Why we are scared to be a servant?

At the twilight of my career, which will be mostly followed by a reclusive life, barring some freelance writings, I ponder, “Why I missed to be a servant?” I could make this prayer little early, “Lord, make me a servant.”  Once this servitude is embedded in your ego, then you find everybody needs your services and you are gladly accepting their pleas to provide the same. It is exceptionally contemptuous to face the dictum of today’s competitive world  at every step where you are dominated by others, quite often for no good a reason. Then do you think such type of prayer would have been helpful for you to succeed?  If you analyze critically the behavioral pattern of most of the people, you will come to this predisposition that this world supports not the dominant, but the one who serves and show gratitude to others.

Frankly speaking, we all hate to hear the word “servant.”  We take the meaning wrongly as the society teaches us so. The ugly connotation as effervesces from this word makes us to think that the people who work for us need our kindness to survive.  We take it granted to dictate them, to humiliate them, to disrespect them and to oppress them. Those who serve us, we take them as inferior. But these people are really a gem as they serve others selflessly. Further, it is not that easy to find such types of people who serve you and me without any expectation of reward.  Some of us accept this job, do the same gladly and surrender their body and mind to God.  By providing services to others relentlessly, they become servants of God and their social environment is pervaded with happiness.

We give a donation who deserves it so as to bringing joy to his face. So, we should take  the burden of those people who are really distressed to find the end of the road. If you can extend help to those who are simply trapped wrongly or being deluded with bad advices, God will extend  His  blessings and wishes to you. You can feel  the enjoyment of the same.

Why do we call servants to the people, who work for us?  What is the reason to brand them in that fashion?  Does it not show our supremacy and desire to dominate others?  Is it not a culture shock in a free radical society?  Does it not reflect the true characters of the people, who obtain the noble services from these servants?  On the contrary, we must change our opinion and put them on a platform of respect and to pay homage to them for their services. Such people only do well for others and don’t want any extraordinary reward or appreciation. And they serve us without any ulterior motives. They always perform their duties in any circumstances without asking for any credit for the help they provide.  This mental frame of ours needs to be reformed and we have to evaluate their real worth and give due credits whoever deserves the same.  By calling other people as servants whosoever may be being engaged by us to provide various services, we show our excessive pride and hubris and ultimately fall down from the grace of God.  Even during that time, we don’t get lessons, because most of us are inflicted with over inflated egos.  By showing this pattern of thinking, it is very difficult to enlighten your mind.  On the contrary, if you take the examples of enlightened souls like Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna, you will observe that these erudite yogis never took an approach to reign others.  All through their life, they took the approach of “servants” in life.

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 In today’s world, there are people, who do their duties for noble causes, serve the underprivileged and help people who are not even able to manage their two square meals for their family members.  We don’t know them.  Since, we are so much occupied with the information on various sensitive news like scams, corruption and atrocities in the society, we seldom search for those people who work as servants.

Many people take this approach to become servants to help others and they take pride in doing so. They never feel that they are servants to others wishes. Such is the spirit of theirs. Though the numbers of these types of people are less, but it is not completely disappeared. The said truth is so powerful that if you follow, the same  will transform your life from a selfish attitude to a selfless type. The only thing, it must be activated.  Most of the people are not that enlightened to understand the importance of this ideology and so, prefer to remain in dominant mode all the time.  The  following questions if you and I ask constantly, then maybe it will be useful to inculcate the habit of becoming a servant at least mentally. What can I do for someone who is in need of any kind of help? Can I bring some happiness to someone?  Can I extend my help to provide food to a hungry person? All these thoughts will make you take the path of a humble servant attitude. The whole human race has survived on the ground that the people who have servant attitude, help millions to get uplifted. Their contributions and magnanimity are so generous that most of us are today survived.

If all of us pray to God each night to make us servants to someone in need, there may be a chance of making the majority of the people happy. This prayer when made with  sincerity, there will be a turning point in anyone’s life.  Jesus said, “The son of Man came to serve rather than be served.”  So, why should we be scared to be a servant?