Makeup Reflection Essay

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REFLECTION I have been working at St. Vincent de Paul Wellness Center for almost 3 months now. During this time, I have encountered many people from all walks of life and got to know their life and struggles that they had. Before working at the wellness center, I have volunteered at different organizations, which mostly deal with students from low-income families. However, the wellness center gives me a whole lot of new experiences through working with people at all ages, with different problems that they are suffering from. Long before, I admit that I had stereotypes about homeless people, addicts and alcoholic such as they are lazy, and they do not care about their life. Therefore I asked myself how it would be like interacting with them, helping them when they do not care about their life. Also, somehow it created fear in me. That thought created a barrier between them and me at first. However, after working at wellness center, after getting to know those people in there and their stories, their progresses, their efforts, my stereotypes about them were proven wrong. I mostly attended the substance abuse support group. Through that support group, I can see for myself that those people are just like us, normal people. The only difference was that they made a different mistake than us. We are all the same, as stated in the poem: “We are not only one thing. We are all one thing. (We are all one.)” The wall between us was soon to be taken down as we get to know each other more. I can see the love in them; the love for family, the love for themselves, the love for those around them. Above all, I can see how much they want and how much they try to get out of the problems, drugs and alcohol that are bothering their lives. In example, Michael is an alcoholic who is not physically well and frequently have to go through surgeries but still, he makes his efforts

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