text: He may have given very clear points about "helping others", but failed to mention a required amount of "time involvement"- so I personally don't feel that there's a certain number of hours you need to worry about - in fact, I think you're missing the whole point. The attitude you should think about having (when giving help to others) is giving because you WANT TO- and doing WHAT YOU CAN when you see someone in need. It's not about something that "has an end", it's about a way of living- an attitude towards life while you're here. It's not like a "community service sentence" you're trying to fulfill, it's about fulfilling your purpose for being here, and finding the desire to be a humanitarian in this world- to connect spiritually with all people and with a purpose outside of yourself and your life, that transcends materiality and the selfishness seen so readily in our world. To connect with others (and helping is a good way to do this)- is to connect with God as well. The wish I think God has of us all is to view helping others as our purpose- our "higher purpose", and something that we should want to do on a regular basis for all the time that we live. I don't think that "counting the hours" involved will get you into "heaven".