What can I do for you?" These words feel very natural to me. I am
genuinely interested in the well-being of other people. If they are in
trouble, i offer my compassion and go out of my way to be helpful. If
they need someone who will listen, I will be attentive, trustworthy
and sympathetic. I am very direct with them; when they need advice or
counsel, I offer it in as straightforward and direct a manner as best
I can.
There many even times when I put others' needs in front of my own. And
I do so without the expectation of some reward or recognition. But i
have a different kind of compassion; I am very genuinely tenderhearted
and take pleasure in helping others while expecting little or nothing
in return. For me it's not tit-for-tat, i just truly want to do things
for others that will better their lives.I mean it when you ask, "What
can I do for you?But Though my motives arise from genuine compassion,
some people might think of me as "a little too good to be true.Like me
putting on a show or something.They could suspect that my kindness is
something that I use to ingratiate myself with others or to get them
to like me. Which can be Little true i guess.
Many people may suspect that am altruism and is mask for my own
problems; that I take care of others but never let others get to know
me well enough to offer me their care. Some of this suspicion may be
genuine; they just can't believe I'm this kind. But sometimes it may
also be triggered by envy; people see in my tenderheartedness they
don't find in themselves, and it makes them uncomfortable so they take
it out on you with their suspicions.Some thing i might want to take a
serious look at. If i spend all my time taking care of others,I may
not have enough left to take very good care of myself. If I'm always
asking, "What can I do for you?", I may not focus enough on my own
needs. I"am so busy taking care of others that I neglect myself and
empty all my reserves of energy and good health.But a good thing is
For the most part, people will feel gifted to come across someone like
me. For those I help, I will be light in the darkness, a hand up when
they've fallen into a ditch.Like every middle eastern boi I'm true graciousness
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and selflessness is rather rare these days and is often a breath of
fresh air in this all too often dog-eat-dog world.
People will see in me all the kindness that each of us seeks in life,
both in our own characters and in our relationships with others. And I
will become a model of that honest compassion; someone others may even
look up to. Hopefully that feels okay to you to the people reading my
essay.I am a very creative and imaginative person who is especially
open to new ideas or new ways of thinking about old problems. I love
to approach a conventional idea or a traditional way of doing things
by walking around to the other side and explore it from a novel
perspective. What's new is what interests me. Like an artist looking
for a new way to see, I focus my imagination on envisioning ideas,
events or problems in completely original ways
I find myself to be very intellectually progressive, which means I
like to think and feel my way into unexplored landscapes where I let
my sense of intellectual adventure romp freely. Because I am so
curious I can also be very teachable. I often learn from personal and
interpersonal experiences as well as from classrooms and textbooks.
You crave new information, and toss and turn it in your vivid
imagination. When I come across an idea from someone else or a thought
in my own head that is particularly provocative or original, I light
up. With wit and wisdom, Dr. Seuss describes me like this: "Think left
and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks I can
think up if only you try.A teacher once said that to me.But not
everyone is thrilled by my adventurous mind. Many people are content
with the ideas that have served them and their culture well, and with
visions they've grown accustomed to of what is and is not true.
They're not lit up at the prospect of moving out of their comfort
zone. Others are afraid of new ways of thinking and creative ways of
solving problems because they are somewhat fragile in the sense that
they have trouble maintaining serenity in their current worlds and
don't want someone, like me , for instance, pushing out the edges of
their intellectual and cultural cosmos.
That's why I'm not surprised if mine unconventional ideas sometimes
get me criticized, or if some people walk away from the explorations
of new territories of the mind that I find to be so
exhilarating.Despite some negative responses to my style of thinking,
many people will find my progressive thoughts and vivid imagination
quite attractive Some will find my openness to new ways of thinking
and my willingness to explore what others shy away from a very
compelling quality. Other creative souls will find in me a companion on the journey into the unknown, and will welcome the camaraderie.
Conversations with them will be lively and innovative and will ignite
your imagination, and theirs. Even some who are less curious than me
will be impressed by mine courage to think and believe what is for
them unimaginable, and by my willingness to go on adventures of the
mind that they would find dangerous or daunting. For these people I
might become a mentor into the wilder side of thinking and believing,
and nudge them toward the creative and progressive ideas that I find
so interesting.
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