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'm happy that I am becoming a 2 person.
My change started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 3 and be left alone, so I hardly 4 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 5. So I tried an 6 I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble. I 7 to help. That was really a big 8 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, two of 9 are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new 10, 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 11. Every time I came into her room, she was so 12 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 13 her, so I took her place. When she died, I was 14 but I was very grateful to her.
I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. They have 15 me to care about other people more than about myself.
