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 sinceI think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 1 person.
I think my2 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my3 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever4 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really5 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a (n)6 . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I7 to help. That was really a big step for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of them are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new8 , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my friend. Every time I came into her room, she was so happy because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never9 her, so I took her place. She let me 10 that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was11 , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much 12 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not13 these experiences. They have14 me to care about other people more than about myself. I15 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
