#9: Volunteering and Giving Back While Having Fun
If you go to a school in which students are responsible for paying for all of their own field trips, it can be particularly challenging for students whose parents do not have the financial means to cover the costs. How discouraging would it be to have to spend the day in yet another boring class while all of your friends went out and had fun?
During her time at school, the person who wrote this post found herself in a situation similar to the one described above. She did not allow herself to become resentful or angry about it; rather, she channeled those emotions into a drive to assist other children in avoiding being put in a situation similar to her own. How beautiful it is to let a traumatic experience from your past motivate you to be a better person in the future for the benefit of other people.
