Responding to Ed Anderson's story "Louisiana residents volunteer in religious, educational causes," reader GrisGrisMama commented:
"When I discovered volunteering at the a local senior center, my life changed as I discovered that I was able to help others improve theirs. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Abraham is blessed to be a blessing to others, and his mission is to teach others to be blessings to others, and likewise teach others to be blessings a well -- like ever-widening ripples in a pond. Volunteering is not something you do because you can brag about it to impress socialites who keep a tally of their accomplishments in that area. You volunteer because like everyone else, you are called, but you answer the call because you have it within you to want to help others. Your reward is not recognition, but the satisfaction in knowing that you helped someone else."
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