Service Is Not About Magnitude of Work
Service is not about the magnitude or intensity of work. It is the ideal that matters. It is bhava, the feeling that matters. The spirit of service is more important than the amount of service. We may do any number of things. But after all, without true feeling, it is meaningless nor does it have any importance.
A boy in Kodaikanal purchased a small gift made of sandalwood for Bhagawan. Swami left everything else and strted looking at it. The item was nothing special or expensive. But He stared at it intently.
Bhagawan remarked that it is the feeling behind the gift that is important. All others were busy purchasing gifts for their near and dear ones, but that boy had not forgotten Baba, and thus purchased that small gift.
"Patram, Pushpam, Phalam, Toyam" means: a small flower, a spoon of water, a small fruit given with a sensitive and pure heart, in good spirit - that is service. It is not the magnitude that counts.
True Service is Continuous, Not Seasonal
True idealism requires us to serve continuously and it is not seasonal. One cannot say that one serves only during specific periods. Service is a lifelong activity, till the last breath. We should seek every opportunity to be of service because the chance that comes now may not be there later, maybe not for another lifetime. Hence, let us be motivated to serve.
(From the book "Sai-chology" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)
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