Selfless Self-Discovery Through Serving Others

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Selfless Self-Discovery
Some people go their whole lives without discovering who they really are and what they’re really capable of. Though the world contains many ways to go about finding oneself, the best way is through helping others. Influential civil rights leader and a beacon of hope to many, Mahatma Gandhi, once wrote, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” The following reasons justify the importance self-discovery through this method: without helping others people would never know if they were a good person, would never find their priorities, and would never have their perspective on life altered.
Some believe that helping others serves only as a trivial step on the path to self-discovery. After all, what role do others have in people learning about their nature? They propose that, in order to determine one’s character, one must focus on nothing but oneself. This would allow the time and concentration needed to accomplish ones goal. However, this technique wouldn’t show a true personality. How could people determine whether they wer...

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