My Idea Of My Life

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As everyone has his or her ego ideal of his or her life, I have one, too; my ego ideal is to be an amicable person. Being an amicable person sounds like a simple plan for my life, but it is hard to be. I am a shy girl who is afraid to actively talk with other people. For example, every first day in new environment is my nightmare-I can say anything to others. I stood emotionless as I vacillated between taking the initiative to say hello or waiting for others’ greetings. Most of those new people would thought I am disagreeable from my poker face. Thus, I tried to figure out the way to push myself out of my own world and into social circumstances.
Since I was a kid, I have been a shy girl who has been afraid to talk. However, amicable person should has an instinctive feel for emotions feeling and good at communicate with others. My teacher thought I was a quiet girl when she was my homeroom teacher first year. However, she changed her mind when she saw my art painting which was
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I need to complete a long paper every week to keep the school setting up student volunteers at the nursing home, which also helped me to understand how meaningful of being an amiable person. The one reason I chose a nursing home to continue my way of being kind person is listening, which is a good way to understand old people. Especially in this fast-paced society, being busy is considered a virtue. People are too busy to listen to others’ words. During my volunteering at nursing home, I have to hear the words of the old people until they finish talking. I learned how to listen to others attentively and sincerely. Sometimes, pain of losing family members would let old people sorrowful; they need heard story to sink into the dream. At that time, I would read book gently to them. When I showed my kind and patience to old people, they would be close to me, share their love with me, and show amiable worldview to

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