I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people 1 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 2 person.
I think my 3 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 4 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 5 to anyone in my class. By the end of my first semester, I was really 6. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) 7. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 8 to help. That was really a big 9 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 10 are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new 11, however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my 12. Every time I came into her room, she was so 13 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 14 her, so I took her place. She let me 15 that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was 16, but I was also very grateful to her.
I think I am a much 17 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 18 these experiences. They have 19 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 20 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
