社会服务的定义

服务社会不是清道夫扫垃圾,更不是牛耕田。写几首打油诗歌功颂德也不等于履行了服务的职责。大选时你帮忙维持秩序,马拉松赛跑,你在场帮助救伤。这些,值得赞颂,却不是真正意义上的社会服务。假如清道夫是社会服务者,那么水牛就是更优秀的一个,因为它工作的时间更长,要求更少。 社会服务必须涉及人类一体的认知,爱心的付出,献身的精神。开导迷失的灵魂,指引真理的路向,散播时代的新知,驱逐偏见的迷雾,奠定友爱的基础,拯救恐慌的心灵等行为,有助于改进社会的状况,带来实质的改变,留下深刻的烙印,才是新时代对“服务”的注脚。 图:依斯干达社区百余人,日前在哥打丁宜柔佛河畔某度假村举行生活营,探讨服务社会的挑战与机遇。我们几个华裔跟众多印裔在一块,全无种族隔阂。 Serving humanity is not just about sweeping the streets like a janitor or plowing the fields like an ox. Writing a few satirical poems to praise virtues does not count either. Helping to maintain order during elections or providing first aid at a marathon run, while commendable, are not truly serving humanity. If the action of an ox could be justified as social service then the animals will serpass man in the field of service. To serve effectively one needs to equip himself with the understanding of oneness of humanity and the spiritual principles involved in collective well beings. It requires the love of humanity and a spirit of sacrifice. Guiding lost souls to the ri...