Rompt #10 : Civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi wrote, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Do you agree or disagree with Gandhi’s statement about the importance of helping others as a way of discovering more about yourself? Take a position on this issue. Support your response with reasons and specific examples.

I agree with him

Explanation:

As all teachers (should) know, we are very likely to learn more about ourselves while helping others. To give an example: as a percussion teacher I am sometimes confronted by an eager student who wants to know specific details on a rhythm which I cannot provide instantly. This very often leads me to realize my own imperfectness.

However, Gandhi goes a little further - normal for a person shaped by Oriental Philosophy - and delves into the soul (or religious/spiritual centre) of men with this quote.

Here is another quote that summons up quite well what Gandhi was referring at: The individual cannot love

D.H. Lawrence