jessc8
Dec 27, 2012
Undergraduate / Serving others ; Stanford / What matters to you? [2]
This is a response to Stanford's prompt: "What matters to you, and why?"
Please let me know what you think! I am open to any suggestions and criticism! Please be honest!
While I was working at the food bank, a four year old boy came up to me and asked for a big apple. I looked at the bin full of apples and saw only small ones. I told him that there were no large apples. He was disappointed, and the glimmer of hope left the rims of his eyes as he walked away. I looked at the bin again and started digging through the apples, determined to find a large one. Finally, I found an apple that was the largest I'd ever seen. I handed it to the little boy. He smiled, and clutched it to his chest as if it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen. I will never forget the look on his face after he got that apple. After that day I realized how important serving others in need was to me. It is something that I truly love to do and brings meaning to my life.
There are times when I think about how my life would've been so much different if my mom hadn't chosen to leave the Philippines. Because of this decision, I've been given so many opportunities, and I feel so blessed to have been so fortunate. But now as I go on to a higher level of education, I'm excited to use the knowledge I attain to give back to the rest of the world. My motivation is truly marked by hope: the hope that I can make the difference and leave this world better off than when I walked into it. Along with this is the hope that I can touch the lives of millions of people, achieve a goal, and be a part of a larger process that changes this world. I thrive off of the knowledge that I can use what I've been given to have an effect. Life is a blessing, and time is limited, so I choose to live a life for others. I choose to spend my life trying to ameliorate the pain and suffering that goes on in this world, especially with world hunger. I will use what I learn about sociology and economic development to improve the economic situations of impoverished areas. I will accomplish this either by founding my own non profit organization or serving as a diplomat to an underprivileged region.
This is a response to Stanford's prompt: "What matters to you, and why?"
Please let me know what you think! I am open to any suggestions and criticism! Please be honest!
While I was working at the food bank, a four year old boy came up to me and asked for a big apple. I looked at the bin full of apples and saw only small ones. I told him that there were no large apples. He was disappointed, and the glimmer of hope left the rims of his eyes as he walked away. I looked at the bin again and started digging through the apples, determined to find a large one. Finally, I found an apple that was the largest I'd ever seen. I handed it to the little boy. He smiled, and clutched it to his chest as if it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen. I will never forget the look on his face after he got that apple. After that day I realized how important serving others in need was to me. It is something that I truly love to do and brings meaning to my life.
There are times when I think about how my life would've been so much different if my mom hadn't chosen to leave the Philippines. Because of this decision, I've been given so many opportunities, and I feel so blessed to have been so fortunate. But now as I go on to a higher level of education, I'm excited to use the knowledge I attain to give back to the rest of the world. My motivation is truly marked by hope: the hope that I can make the difference and leave this world better off than when I walked into it. Along with this is the hope that I can touch the lives of millions of people, achieve a goal, and be a part of a larger process that changes this world. I thrive off of the knowledge that I can use what I've been given to have an effect. Life is a blessing, and time is limited, so I choose to live a life for others. I choose to spend my life trying to ameliorate the pain and suffering that goes on in this world, especially with world hunger. I will use what I learn about sociology and economic development to improve the economic situations of impoverished areas. I will accomplish this either by founding my own non profit organization or serving as a diplomat to an underprivileged region.
