Hello people:)
For the past two weeks as many of you may know, I was busy volunteering at a summer camp and had my hands full with kids of almost all ages; therefore explaining the reason why I blogged so late.
Today was the last day of volunteering for me, even though the camp is "officially" over tomorrow, I chose to leave today because my family and I are all "packed up" for our vacation.
For the two weeks at the camp, I had various jobs to do which involved stress, pressure, relaxation (sometimes) and satisfaction (ALWAYS).
Taking care of kids who range from trouble making to quiet, was a DRAG, however I did manage to not pull out all my hair due to them being disruptive.
Even after all the hard work I did manage to gain experience in taking care of kids, and managed to learn skills which I didn't have before. I also had an amazing time working with children, who I LOVE alot.
Volunteering at the camp taught me many things about friendship, patience, leadership, respect and listening.
Many individuals in this world tend to lack in these areas of good personallity traits, which is quite unfortunate especially since these traits are what make that person a good samaritan and citizen.
All of these traits are interconnected; for good leadership comes from listening and understanding problems that other's usually face, and due to this friendships are made. If a person lacks self perseverance and skills in presenting themselves to other individuals, they would often find themselves being alone.
In our modern society, individuals tend to not listen, yet they talk about themselves and the issues present in their lives. Listening is a skill which requires patience and respect; hence if a person is willing to listen to their peer, they can thoroughly relate to the conflicts or situations their peer is talking about.
"Treat others the way you would like to be treated"
This quote says it all. During my volunteering experience, I often found myself loosing my temper, and now I realise that that one factor would often have the kids loose interest in talking to me. When I treated the children the way they preferred, they listened to my instructions and followed them.
I know that life is full of surprises, and many of us face them everyday, but how we deal with situations, no matter how bad or good they are, is what truly matters.
Apologising and forgiving is something all human beings should consider. A great person once told me that apologising, forgiving and forgetting doesn't make anyone bigger or smaller than the other, it actually makes the beings involved EQUAL. I noticed at the camp after the kids would fight and hurt one another, they would apologise and forget. Really if these traits existed in many adult minds, alot of discriminations and inequalities present in the world would be diminished for good.
I think that the world is lacking in these traits, traits which we ALL possesed when we were five years old. Maybe it's time to remember them?
For the past two weeks as many of you may know, I was busy volunteering at a summer camp and had my hands full with kids of almost all ages; therefore explaining the reason why I blogged so late.
Today was the last day of volunteering for me, even though the camp is "officially" over tomorrow, I chose to leave today because my family and I are all "packed up" for our vacation.
For the two weeks at the camp, I had various jobs to do which involved stress, pressure, relaxation (sometimes) and satisfaction (ALWAYS).
Taking care of kids who range from trouble making to quiet, was a DRAG, however I did manage to not pull out all my hair due to them being disruptive.
Even after all the hard work I did manage to gain experience in taking care of kids, and managed to learn skills which I didn't have before. I also had an amazing time working with children, who I LOVE alot.
Volunteering at the camp taught me many things about friendship, patience, leadership, respect and listening.
Many individuals in this world tend to lack in these areas of good personallity traits, which is quite unfortunate especially since these traits are what make that person a good samaritan and citizen.
All of these traits are interconnected; for good leadership comes from listening and understanding problems that other's usually face, and due to this friendships are made. If a person lacks self perseverance and skills in presenting themselves to other individuals, they would often find themselves being alone.
In our modern society, individuals tend to not listen, yet they talk about themselves and the issues present in their lives. Listening is a skill which requires patience and respect; hence if a person is willing to listen to their peer, they can thoroughly relate to the conflicts or situations their peer is talking about.
"Treat others the way you would like to be treated"
This quote says it all. During my volunteering experience, I often found myself loosing my temper, and now I realise that that one factor would often have the kids loose interest in talking to me. When I treated the children the way they preferred, they listened to my instructions and followed them.
I know that life is full of surprises, and many of us face them everyday, but how we deal with situations, no matter how bad or good they are, is what truly matters.
Apologising and forgiving is something all human beings should consider. A great person once told me that apologising, forgiving and forgetting doesn't make anyone bigger or smaller than the other, it actually makes the beings involved EQUAL. I noticed at the camp after the kids would fight and hurt one another, they would apologise and forget. Really if these traits existed in many adult minds, alot of discriminations and inequalities present in the world would be diminished for good.
I think that the world is lacking in these traits, traits which we ALL possesed when we were five years old. Maybe it's time to remember them?
1 comments:
Completely agree with everything.
From a first-hand experience with what you're talking about; the kids can't be serious so they cannot take things seriously (or as serious) as the older generation which is what leads the adults to retaliate and get back compared to the kids who forgive and forget.
Cool post bro.
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