I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people1I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a2person:
I think my 3started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my4, and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever5to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really6. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n)7. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I8to help. That was really a big9for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of10are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new11, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer s disease became my12. Every time I came into her room, she was so13because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never14her, so I took her place. She let me15. That making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was16, but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much17, person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not18these experiences. They have19e to care about other people more than about myself.20who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
