How can I help? : stories and reflections on service

by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman.
New York : Knopf, 1985.

We are often called upon to help one another–at home, at work, on the street, on the phone. . . . We do what we can. Yet so much comes up to complicate this : “Will I have what it takes?” “How much is enough?” “How can I deal with suffering?” “And what really helps, anyway?”

In this practical helper’s companion, the authors explore a path through these confusions, and provide support and inspiration for us in our efforts as members of the helping professions, as volunteers, as community activists, or simply as friends and family trying to meet each other’s needs.