Dick,
what you are doing of course is working, it is working for you. If you are cold, you put on a jacket and it brings you warmth. When you are hungry, you get up and do something to eat and your hunger goes away. In other words you can make a difference for yourself. And that is a hundred percent achievement for yourself. After you do things for yourself, if you can, help others with what they cannot do for themselves.
At the end, it will only matter what you achieved for yourself, just like in this life as I gave the examples above.
Hasan

Edited by honeto - 06 October 2012 at 2:38pm