"my foolish pride has kept me from doing things" - extracurricular activities or work

One can learn much from volunteering, I myself volunteer at the soup kitchen every Thanksgiving and the sheer number of folks waiting in line for food continues to surprise me. Many times I see kids from my school whom I figured to have a relatively good home lives waiting in that line. Is it strange that I get depressed every time? I know volunteering is suppose to make one feel better but I feel that if it weren't for some sheer luck of the draw I would be in that line with my mom waiting for someone to put food on our plates and have strangers look at me with hollows smiles. I can't help but respect those who stand in that line anyway, forsaking their pride in order to feed their themselves, I reflect on my own life and realize that my foolish pride has kept me from doing many things I needed to do.

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One can learn much from volunteering. ---New sentence---I myself volunteer at a local soup kitchen every Thanksgiving and the sheer number of folks waiting in line for food continues to surprise me.

Many times I see kids from my school whom I figured to have a relatively good home life, waiting in that line.

I know that volunteering is supposed to make one feel better, but I feel that if it weren't for some sheer luck of the draw I would be in that line with my mom waiting for someone to put food on our plates and have strangers look at me with hollows smiles.---You are an excellent writer! I got kind of choked up reading this part, it's so true!

I can't help but respect those who stand in that line anyway, forsaking their pride in order to feed their themselves, and I reflect on my own life and realize that my foolish pride has kept me from doing many things I needed to do.

This is a powerful essay! Good luck with school.

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Thanks for the support, I put my heart into this one.