An idea from The Way of the Bodhisattva

At the center sits a long wish to be useful to anyone in need. For those who are sick, may you be the doctor, nurse, the medicine itself. May you be food and drink for the hungry, and a store of goods within reach of the poor.

From The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva

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