Giving Back could really change your life.

 (from online AMH 2020 student)

Giving Back could really change your life.

As the semester came to an end and I thought more and more of how I'm going to complete this act of kindness. I realized that the funds really wasn’t there to feed a group of forty or mailing of a box of goodies. I thought it really shouldn’t be this hard to do a good deed. I realized that I started to think a good deed had to be seen by many or had to be unravelling in a way where someone would thank me for such a great generosity. 

 

But as time wined down I realized that giving directions to this lady and her son's who was looking for FSU library for two hours is a good dead or giving this guy a place to wash his clothes for this job interview the next day is a great deed. so it doesn’t have to be something full of recognition. 

 

I love to help people but at times I think who am I to help when I need help myself, who am I to try and lend a hand when my eggs aren't never in the same basket. I realized no help is too grate or too small to change someone's day. I'm in the process of moving and I've collected over the years quite a few stuff that has gotten too small for me or that I've never worn in a while and I was originally going to give them to Plato's Closet. 

 

But as I was walking to Publix one day I saw a young man who had some really worn down shoes and I couldn’t help but notice that not only do I owned a pair just like that, but he didn’t seem or look to be in the best of state. And it came to me I should collect all these things that am not using and give to someone else who it would be a great blessing to. I immediately turn around and head back home for the shoes to give the young man but by then he was already gone. I knew then for sure that it would be a better idea to give my things of much worth to a shelter. 

 

Nothing was gain in the worth of money but much pleasure of helping others was earned. I washed all my jeans shirt comforters hats and folded them up and packed them in a bin, along with some cosmetic things and took them to the shelter on Pensacola street. I was hoping when I go there I would see the young man I ran into that day but not only did I not see him the shelter was clothes. So I made plans to come back the next day. My friend gave me some baby toys and clothes that she had just clean up and was going to put in storage, but when I told her my good deed I was trying to do she gave me her baby things she no longer needed and told me to take them to the shelter with my stuff. I was there the next morning bright and early and it truly touched my heart to see these people truly being tend to and taken care of those that where helping new how to. 

 

As I was walking out and getting ready to leave I saw the same young man with the shoes walking up the road. I flagged him down and gave him the shoes that I hoped would make his day. It was because of him I thought to do such great dead. 

 

His face lit up and I just knew that this was a great idea I knew that it didn’t matter and how these people got the things they needed once there was someone to lend a helping hand and give up a little of something for someone else was all it took. 

 

2I truly did learn that it doesn’t take much to help someone else. I walked in to this thing thinking that I had to have money to help, even if it wasn't a lot I thought that it had to be done in the form of money. that’s kind of how I always took it. but I've learned that it don’t take much to help someone else. and you don’t have to be known to help out someone in need. people in our country are having a hard time just living life with the simple stuff because times are getting so hard. it truly did me some good not only to help out many with the stuff I gave to the shelter but that young man with the shoes really did bless me.

 I think its a great thing when people help out in the community. because the community is not built on just one man alone. we all have to pitch in and help each other to make this world a better place.