倒数第29天(5月8日) (2017·山东卷)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 classes.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. |