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This is good advice. Also, appreciate what you've been given and give to those less fortunate. Working at a soup kitchen, or somewhere where you can come in contact with those less fortunate will help you appreciate what you have. Akulbe mentioned kids. I can't upvote that enough. They really help you become selfless and see the beauty of life.

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The part about the soup kitchen... I thought about that. One thing I'd caution on this, is check your motives.

If you're going to check the box, okay, I'm a good person because I do this... you've lost. Start over.

Truth be told, any one of us is one catastrophe away from being where the folks who come to the soup kitchen are. We could be uber-successful one day, and penniless the next.

Find out about them. It's about THEM. Ask them to tell you their story. Get to know them. Focus completely on someone else. Listen. Don't talk.

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