Gospel Music Experience Essay

“With great power comes great responsibility” being the oldest of nine I have an abundance of both responsibility and expectations to uphold. One thing that was stressed was the importance of giving back to those that come after me. Over the last three years I have done many things that help those around and in my community. One of the most recent events was during the summer during “Gospel Music Workshop of America”. The next event occurred after that was also in the summer in Brooklyn. The most important thing that I have learned over these years is that even the little things eventually pay off in the end. Each year my church takes me on a trip to take different workshops for dance, each year the workshop is held in a different state. Last year the class was held in Birmingham, Alabama. During the dance class I was asked to volunteer to teach dance in a nearby school to kids ages ten …show more content…
Each day between the ten in the morning to twelve we would go around the area and give breakfast out to whoever wanted. Originally it was challenging to keep doing it because no one would ever say that they actually wanted the help but over time people slowly began comfortable with being helped. However as I went through the program I began to see how not everyone is not as fortunate as you and it feels good to give back to people your age older and also younger. As I completed the programs over the summer my eyes were opened up to see what is really out there in “the real world”. Now I have knowledge that you have to escape the boundaries people try to set you in. You have to create and open a path for those that not only look up to you but for those coming after. The people in the areas and community showed me that I should not allow my excuse to disable me and give back as much as possible whether it's with time or