Helping others is a blessing everyone has the opportunity to do. One never knows how much a person is in need of help or how frightened they are to ask for it. We don’t know what a person has gone through. Starvation, coldness, anguish, depression, anxiety, humiliation, panic, distress, or the feeling of the defeat are some feelings they go through. Many don’t appreciate or even acknowledge how auspicious they are to have the extravagances of having a roof over their heads, or nutrition. Unfortunately, there are people who aren’t as lucky as some of us, there are people who suffer every day and struggle to survive. People who are willing to fight every day if it means that life will get better. A simple smile or just listening to them can
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I learned many lessons about how to make a difference in this world with service learning. I feel like the lesson that really stood out for me was learning how to plan and train for my exploratory project. Covenant House, being the first service learning project I’ve done, I wasn’t quite sure on what to do. Learning how to strategize on what to do for the Covenant House, assisted me a lot. There are a variety of different service learning projects one can do. There’s the Red Cross, YMCA, Animal Shelters, Nursing Homes, the Food Bank, and The Covenant House. Selecting one of these few choices is a challenge. This lesson helped me think about how I felt about each option as a project, showing me the difference in each and every one of them and how I should choose one that I feel I would contribute more. The lesson helps me organize the project in order to know exactly what we are doing so we don’t have any faults while participating in the service learning project. This lesson helped me know exactly what and what not to …show more content…
Each one has a different story of how they got to be homeless, and they’re all so brave. Having to face famine, cold, and the fear of being a young adult surviving on the streets, and do it again the next day and the day after that is really strong. The feeling of living in relentless fear of getting kidnapped, not feeling safe at any time because they are frightened that they will get into a violent situation is so much that it’s not living anymore, it’s just surviving. A wise man once said “Even if there’s a tiny tiny chance, isn’t that worth going for it.” Just because their chances of survival may not be the best doesn’t mean they will give up. Some have reasons to keep fighting to get the life they desire to have. Whether it’s getting an education, having a family, or the dream to have the luxuries of life. As I helped them, they helped me realize that there is always something that is worth keep fighting for, we just have to want to see
I learned many lessons about how to make a difference in this world with service learning. I feel like the lesson that really stood out for me was learning how to plan and train for my exploratory project. Covenant House, being the first service learning project I’ve done, I wasn’t quite sure on what to do. Learning how to strategize on what to do for the Covenant House, assisted me a lot. There are a variety of different service learning projects one can do. There’s the Red Cross, YMCA, Animal Shelters, Nursing Homes, the Food Bank, and The Covenant House. Selecting one of these few choices is a challenge. This lesson helped me think about how I felt about each option as a project, showing me the difference in each and every one of them and how I should choose one that I feel I would contribute more. The lesson helps me organize the project in order to know exactly what we are doing so we don’t have any faults while participating in the service learning project. This lesson helped me know exactly what and what not to …show more content…
Each one has a different story of how they got to be homeless, and they’re all so brave. Having to face famine, cold, and the fear of being a young adult surviving on the streets, and do it again the next day and the day after that is really strong. The feeling of living in relentless fear of getting kidnapped, not feeling safe at any time because they are frightened that they will get into a violent situation is so much that it’s not living anymore, it’s just surviving. A wise man once said “Even if there’s a tiny tiny chance, isn’t that worth going for it.” Just because their chances of survival may not be the best doesn’t mean they will give up. Some have reasons to keep fighting to get the life they desire to have. Whether it’s getting an education, having a family, or the dream to have the luxuries of life. As I helped them, they helped me realize that there is always something that is worth keep fighting for, we just have to want to see