AMH 2020
“The best way to find yourself is to lose
yourself in the service of others.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
The
service project I did this semester was going to the veteran’s home and serving
a meal to them. It was honestly a remarkable experience. I made huge plate of
brownies and brought those and then stood outside and met and talked to some of
the residents and my classmates. (I don’t have the group photo from the service
project but I love that picture we all took.) That quote by Gandhi is probably
one of my all-time favorite quotes, I just believe it is so true because
whenever I am serving people I honestly feel that I’m doing something in the world
that is good and positive. This is how I felt when I was doing my service
project and I wish I would’ve done two of them because of how great it was.
I believe it connects to my core values
because since I was young, my parents have always taught me to serve others
before yourself. Also, I’m am a Christian so I try to just live my everyday
life this. Whether it’s just serving my friends or parents or a stranger, it’s
just such an important part of my life and what I believe in. When I was in
middle school and throughout high school my mom started a food drive at our
church called, “Our Father’s Storehouse.” She said God came to her in a dream
and told her to start this organization at our church. I volunteered at it two
times a month for years giving out food and clothes, and other necessities that
people who came needed. It was an eye opening experience as a twelve year old,
meeting and talking to them and seeing what the real world was like for some
people. It was also very cool to form bonds with people who came regularly and
talk to them to see how their day was going and stuff. My mom eventually
stepped down as the leader of it and weren’t as active in it after that but
still helped from time to time at our church. It was a such a cool experience and
definitely shaped my life for the better and I will be grateful for that.
Service is a very big part of my major. I am
a political science major and I want to work for the government in some sort of
way not really sure yet. But idealistically I would like to do a job in which
my primary purpose is to serve others. Also, during my time in college I plan
on volunteering and doing things around the community to help and get involved
with local government and being active in the community. There is just so many
ways that I can impact the community with my major and that is what I intend to
do with my time in Tallahassee. I want to live my life constantly with an
attitude of service towards everyone. It’s just what I believe in and what will
shape my life as I continue on. And if everyone lived their life with a
mentality of service then we would live in a much better world for many
reasons.
I hope I can make an enormous impact in this
city through service. I have lived in Tallahassee my entire life and I plan to
stay here forever cause I love it here. Tallahassee is all I’ve ever known
really and I can’t imagine another place being home. Anything I can do to make
this city better I will do in the future. My hope in the next few years is to
get involved with the big brother program in the big bend area. One of my
friends who is a senior at FSU is currently involved with it and has a big
brother program and I’ve hung out with him and his little brother and it looks
so rewarding and looks like so much fun too. Also, growing up as the youngest
in my family with 2 older sisters and an older brother, I have never really had
the opportunity to be someone’s big brother. Doing this for a child who really
needs a positive influence in their life would be so great on so many levels.
It would be so rewarding and fun to mentor a child as they grow up and be there
for them when they need you. And provide anything for them that they don’t have
access to, or to help them in school or just in life in general.
Looking back on this semester, being my first
semester of college I have learned so much about myself and what I want to do
with my life. I’ve probably learned more about myself this semester than I ever
did in high school or in past years. I’ve just matured so much that I finally
realize how to be successful in school and the things that really matter in
life. And studying for your tests was a difficult challenge because their essay
tests but I’m better prepared because it now. I know college will effectively prepare
me for this and I’m just so excited for what the future holds for me and what I
can accomplish as life goes on. This service project is only the beginning of
what I want to do. It has motivated me to want to change the community and I
want to change Tallahassee for the better and make a huge impact and leave a
lasting legacy. My goal is to leave the world a better place for my future kids
than it was when I was a kid. And with all that is going on in the world right
now and how messed up of a place it is, I just want to make as big of an impact
as I can. And set an example for younger people and live life to the fullest each
and every day and the best way that I can to serve others.
