The power of one is to do something, anything, to change the world or even a small community around you. Even I have done small things to help others out like family, friends, and acquaintances. Things like babysitting for my mom and stepdad while they are at work. Signing up for a Special Olympics event at school. Or when I cooked cookies with my grandma and took them to a nursing home for the residents to enjoy. Any kind deed a person does, even the smallest thing, can change a person’s day, or even their perspective on life.
Over the summer, i babysat my baby sister, Kaci, for my mom and stepdad on days where they had to work or go somewhere for the day. This was a “Power of One” act because it let them go out sometimes and not have to worry about kids or even just going to work so they could earn money for the family. It was easier for me to babysit because they didn’t have to pay me as much as just some stranger babysitting their 12 month old baby. Plus, they didn’t have to worry about her getting treated unfairly because i am family. This is an example …show more content…
It was really heartwarming to just give people something good. You could tell it made their day better. I feel as if this was a good deed because maybe it inspired them to give back to other people living there as well. It’s so fun to see how happy they looked when we handed them cookies. This was a deed of using The Power of One to change the world a little bit at a time.
Something extremely small can result in a humungous change in one’s life. Anything you can do to positively change our society is an example of “The Power of One”. Like babysitting for family, signing up to volunteer for a tournament for disabled children, or even something as effortless as taking baked goods to a nursing home. If everyone performed a small deed of positivity the world would be that much of a better