Activity oriented toward self is defeating.

You have a wonderful potential in life to be the servant of others. Such service must be offered through selfless love and faith in the directing hand of God. You do not live life alone. Your life takes on meaning through your interactions with others. The nature of that interaction provides for your spiritual growth. Such growth, therefore, is the result of your activity not for self-benefit but only for the benefit of others. Activity oriented toward self is defeating and stifling. It isolates the doer from the world without and prevents the evolution of the world within. It is in your reaching outward that your growth takes place. It is in the recognition that all life is sacred that your life takes on its meaning.