Stages Of Stagnation And Ego Integrity Vs. Despair?

Projecting into the future, there are two stages I have not passed through yet. The stages I have not yet passed through are, Generativity vs. Stagnation and Ego Integrity vs. Despair. Generativity vs. Stagnation, is when people start to settle down, grow their families, and develop a sense of being a part of the bigger picture in life. Through the families one creates they give back to society through raising a family, become more productive at work, and become more involved in the community. Failing to do these things we feel unproductive or become stagnant. I will pass through this once I have a family and raising my children, then through them and the things they are apart of I will eventually give back to my community. Here I might become a part of the 4-H group, or I might support organization that are having fundraisers, or I
The good deed I did, was I chose to participate in buying Christmas gifts for those in need in our community. We were to choose a family in our community to buy Christmas presents for and deliver them. Seeing the expressions on the families’ faces is the best feeling in the world. Around the holidays things are tough and being able to help is just something little I can do. The parents in the families always start crying and thanking me for what I have done, and the joy in the children's’ faces just warms my heart. Also, not only do I participate in this, but I do good deeds all the time. I help pay for peoples’ meals if I see then scurrying for money and can’t pay and I have mowed my physically disabled neighbors lawn many times this summer when he was sick. Overall, I try to give to others and try to make their days. I chose my grandma to do a good deed because she is one to always do a good deed and I know she will do it. Her biggest one is donating hats, mittens, and scarves she has made to those in need, and others very much appreciate her doing