A Little Help Can Go a Long Way..

After a hard day of work, my mother arrives home with a car full of groceries. She yells into my house, “Can someone help me bring these bags in?” My older brother acts like he hasn’t heard anything and continues to play his video game while my oldest brother rolls over, puts his pillow over his head, and continues to count sheep. There I am, working vigorously on my homework, and yet I instinctively get up and tell her to go inside while I get the groceries for her. That’s just my attitude towards all thing. I put others before myself and try to help out at whatever I can, whenever I can. The task can be something I absolutely hate, and yet I will put forth my effort to help make things easier.

My brother Jamie went just recently transferred from Penn State Altoona to Penn State Main Campus. He would not even think about lending me a helping hand with anything, yet I agreed to take the extensive eight hour round trip car ride, just to make moving less of a hassle. I could have easily said no and spent my Saturday going out and having fun. Not only do big favors such as that have an impact on people, but the smaller, less significant ones do also. Something as small as making dinner can leave an enormous impact on how a person views you. I believe that helping out with anything makes people respect you for who you really are, and hopefully makes them want to return the favor back to you once you really need it.