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Boy Scouts were really onto something when they chose the slogan, "Do a good turn daily."

Years ago I was suffering from depression. One day my mother demanded me to get in the car. Thinking she was taking me shopping I eagerly agreed. Imagine my disappointment when she drove me over to the church. "What are we doing here?" I required in my coldest tone possible. She informed me that she had volunteered my services to accompany a senior citizen choir. I was furious! After some persuading I walked into the choir room and found fifteen elderly women eagerly awaiting my arrival.

Try as I might to maintain my anger and depression, before I knew it, I was singing along with these old ladies as I played the piano. That day was the beginning of my recovery.

Serving others changes the world. It changes the people we serve and it changes ourselves.

7. Faith

Ultimately it helps to know that there is a higher being that is in control of this Universe in whom we can trust. I was once teaching a class for newly arrived immigrants to help them assimilate into our society. At the end of the class I asked this question. What do we do when there is perhaps no solution to our problem? The answer was supposed to be, "To accept the things we can not change." Conversely, a Vietnamese refugee timidly raised his hand and said in broken English. "There is always solution. We can pray."

So for all you Chicken Lickens out there, you can go tell the king that there may be ominous black clouds, rain, sleet or hail, but no, the sky is not falling. We can not only be positive but we can be very happy in this topsy turvy world.

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