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To lose one’s self is to find one’s self.
Followinnull the Haiti nullrthnullanull onull nullanuary 12
th
null was renullnded
onull an essay written nully Alnullrt nullnstein entitlednull henull World as null
See nullnullnull null this piece nullnstein speanull to the understandinnull that
we are not on this planet to serve ourselvesnull He elanullrates
on how we are here to serve one another statinnull that his
achievenullnts were nullde with the idea onull servinnull nullnnullnd and
not hinullelnull What toonull nullnstein nullny years to conclude is nullinnull taunullt to usnull the
worldnull in a crash course with one sinullinullant natural disaster anuller the othernull
Certainly in this letter null could vnull e you nullre onull the tranulldy that we have
all nullen hearinnull on nullnull in the papers and on the nullternetnull nullt what null would rather
do is share with you a nullssanull onull hope and ynull null Anuller this event null was nullelinnull
nulleat disharnullny and painnull As null sat nullditatinnull the day anuller the earthnullanull null
received a sudden urnull to null shoppinnull nullr supplies and donate thenull sonullwherenull
When null canull out onull nully nullditation with this idea null wondered where null could nulld
a trustworthy ornullninulltion to nullnull nully donationnull null then opened nully enullail and
had two separate nullssanulls nullonull dinullerent people that nullntioned the ornullninulltion
nullssion Harvest Anullricanull A couple onull hours later nully sonnull nulllenull and null were pullinnull
up to an old warehouse on the Westsidenull
When we arrived several ladies were outsidenull snulllinnull happy to see usnull
nullhey onullered to help us unload and when they loonulld in the trucnull they lit upnull null
was linull seeinnull a child at Christnulls who is overwhelnulld nully seeinnull the tree with
all the presents laid outnull nullhe lovenull the ynull and the atitudenull null saw in their eyes still
nullnull nully eyes well up as null write this letternull As we unloadednull null loonulld around and
instead onull seeinnull a nulloup onull people who were depressednull null saw a roonull onull peoplenull
wornullnnull nullled with ynull and canullraderie nullr the opportunity to help othersnull null
saw love in their hearts and oddly enounullnull null saw launullternull yes launullternull the nullnd
onull launullter you see when a nulloup conulls tonullther nullr a conullon purpose or to
overconull adversitynull
Needless to saynull null could not help nullt to null touched nully what null witnessed and
vnull ed in a way that nullde null want to do nullrenull nullheir enernull and desire to nullnull
a dinullerence was so stronnull it was innullctiousnull null that nullnullnt and the nullnullnts to
nullllow null realinulld that thounull events such as the earthnullanull in Haiti nullinnull nulleat
pain and sadnessnull there is sonullthinnull very special that conulls out onull thenull We nulld
our sense onull conullassionnull love and ynull null We discover our hearts and inull we are lucnullynull
truly lucnullynull we lose ourselves in the selnullss enullort to null onull service to other hunulln
nullinnullnull We enullerience true altruisnull in an enullort to relieve the pain onull another
hunulln nullinnull null nulllieve this is what nullnstein was writinnull anullut in his essay when
he addressed servinnull othersnull nullhe inner nulllnulllnullnt and linulltless possinulllities that
enullst within us when we put our enernull to a nulleater nullodnull whether individual or
conullunitynull and let null onull our enullessive concentration on ourselvesnull our needsnull
desires and concernsnull
Please tanull a nullnute to send lovinnull intentions and prayer inull you choosenull to
those anullected nully this horrinull event and let yourselnull null innullcted nully this wondernulll
concept onull nullinnull onull service to othersnull null is a nullurney null assure younull you will not
renullet and you wonnullt want to nullssnull
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Freddie J. Zeringue Jr.
nullebruary 2010 7
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