Personal Narrative: Help The Homeless

For my selfless act, I really wanted to help someone homeless. I didn’t want to give them money, who knows what they could spend it on, but food; that could save them for another 3 days. On the way to a beach, I saw a homeless man on the side of the ramp to get off of the highway. He was sitting on the floor holding a sign that said “homeless veteran”. Since the light was red, I thought it was the perfect chance to do my selfless act. I got a sandwich, a bag of chips, and a bottle of water and put my hand out of the window for him. The man had thanked us about 6 times. I don’t think he was happy but grateful. I think he was grateful that someone was willing to help. To skip a snack so that he could it for maybe the first time in days.
I felt great after I helped him like I actually made a difference in …show more content…
If we were in class and a student needed help, we were supposed to work on our work first, and let the teacher help that other student. We were taught not to pick jobs that don’t pay a lot unless we have to. People don’t act selflessly because we were taught to get something in return. In elementary, we would get candy and awards for doing good things. That soon turned into only doing good things if you get candy and awards. It’s the same way now. People will only do things if they get something in return, our minds were trained to consider, “What do I get in return?”. If you look at a lost dog flyer, there is most likely something that says “Reward” and that's why most people even read the fliers.
If children were taught at a young age that being selfless is better than being selfish, we would live in a complete world today. If we stopped considering what we’ll get in return before doing something good, we might help more people, get more things done. We’re even doing it now; we only did that selfless act to get a good grade in health