Question of the Day: Day 15
Can you describe something that you have done that makes you feel good about yourself?
Will you keep on doing it?
Will you keep on doing it?
posted by Michelle at 9:15 AM
We are looking for answers to some hard questions as we dig deep inside and explore our own core values and how that guides not just our own lives but the very world that we live in. These questions will be asked to a group of high school students but we would also like to hear from the world at large. While we hope to keep this forum wide open we do reserve the right to delete responses that we find to be offensive or combative in nature. Thank you for participating with us.
posted by Michelle at 9:15 AM
10 Comments:
There are lots of things I could do that would make me feel good about myself. Possibly I don't do enough of them. Although you can feel too good about yourself; humility is something to be proud of.
The thing that makes me feel best is helping people. In whatever little way. The one I have the most oppertunities to do is explaining things to people. I am good at helping people to understand something. But there are other things - helping someone carry soemthing heavy, or giving someone some time. It is a wonderful feeling to have someone thank you.
I agree Callum!
Doing something productive that makes a difference in the life of omeone else is probably the single most rewarding thing that I can think of that gives me a lasting feeling of having done something worthwhile.
It is a totally different feeling than just being proud of a paper that I have written or a task that I have completed. If and when I finally finish my Masters in Education I'm sure that I'll be proud of the accomplishment but that doesn't give me that warmth in my heart that helping someone else does.
I absolutely intend to keep on trying to make a positive difference in the lives of the kids that I work with. That and parenting are probably the hardest yet most rewarding things that I do in my life.
An unsolicited act of aid, like showing up with a truck and hauling off a pile of leaves that a neighbor hadn't had the time to take care of. He was totally grateful for the act, but in all honesty I did it for myself. It really was actually selfish. I was feeling bad and needed to make some changes in my life. So, I helped him out instead, so as to feel good about myself and also more confident that I could make the necessary changes that I needed to do. It's something I picked up from growing up near a reservation. It was part of their indian culture.
I totally expect to keep doing this, because I know for a fact that it works.
Feeling good about myself is difficult; I'm a hard-wired meloncholy.
Knowing there are people who care about me and associating with them helps.
My son helps a lot; I've evidently done a few things right where he's concerned, anyway.
Excersize helps some, and yes, I hope to continue it.
When I play music I feel really good about myself - whether I'm alone, with my children and / or friends, playing on the street, or with a group of people somewhere.
It doesn't matter to me if I'm singing, playing djembe, guitar, piano, kit-drums - it's music, and I feel blessed and alive when I'm doing that.
This was another hard one to nail down. I have to concur with what everyone else said...helping others brings me the most rewards, and I just happen to have a career that lets me do it on a daily basis.
My name means "helper of mankind" in Greek!
Watching my son do something proper in public makes me feel good, because I love being a mom and knowing I'm making a difference in his life. I cried when he got 3rd place in a math for all of California private schools.
I won't describe the things I've done that make me feel good about me. They're not the kind of thing one wants to read. Let me just say that I've done some difficult and unpleasant things in order to care for and ease the suffering of some loved ones. Not rocket science, not brain surgery. Just the kinds of stuff people must do for each other every day.
What makes these acts stand out for me is that I did them willingly, with an open heart, and with no need for thanks. I did what needed doing. I served someone else's need. I didn't think about myself. I somehow found myself in a state of grace wherein service was as natural as breathing, and compassion was the pulse.
Will I keep on doing it? Well, with luck, I won't have to go that particular route again, but yes, I hope that I will continue to step up as a human being to bring heart into my relationship with others, and not be afraid to lead with love.
something i do that makes me feel good is being kind to others. Its nice for them and for me.
Also writing makes me feel good.
well i done couple things but the one that i love doing and i still do is helping people like the homeless poeple and going to visit the nursing home,that makes me feel good about my self.
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