Casey Ring is a girl whom I admire. No, I did not know her personally but her story motivates me to become the best version of myself and exemplify her wonderful traits into my life. Kindness, integrity, selflessness and strength are some of the hardest qualities to show off, especially in high school. Casey let these qualities shine through her personality. Casey is my role model because she exemplified these qualities at a young age and positively impacted multiple people's lives in the Pope High School community. I strive to impact my community in the same way Casey did. During my four years at Pope I have embodied Casey’s qualities of kindness, integrity, selflessness and strength amidst school, soccer and volunteering in the community
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Kindness comes straight from the heart and is a trait that people have a hard time showing because they confuse it with showing their “weak” or “soft” side. Kindness is the building block to relationships with teachers, teammates and other peers and adults. During my first trip to must ministries kindness shined through my heart. Packing food boxes and sorting donation piles brought a smile to my face. In the middle of packing one of the 112 care packages full of food I realized how many individuals I have impacted due to my simple act of kindness. I could just feel the smiles on those families faces and that tickled me on the inside. This volunteering opportunity made me think about how Casey’s acts of kindness were trickling down into my …show more content…
I had to have the physical strength to be able to move hundreds of boxes of cans around, but the moral and mental strength was entirely more important. I used my mental strength to help my team to figure out quick and effective ways to organize, pack and label all the food and care packages that needed to be shipped off to the families in need. My moral strength was utilized to push my team to work at a quick and efficient pace. These two strengths pushed my team to succeed beyond what we were capable of and eventually we vanquished the record for most care packages completed in two
Kindness comes straight from the heart and is a trait that people have a hard time showing because they confuse it with showing their “weak” or “soft” side. Kindness is the building block to relationships with teachers, teammates and other peers and adults. During my first trip to must ministries kindness shined through my heart. Packing food boxes and sorting donation piles brought a smile to my face. In the middle of packing one of the 112 care packages full of food I realized how many individuals I have impacted due to my simple act of kindness. I could just feel the smiles on those families faces and that tickled me on the inside. This volunteering opportunity made me think about how Casey’s acts of kindness were trickling down into my …show more content…
I had to have the physical strength to be able to move hundreds of boxes of cans around, but the moral and mental strength was entirely more important. I used my mental strength to help my team to figure out quick and effective ways to organize, pack and label all the food and care packages that needed to be shipped off to the families in need. My moral strength was utilized to push my team to work at a quick and efficient pace. These two strengths pushed my team to succeed beyond what we were capable of and eventually we vanquished the record for most care packages completed in two