Famous Social Activist Desmond Tutu, once said, “Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put all together that overwhelm the world.” In my experience, I have certainly found this to be true. Life is a blessing to me I am so lucky and privileged to be able to have an education, loving friends and family, and a place to call my home. Lately, through the stress of my junior year of high school, I have been forgetting to connect to my true self. Staying up late for assignments and keeping up with extracurriculars has made it difficult to remember some of the most important things in life. As humans we are all caught up in our day to day problems and routines, thus, we aren’t able to play a significant role in the
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I concur in the quote by Mother Teresa, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” Even though I myself have not made a direct global change, the work I have done through Interact and the advisory committee of Sunnyvale, I have been able to give back to the world I am so privileged to live in. Doing community service gives me utmost satisfaction and keeps me grounded. In December, with my advisory committee, I wrote Christmas cards to orphans who are not fortunate enough to spend the holidays with their families and we ran a gift drive to let these children know that they are loved and they matter. Seeing the smiles and laughter on these kid’s faces gave me so much joy and even though it wasn’t much at all, I know that it made a difference in their day. I am so lucky and blessed to live the life I am living today and while spending one day with these kids can never be enough, I know that I made a difference in their day. Before joining the advisory committee and Interact, I always thought that the only way to make a difference is to raise money and directly make change. However, one of the biggest lessons I have learned is that it can be as simple as a smile to empower change in the
I concur in the quote by Mother Teresa, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” Even though I myself have not made a direct global change, the work I have done through Interact and the advisory committee of Sunnyvale, I have been able to give back to the world I am so privileged to live in. Doing community service gives me utmost satisfaction and keeps me grounded. In December, with my advisory committee, I wrote Christmas cards to orphans who are not fortunate enough to spend the holidays with their families and we ran a gift drive to let these children know that they are loved and they matter. Seeing the smiles and laughter on these kid’s faces gave me so much joy and even though it wasn’t much at all, I know that it made a difference in their day. I am so lucky and blessed to live the life I am living today and while spending one day with these kids can never be enough, I know that I made a difference in their day. Before joining the advisory committee and Interact, I always thought that the only way to make a difference is to raise money and directly make change. However, one of the biggest lessons I have learned is that it can be as simple as a smile to empower change in the