After reading the chapter titled "The Personal Bank Account", review the section about acts of service. Reflect on your own personal experiences and think about a time when you did something for someone else for no reason at all.
Over the weekend, find an opportunity to do a kind deed. Share that moment, what you did, how the person(s) reacted, and how you felt about it.
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I remember one time when I stood up for a random person. It wasn't a complete stranger either though. I didn't know the guy very well or personally. But, he was being accused of something I knew wasn't right or true (I can't tell what). He didn't deserve it. I was in a good mood so I stopped and stood up for him.... for no reason at all, no thanks needed. Sean's right, you really do feel good after you do a random act of kindness.
ReplyDeleteToday, I decided to talk to an old friend who has been having a rough time. He was really surprised that I would even talk to him... after what he did to me (which is NOT to be mentioned). But, he’s going through a bad time in his life and I went to cheer him up. I told him that sometimes life is hard but you having to keep hope. The storm can’t last forever. It has to end. And when it does, there will be a rainbow. At first, he thought it was a bad joke. But, he knew me better than that and appreciated the talk. I told him that (as corny as this will sound) he could talk to me whenever he wanted to... I’d be here for him. It felt good, really good.:)
I remember that once, I helped my neighbor clean all of her outside garden. She lives with only one daughter that works mostly all day, so her daughter can’t really help her. I saw her one day outside, pulling some dead plants out of the ground, but she didn’t have that many energies to do that kind of activities due to her age. I don’t know how but when I saw her that she couldn’t do all that work by herself, I decided to go over to her house and help her out. I helped her clean all the garden, and when we had ended the garden did look way better than before. By the end I did feel a great nice feeling inside of me because I had helped a person that couldn’t do all that work by herself. By the next day I felt really good because I knew that I had helped someone, and at the same time I had helped my self to make a deposit in my personal account just like Sean Covey said in the book.
ReplyDeleteToday, I decided to talk to a really old friend of mine, he got surprised when I called him because he had taught that I had forgotten of him, but I gave him a big surprise when I called him. We started to talk about how we had been through all these years of not being able to see each other, in the middle of our conversation, I noticed that my old friend sounded a little sad, so I asked him what was bothering him. He told me why he was like that, it is a really serious problem (I can’t write it because it’s private for him.) After he explained me his problem, I tried to cheer him up by telling him some ways that he could resolve his problem, and by talking about some of the good moments that we had passed through in our friendship when we were younger. By the end of our conversation I heard him a little more confident in him and I believe that we became better friends, now I’m hoping on talking to him more frequently. I felt a nice feeling inside of me after our conversation because I had helped an old friend of mine.
As you may all know not that long ago a student from hurley (Martin Urbina Jr.) passed away, a couple of students and I went around the neighborhood asking for money donations for his family. After taking the money to his family I felt good it was a wierd feeling but it was a good one..."Today for them, tommarow for us." my mom said. I know that one day someone will also do something good for me...
ReplyDeleteAfter Reading Personal Bank Account and rereading "Do Random Acts of Service" I decided to do something that would help some else besides myself. I told my parents that they can have the day off. My brother and dad went fishing and my mom read a book. I did this because I know my parents like to do all the chores because they want my siblings ands I to have a lot of time for homework and sports. So I cooked every meal and didn't burn the house down. I cleaned the kitchen and the basement. I even did the laundry with my little sister. Theses thing are small little gestures but they should that I do appreciate my parents hard work. At the end of the day I felt good and proud. I also read a bed time story to my little sister.
ReplyDeleteOne time, I walked by a store and saw a wallet on the floor, so I looked around and saw a man looking for something frantically. I handed the man his wallet and he thanked me very kindly. I walked home feeling very good about myself.
ReplyDeleteI remember that one time I helped my neighbor carry her things from her car to her house. I did this because she looked like she was struggling. Over the weekend I helped a woman because she had forgotten her purse at the beach so she asked me if I could watch her daughter. The woman was very grateful that she five dollars for it. I didn’t really need the money but I was glad I could help.
ReplyDeleteOnce when I was in a store, there was a senior who couldn't reach what she wanted and I saw her from a long distance and I saw that no one was helping her, so I decided to go help her and reached what she was trying to get. She reacted with a smile and said " Their isn't many helpful people nowadays". I responded "Yea". Then I walked away and felt different. I was feeling good from the inside because I knew that I did something nice for someone.
ReplyDeleteI remember when my neighbor came from the store, I saw that she had bags and had her kid. So I went over to help her and carried the bags to her house. I heloped her take care of her little boy. I felt good when I did it but I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteThere was a day when a old lady came from the grocery shopping, I never knew her well but she lived about two houses away from me and she always shouted to everybody to get off somebody else’s lawn but they would let us be on their lawn but she never knew they let us and she always thought all the kids were bad.
ReplyDeleteWell when she was coming I saw her that he didnt need help but I wanted her to see that not every kid is a bad child is that bad. I helped an old man cross the street because he was going so slow that cars were pilling up the street so I went to help him and he said thank you for your generous time and he smiled to me and I felt maybe I should volunteer more often.
I remember a time when there was this man on the street that could not walk right and did not have enough money to buy his mother medicine. I remember giving money and he was very thankful and nice. I also remeber feeling very good about myself and it made me happy giving to someone less fortunate than myself. Sean Covey is right if you give back you get something in return.
ReplyDeleteOne time I stayed after school for about two hours with two other friends and helped one of the teachers set up for family reading night. She had so much work to do, and we helped out. Since my friends and I worked together we finished in time and had fun. I felt really good about helping out one of my teachers. The night turned out to be a hit! It made me feel even better because she appreciated the fact that we did a good job and we helped her out.I think it feels really good to help out and when there is an opportunity I'll help.
ReplyDeleteI remember one time when I was crossing the street after school, and there was a lady that I didn’t know, trying to cross the street too. Then I realized that she couldn’t see, she was a blind person. At first I didn’t know what to do, but then I decided to help her cross the street, so I did. After we were on the other side, she thanked me like a hundred times and I felt really proud of myself because I helped someone that I’ve never met.
ReplyDeleteI remember once I was at my cousins party and by the end of the party my cousin was missing her cellphone. She immidiatly started pointing fingers and started blaming a girl who I one hundred percent knew hadn't took it because I was with her all the time that day. I defended her because I knew she hadn't taken it. Later my cousin found her cellphone in her back pocket.
ReplyDeleteSo yesterday my cousin and me had argued about a bazzard thing and then later she found out that high school was going to be tougher then she imagined.She started to cry.Even though we were mad at each other I calmed her down by telling her that she would adapt to it.She then smiled and laghed.I felt great that after her crying I was the one to make her lagh.
An act of kindness I did over the weekend was to help one of my friends standup for themselves. A couple of other teens were telling her a bunch of nasty things about her. Next thing I knew I was walking over to them and defended my friend because what they were saying about her wasn’t true.I felt so proud of myself because they stopped making fun of her and because I had done something good for somebody.
ReplyDeleteAn act of kindness I did over the weekend was helping my next door neighbor take in the groceries. She is an elderly woman, and looked like she needed a hand so I offered my help and gave it to her. This made me feel very proud of myself, because I usually don’t help out people. I realized how important it was for me to help out my neighbor, and I feel very good about it.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I saw a elderly lady trying to get some bread that was to high for her. There was this boy that the lady asked to help her but all he said was "no thanks" that was really mean. After that I decided to help her get that loaf of bread. I got it for her she was thankful.
ReplyDeleteToday I decided to go an extra mile and do a lot of yard work outside that needed to be done but never got done. When I finished the yard work my parents came home and they were happy that all the yard work was done. I was glad to because no one had to tell me things later on when I was busy doing something fun. And also on a plus side for me is that my parents felling happy made me happy.
On my cousins birthday party we were busy that day and hadn't gone. So I decided to help my aunt set up for the party because we weren't going. I knew she had so much to do still and I asked if I could help her. My mom dropped me off and I did the best I could to make my cousin's third birthday special even though we weren’t there. After I finished I felt really good that I helped out a little because there was so much to do but so little time.
ReplyDeleteI remember that one time a new girl came along to the school I was going to in the middle of the year since everybody (including me) already had a group of friends to whom they could hang out with so, nobody really paid any attention to her. Then I remembered what being the new girl was like and I hated that feeling so I figured she was feeling the same way so I decided to go talk to her and try to become her friend, I told my friends about what I was planning to do I asked if anybody wanted to come along but nobody wanted to it took courage for me to go talk to her since I'm on the shy side and nobody was there by my side to help me.I finally went up to her and turns out she ws fun to be around once you get to know her and eventually we became friends later she told me of how scared and sad she was abhout not making any friends and how I had made her glad when I came up to try and be friends with her. I felt good knowing I had made someone happy.
ReplyDeleteOne act of kindness was when I helped my neighbor cut his grass. I helped him because he was tired and I felt bad for him because he was sweating and was taking a long time to cut the grass. So I decided to go over to his yard and ask him if he wanted me to help him and he said yes. After I was done cutting his grass, I felt good about myself because I knew that I was doing something good for someone else besides myself.
ReplyDeleteI remember when one time I volunteered to baby sit my cousin. I wasn’t ask to baby sit, I just said I would do it for no reason at all. I know my aunt appreciated that I volunteered because she can’t always find a baby sitter. Over the weekend I decided to do all the chores. The Personal Bank Account is about improving yourself. And that’s what I tried to do over the weekend. I cleaned the house, and cooked, and made sure that there was no trouble with my siblings. At the end of the day my mom was grateful that I decide to help.
ReplyDeleteI remember once when I had helped my brother with his homework. (Well I always do, but this time was different.) it was a Friday, and my brother had gotten tons of homework! I had gotten invited to a friends party, and my parents weren’t home. They had given me permission to go, but I wanted to find a way to thank them for letting me go. I decided to help my brother with his homework because I knew we were going to be busy all weekend. He had at least two hours of homework! It was about 4:00 and the party was from 5:00 to 7:00. My brother didn’t really understand his assignments so I had to constantly explain it to him. we were almost done and I was proud of myself for not getting frustrated and making him do his homework himself. When I looked at the clock I had realized that I had forgotten all about the party. It was about to be 7:30 which meant that the party was probably over. I was happy that I helped my brother, and he was happy too. When my parents got home they were so proud of me. It’s not really me to miss out on a party because of my siblings. :)
ReplyDeleteI was proud of myself as well and not a bit upset. I knew my brother appreciated because he had gotten an A on a test his teacher had given him on the following Monday. Sean is right it does feel good to do small acts of kindness, and think others once in while rather than only thinking of your self.
An act of kindness I did this weekend was helping out two close friends. On Friday one of my friends had told me that she was fighting with her best friend. They’ve been best friends for years! She asked me if I could help her because she didn’t know what else to do. I stepped in and help solve the situation and it turned out that it was all just a misunderstanding. Both of them thanked me and I felt so special. I told them that there was no rose without thorns; therefore there was no life without difficulties. This quote really helped them, like Maritza I told them that I would always be there for them and that they can always count on me to help.
This weekend I tried “going the extra mile” with my chores by vacuuming the corner area’s in the house. I know my dad hates it when he moves something and dust or dog hairs come flying out so I knew he would appreciate it. And I was right, when my dad saw that I had vacuumed the corner area’s he said “Thank you” and gave me a little extra money for allowance. I felt really good doing this because my dad appreciated it and I got money! Ha ha just kidding about the money! But it did feel good doing something for someone else.
ReplyDeleteAnd the funny thing is that while I was vacuuming the corner’s, this big white board thing fell on me and the corner of it scratched me and left this long cut from the middle of my index finger down to the back of my wrist! It hurt a little but not that much. I showed it to some of you today at school, but didn’t give you the story so, here it is!! :]
I recall a time when I volunteered to help my neighbor shovel snow from her front steps and pathway. I shoveled most of the day and when I got home I was exausted! I couldn't feel my legs or my arms. The next day I was about to complain to my mom in the car when suddenly we passed by her home and I saw how she was talking to a young woman and pointing to the pathway. I felt myself glowing with proudness and I regreted ever thinking of complaining!
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday while I was walking on my crudges home from one on of my friend's , Bimbo's house I saw a little boy standing on one side of a store. I stopped for a minute thinking. What is he doing there? The he got close to me and I was terrified! He asked me for 3 dollars to get a bus ride home. I had a feeling that he was saying the truth. I gave him all the change I had which was about 4 dollars he thanked me and saw the bus coming he got on and left. I felt really pround of myself for trusting my gut and listening with my heart not my mind.
I recall a time when I volunteered to cut the grass at my aunt's house. I remember that day I was playing football with some friends but then I saw that my aunt was taking out lawnmower. My aunt was really sick that day so I knew she wasn't feeling very well. I told my friends I would come back in a bit because I was going to help my aunt. I told my aunt that I could the grass for her since I knew that she wasn't feeling very well. After convincing her of letting me cut the grass I finally did. Even though, I was very exhausted after cutting the grass, I felt very good in the inside because I knew that I had done something for someone in need.
ReplyDeleteOver the weekend, I remember that I stood up for someone. I remember that I had gone to my cousin's house and that I had seen one of my friend's there. Some other kid was yelling at him and was about to hit him. I knew that I could do something to avoid him from getting hurt. So I went up to kid that was screaming at my friend and defended my friend. I started to tell him all this stuff about not messing around with others until I finally noticed that I too, was screaming at him. He finally gave up and stopped screaming and just left. I knew that I had just helped out a friend and that was something I am glad that I did.
I remember this weekend when we had just finished eating dinner, and the garbage was filled. I knew that throwing out the garbage was my job so I threw it out before my parents asked me. Once my parents noticed I had thrown out the garbage they thanked me.
ReplyDeleteThen while I was putting in a new garbage bag in the trash can, I noticed that the dishes were filling the sink. Washing the dishes was my sister's job. Then I remembered that my sister was studying, so I decided to wash the dishes for her. Once she found out she thanked me for helping her.
When I was at Brookfield Zoo, with my cousins I had a ticket to the Dolphin show.
ReplyDeleteI would be going alone because my other cousins did not have a ticket. When I got to the entrance of the show, I saw a family looking for something with a worry look on their face. I over heard them say that they had lost a ticket to the dolphin show. I really wanted to see the show, but I was sure that the family did too. I gave them my ticket, and seeing the look of happiness on their face made me happy, they said thank you many times. It was my reward! It felt great doing a good deed.
I was bored sitting outside of church. My moms’ car had broken down and my family was waiting for the tow truck to come. My family was outside and the next church hour was starting. I was just sitting outside watching the people of the next church go inside. As I was watching the people go in I saw a man struggling to get his handicapped wife up the stairs. I couldn't believe no one would help the man so I got up and went to go help. The man saw me lifting the chair and I saw the expression on his face he was so relieved. "Thank you young man" he told me and I just smiled. As I went to go back to sit on the bench I felt like if I had saved a life. I was so proud and felt good knowing I left the struggling man with a good impression of me.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I'm so proud of everyone! I just read all the kind deeds everybody did and I feel good knowing that I have friends who actually care about others. I know it's kind of weird feeling this even though I'm not the person who did all these things, but I don't know, I just had to post this! Again I'm so proud of all of you!
ReplyDeleteDiego V. that was very nice of you to return the man his wallet because many people would have kept the wallet or took the money out of it. I woulndn't know what to do If I was in that situation. Why did you decide to give it back to him? Why didn't you keep it for yourself?
ReplyDeleteWOW! Rachel that was very nice of you to give that family your ticket to the dolphin show! I know that if that was me I probably wouldn't have gave them my ticket. That was very kind of you!
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with all those people like Jetzy who had the immense courage and heart to help Martin’s family. That was such a very nice act that I can pretty much assure you that his family will never forget…
ReplyDeleteOscar,
ReplyDeleteWhat you did was pretty awesome and when you called your old friend to see what was going on with your old friend and then when he told you his problem you tried to cheer him up that was pretty nice and cool.
I also agree with Liliana. When I read all our acts of kindness I felt so immensely proud- (as corny as this sounds) my heart just swelled up with pride and joy- knowing that I personally interact with all these caring people on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Lily, all of you did a great job helping somebody out. It’s amazing how one individual can do so much by helping at least one person, imagine what we could do if we all worked together to help one cause. We should all be proud of ourselves!
ReplyDeleteI think it's really nice of you Vanessa that you helped out your next door neighbor carry her groceries when she was in need. I also have helped my next door neighbor carry his groceries to his house because he is an elder man so he needed help and I felt good after that. I understand how you felt when you helped your next door neighbor.
ReplyDeleteJetzy,
ReplyDeleteI really believe that what you did for Martin’s family was really great, and kind. I am sure someone will do something good for you too. That was really kind of you!
Saira, it does feel really good when you know you helped somebody and made them happy. It’s also feels good when you welcome a new student. They don’t know anybody, and feel lonely so when you comfort them in their time of need they’ll always be there to comfort you in your time of need.
ReplyDeleteMaritza,
ReplyDeleteI am really proud that many people, like you, are standing up for people that don't have enough courage to stand up for themselves. I always hate when people make fun of someone who doesn't have enough courage to stand up for themselves. Nice job!
Ana,
ReplyDeleteThat was really kind of you, I am very proud of you. I am sure that the girl was very grateful that you stuck up for her.