What does the gerund phrase "volunteering at the animal shelter” contribute to the text?

breathe, think and analyze the situation, pull them aside and talk to them about it

evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

explanation:

it should be

hard work gives a person a sense of satisfaction; likewise, it to pay the bills.

so the punctuation is not correct.