Some truth

Your Servant

Act not in such a way, O my Lord, That my work may go wrong And Thou may merely watch, Sitting at a distance.... With confidence in Thy Name, I have given up hope of others My mind finds no comfort in worldly observances, Accept the service of Guru Ravidas, Thy Slave O Lord And manifest Thy Name the purifier of the fallen ones. Who other than Thee can do such a thing O my Lord? Merciful to the poor is my Lord Who had put the canopy (of spiritual sovereignty) over my head He whose touch defiles the world, On such a one as me Thou alone can bestow Thy Grace.                        Guru Ravidas

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant not the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.                           M.K. Gandhi

Nothing in Return

Let not the fruits of action be not thy motive, nor be thy attachment to inaction.              Gita 2.14

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.                Gautama Buddha

It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, nay not be in your time, that there will be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing there will be no result.                 MK Gandhi

The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results; all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge. The wise, ever satisfied, have abandoned all external supports. Their security is unaffected by the results of their action; even while acting, they really do nothing at all. Stay free from expectations and from all sense of possession, with mind and body firmly controlled by the Self.                             Gita 4.19-21