Anjeska
Colon
Dr.
Nancy Rowe
T-122
Expo-Writing
September
27, 2013
Life
Changing Experience
In my Senior Year, I decided to
become part of a club to help feed the homeless. We had to cook the food and go
to the Old San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, in front of a church to feed them
because all of them came to this place at a certain day and hour. The first day
I was nervous and scared and did not know what to expect from them. The teacher
in charge of this club told us to be careful with them because they can get
aggressive and even insult us. The first day as we were preparing the tables,
this homeless guy starts screaming at us to hurry up and give them food
already. He began to complain that we were serving such a little portion. I
began to feel aggravated and I wanted to quit community service. As we were
serving the others, this old homeless man came to us and asked for more water
because he came from “Cidra” (a town in Puerto Rico) and we were confused
because Cidra was far away from the Old San Juan and then he said he was “decidratado”
(which means a deficiency of fluid within an organism in Spanish; “decitratado
has “Cidra” in the word). I just started laughing and it made my day. I was
frustrated and aggravated because of the other man and I won’t forget that day.
He made me want to return and keep feeding the homeless so he could keep
telling us the joke that never got old. There are people who do not appreciate
what people do for them, but there are more good people are thankful and this
made me a better person.
These types of experiences are always rewarding, even if they don't seem like it at the time. I learned a very different lesson doing a similar service. I learned that I shouldn't expect gratitude when I'm doing something nice for someone. Gratitude is a feeling that I should have for being able to serve others.
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