{"id":3786,"date":"2009-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2009\/04\/getting-outside-yourself.html"},"modified":"2009-04-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T00:00:00","slug":"getting-outside-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2009\/04\/getting-outside-yourself.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting Outside Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think about serving others.  By giving a little of yourself, you lighten your own burdens.  Lending a helping hand can show you that you perhaps don&#8217;t have it as bad as you think you do.  Giving of yourself to others can teach you new ideas and ways for your own life. <\/p>\n<p>Taking the time to get outside yourself into someone else&#8217;s needs, can allow you some freedom for you, and that feeling of deep satisfaction knowing that you cared enough to share a little love and time.  For that moment, your weight problems will vanish in service to others.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I recommend you get outside of yourself for a little while, and think and write about how you can help others.  Let yourself be a friend to someone else &#8211; elaborate on how you could assist a friend in need, or a stranger who has it worse than you.<\/p>\n<p>Right here, right now &#8211; do a little strategic planning for some human service.  Could you give an hour a week, volunteering somewhere you&#8217;re needed?  Is there a service program connected with your church, synagogue or temple that you could hook up with?  Or perhaps just simply read to an elderly or young neighbor or family member.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Norris Chumley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think about serving others. By giving a little of yourself, you lighten your own burdens. Lending a helping hand can show you that you perhaps don&#8217;t have it as bad as you think you do. 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