Essay Choice C

Essay Choice C: Martin Luther King Jr. said "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little." What have you done to serve others around you? What is the next thing you imagine doing for your community? In spite of its imperfections, the world is not as apathetic as it can be. In the midst of the insensitive nature of the society, there are still those people who seek to uplift others’ lives; those who offer to us a part of themselves, however small. Their apparent motivations may vary, but there is always that overarching reason behind it all: the sense of fulfilment when you did what you can, both small and great, to uplift your society. For me, this thought is ever present whenever I do something to serve others around me. In all the services I rendered and will render to my community, there is always the thought that I am doing these things because there is that indispensable feeling of fulfilment. There are several simple things I am doing for the service of those around me, and the first one is community service. One of the main reasons why I joined the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and Red Cross is so that I could render services to my community through survival and first aid skills. Many times was I able to stop a wound from bleeding, stop a muscle from cramps, tend a broken arm, and such others because of my training in these two organizations; and though I do not pray for it, I could say that in times of disaster I am one of those who would be providing physical care to those who are in need. The services one can render to a community does not stop with First Aid alone, however. Though this one may seem unimportant, it actually is crucial to involve oneself in endeavours to increase the youth’s awareness on social issues. I joined the YES-O and other youth forums for this reason: to help people my age to