A Story of Service to Others

Recently I attended an Internet Marketing Seminar in Atlanta with some of the top Internet Marketers in the World. One theme kept reoccuring over and over, how can I build better relationships, how can I be of service to others? One of the items discussed was "extending the free bar." Before someone might think I'm referring to a candy bar I'm referring to giving away more valuable information and techniques to improve the lives of others. In otherwords what more can we give away to help others knowing that the more we give the more we will get back in return.

John F. Kennedy once said; Think not what your country can do for you, think what you can do for your country. It's too bad not more people in positions of leadership think that way today.

The following was taken in part from a letter from Ray Faltinsky CEO of Freelife which shows in my humble opinion his committment to serving others.

A very wise and spiritual man once said, Service is the rent we pay for the life we live.
I believe that statement is profound. Life is a precious gift. At FreeLife, we have a principle that we try to practice constantly. It is the principle of Constant and Never-Ending Improvement.

Similarly, we ought to practice Constant and Never-Ending Service. Then, the life we are privileged to live takes on such meaning and value.

Young Casey Mayor lay in an Army hospital in Texas. A roadside bomb in Iraq left him with a mangled left leg. He was alone, discouraged, and after 12 surgeries, uncertain about his future.

Then she walked in. She was a secretary at the hospital. She came with movies, small gifts, and home-cooked dinners. She came to cheer him up because he had no family or friends close by.

Nicole Cartmill wanted him to know that somebody cared—and that his service to his country was appreciated. Young Nicole instinctively knew what many people never come to understand in their lives: Service is a verb!

It really is. It is love in action. And often, it is given in small doses over a long period of time. Then, Nicole Cartmill made another discovery: We can never love anyone who we do not serve!

When Spc. Mayor returned home on convalescent leave, he talked with Nicole every day. Finally, he returned to Ft. Bliss, and while still in a wheelchair and in front of a small crowd at an airport in El Paso, Mayor popped the question.
I told her, I've never met someone like you before, he said. She started crying and she said, YES!

Last February 13, they married. Then Casey Mayor made this profound observation: Something so bad turned into something so good.

That’s what service does. It helps bad things become better, eases burdens, lessens pain, and provides a fertile seedbed for love and appreciation.

When you think of how meaningful the first four words of our mission statement are—TO SERVE EACH OTHER—it gives us the opportunity to frame our FreeLife business in an entirely new context. We can truly become a service business, reaching out to millions of people who need our help.

We have wrapped our FreeLife business around core principles that encourage us to be of service every day. For instance, consider the all-encompassing Law of Giving. The more of anything you give, the more you get back. Or, how about the Golden Rule that tells us exactly how to treat others? What of the Principle of Abundance that allows us to view the world and people in it with generosity and appreciation?

It is so true. Service is the rent we pay.

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