AMH2020 student
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two
hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others,” by Audrey
Hepburn is a very inspiring quote that really expresses how every human should
live their life. The hands God give us do not change, they are the same hands
we were given life with, nothing has changed besides the person and what they
choose to do with those hands. What they choose to do or use those hands for is
completely up to them and the hands have to comply. Your hands can be used in
many different ways, good or bad, and the only person who decides this is the
person themselves. Our hands can be used for ourselves or others.
The hands
that we eat and do labor with, are the same hands that can also give back and
help the less fortunate. Helping others is such a great way to relieve stress
and realize other points of views around the world. By helping others, it not
only helps the other person, it helps yourself and makes you a better person.
Everyone can become a better person, no one is perfect or complete. The holiday
gift exchange was a great way to give back and help the less fortunate by
giving them daily necessities that could be seen as obtainable items or rare
things. By donating my time and resources, I learned so much of what other
people have to deal with and truly realize how big the world is.
My family
is starting a tradition during the holiday season where my cousins and I go to
the Ronald McDonald house and give them our time and resources. We are all
bringing in items we think are needed by most people that are a necessity.
After that we are serving lunch to the people and giving out gifts to all the
people. I am very excited to start this tradition because I know it is a lot
like the Holiday gift exchange.
Being able
to donate my time is what I do a lot over summer as well. I am a counselor at a
camp called Camp I am Special. Camp I am Special is a camp throughout summer
where each week new kids and adults with mental, physical, or emotional
disabilities come to escape. Seeing the look on their faces is absolutely
priceless where they are doing the simplest thing of brushing their teeth by
themselves or going to get a glass of water is unreal. I would have never
thought that brushing my teeth could be so exciting, but to them it is. Being
at this camp as a counselor for four years now has taught me so much like the
gift exchange. It has taught me that in life, sometimes looking at the big
picture is okay, but the smaller pictures with extravagant detail is better
because nothing can be taken for granted.
Nothing in life should be over looked, even a blanket, slippers, or bath towel. Whether a necessity or not,
everything in life means something to someone and has a meaning.
