Be the Cause

(Last Saturday, five special volunteers….Gaurav, Neerav, Roshni, Trushna, and Brian…came all the way from the Bay Area to spend there Saturday volunteering at the Seva Cafe. Below are some of their stories.)

I had been looking forward to the trip down to LA to work at the Seva
Café since a few weeks ago when the idea was first conceived. As much
as I’d like to say I was coming solely for selfless reasons, I have to
say that I was also very much looking forward to all the love and
goodness that I am always so fortunate to receive when doing seva. I
had been a little tired out from getting up early for the drive down,
but as soon as we met up with all the BTC/Seva Café folks and I saw
how energetic and enthusiastic they were, I was definitely pumped up
to serve. My first task was washing dishes, which I had been informed
was one of the most coveted jobs. » Read more

(Shwetha has dedicated every Saturday to volunteer at the Seva Cafe. Her thoughts are below.)

If You Plant Them, Change Will Come….

“Wait! I have to give you your smile card!!” I squeal to my patrons as they get up to leave. “Smile card?” they reply. “Yeah, hold on I’ll be right back!” I return with the smile card and bill, explain the significance, they nod approvingly and crack a smile–and the circle is complete. I truly believe that there was no breakthrough until that very moment when they understood why they were there and why we were doing what we were doing. As a server for week 4, I was able to see the whole cycle with my patrons- from beginning to end, from confusion to commitment, from complacency to love. I observed and learned many things from week 4’s seva, but I never really reflected on and understood the value until now. » Read more