Video/Pictures/Final Blog

To end this semester, I thought I would do a short blog that included some of the things I had learned but didn't have time to put in my video, some of the pictures I took, and my actual video. 


So, real quick, some things I think worth mentioning that was discussed in forum:

• Sometimes the hardest thing about volunteering is just getting there.
• Kay Parker is an angel.
• There are more ways than you might realize to get involved. 
• Love your neighbor as yourself. 
• Find what you are meant to do.
• "You may not live what you profess, but you will undoubtedly live what you believe."

There is a ton of other things that I learned, but I have not included. I am so happy with the platform that I chose: health, and I am looking forward to continuing in some of the volunteering that I have done and the new opportunities that will undoubtedly pop up. 

Here's my video: (Don't you just love how it starts out)

Finally, some pictures that I took: 

 Shoals Community Soup Kitchen

Killen United Methodist Food and Clothes Give-A-Way

Luv yo neighba as yo self

There were two things that Dr. Barry Morris said that stuck out to me:

The first was: "To love your neighbor as yourself, you have to love yourself first." Now, this might sound crazy, but for me,  sometimes I love my neighbor better than myself. At least in some aspects. Don't get me wrong, I believe putting others before yourself is very important. But what I mean, is sometimes it's easy for me to be very critical of myself. I can be very generous to others, but not to myself. When it comes to grades, appearance, social interactions, etc. I'm quick to be criticize myself. I feel like this is true for some people as well. That's something that I've been working on as of late: to be more forgiving of myself. Because really, why put unrealistic expectations on yourself?

The second thing that stuck out to me was how important it is to be smart with your money. I appreciated the website he gave us to make a budget. I think it would be shocking if I wrote down every thing I spent money on in a week. I'm pretty sure 60% would be food and 40% would be gas. He also said that if you don't start now, you never will. Which is true for so many situations. "Oh, I'll go to the gym starting tomorrow." or "Oh, I'll stop over consuming sweets starting on Sunday, since it's actually the start of the week." Biggest. Lies. Ever. (and I know I got off on a tangent there).