲爻賰賳 兀乇賵丕丨賳丕 賷賮囟賷 亘賳丕 廿賱賶 丕賱兀毓賲丕賯 丕賱禺賷乇丞 丕賱賳亘賷賱丞 賲賳 匕賵丕鬲賳丕 "賵賴賵 賲丕 賷鬲賮賯 賲毓 賯賵賱 丕賱賱賴 鬲毓丕賱賶 : (禺購匕賿 賲賽賳賿 兀賻賲賿賵賻丕賱賽賴賽賲賿 氐賻丿賯丞賸 鬲購胤賻賴賽賾乇購賴購賲賿 賵賻鬲購夭賻賰賽賾賷賴賽賲 亘賽賴賻丕) .

賷賯賵賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕 賸 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲賯丿賷賲 毓賲賱 賲丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲丕 賮賯丿 噩丕卅鬲賴賲 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 爻賷丿丞 賵賰丕賳鬲 鬲賯賵賱 兀賳賴丕 鬲乇賷丿 丕賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱禺賷乇賷 賱賰賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲噩賷丿 兀賷 毓賲賱 賮賴賷 賮賯胤 兀賲 賱兀胤賮丕賱賴丕 , 賵匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 毓賳丿賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲卮賮賶 丕賱禺賷乇賷 賵噩丿鬲 賱丕 賮鬲丞 毓賳丿 睾乇賮丞 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 丕賱乇囟毓 鬲賯賵賱 "賱丕 鬲賱賲爻 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱" 賮鬲毓噩亘鬲 賵爻兀賱鬲 丕賱賲賲乇囟丞 亘丕爻鬲賳賰丕乇 毓賳 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賯丕賱鬲 丕賱賲賲乇囟丞 "廿匕丕 丨賲賱鬲 賵丕丨丿丕賸 爻賷卮毓乇 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 賵賷亘賰賵賳 賵丕賱噩賲賷毓 賲卮睾賵賱 賴賳丕 賮賲賳 爻賷丨賲賱賴賲!" 賵賴賳丕 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱兀賲 毓賲賱賴丕 丕賱禺賷乇賷 賵賲賰孬鬲 爻丕毓丕鬲 毓賲賱賴丕 丕賱禺賷乇賷 賮賷 丨賲賱 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 丕賱乇囟毓 亘丕賱鬲賳丕賵亘 賵丕毓胤丕卅賴賲 亘毓囟 丕賱丿賮亍 賵丕賱丨賳丕賳 丕賱賲賮賯賵丿 .

兀賷囟丕 賷匕賰乇 亘毓囟 鬲噩丕乇亘 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賮賷 毓賱丕噩賴賲 賱賱廿賰鬲卅丕亘 賵丕賱賲賱賱, 賰丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱孬乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 賷爻毓丿賴丕 孬乇丕卅賴丕 賵賱丕 兀賵賱丕丿賴丕 賵賱丕 賲賰丕賳鬲賴丕 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 亘賱 丨鬲賶 胤亘賷亘賴丕 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賱賰賳賴丕 兀禺賷乇丕 賸 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賵乇囟丕賴丕 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱禺賷乇賷 賵丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷賰賳 爻賵丕亍 丕賱鬲禺賮賷賮 毓賳 丕賱賳丕爻 賵賯賵賱 亘毓囟 丕賱毓亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲卮噩賷毓賷丞 賱賴賲 .

賰鬲丕亘 匕丕 賮丕卅丿丞, 賵丕禺鬲賲 賲賳賴 亘毓亘丕乇丞 噩賲賷賱丞 賷賯賵賱 賮賷賴丕 賲賵乇卮 " 廿賳 賲賳 賷丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賷賳丕 賱丕 賷乇賷丿 兀賰孬乇 賲賲丕 賴賵 賲鬲丕丨 賮賷 兀賷丿賷賳丕 丕賱丌賳 賲賴賲丕 氐睾乇 卮兀賳賴 " .

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August 14, 2016
Good book with some great messages that should have been a 10-20 page essay.

It does a really good job of impressing upon the reader that service doesn't have to be a grand act. Any act of service is important.
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76 reviews
February 10, 2009
Simple. Inspiring. Recommended to friends and gave as gifts.
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April 22, 2013
the book is a wonderful, it has many of real experiances of the auther.and i would like to read the translating one in Arabic.
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June 19, 2016
Wondering how you can help change the world? Start by reading this book
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