Potential Is Within Us – On the Issue of Voluntarism

Abstract

The author of the article characterizes the idea of voluntary service, its basic indicators, its essence and importance in the social life, emphasizing, at the same time, its Christian aspect.

The general objective of the present paper is to draw particular attention to the issue of voluntary service as a chance for restoration of social bounds and rebuilding moral foundations in contemporary societies, as well as to present it as a place of volunteers' self-realization. At the same time, the author indicates the factors, which are connected with the time management of a volunteer's work, determine its correct proceeding, and finally success.

The analysis leads to defining volunteering as an opportunity for everybody: above all for a man in need, for his family, but also for the volunteers themselves, who thanks to such help get a chance to learn more about themselves and to develop.