It might be helpful to broaden our understanding of service. In serving people, we are actually serving their highest good in many diverse ways. Serving a homeless person might involve providing them with a hot meal or getting them to a homeless shelter. At times, serving our children means that we discipline them. As long as the motivation is love, speaking an uncomfortable truth to a person mired in self-destructive behavior is serving their highest good. Saying no to an unreasonable request is a form of service. Refusing to be abused is a form of service to the abuser and to ourselves. It takes wisdom to know what truly serves the highest good of another person; such wisdom is always born of humility, prayer, and meditation. When in doubt, seek the guidance of God and Guru.
Let my service
Always be done
In love and truth
To serve the highest good.
