My Pursuit Of Strengths

One of the important tasks we face as individuals is the pursuit of discovering ourselves and our place in society. Some resort to materialistic entities like money or power, while others reflect upon themselves in an effort to discover the deepest characteristics that make us the way we are. However, I agree with Mahatma Gandhi in the belief that the service of others is undeniably the greatest way to discover more about ourselves. The selfless action of putting others before ourselves helps us to learn our strengths and talents, evaluate and improve our weaknesses, and find true joy and satisfaction. These important aspects of our inner being can impact our life in meaningful ways and make the world a better place. Serving others

By tutoring, I discover what methods work best when demonstrating a concept, and this allows me to expand upon these strengths in order to not only further aid others, but also to help myself in the long run. In the same way, by handing out sandwiches to the homeless in Jefferson Park, Washington D.C, I learned of my strengths in communicating with others and I uncovered other social talents that I was not previously aware of. These influential experiences of serving others showed me the importance of realizing the strengths that set us apart as unique individuals. While learning our strengths is important, finding the weaknesses within ourselves and improving upon those areas is another valuable concept that we gain from service. Earlier in high school, a close friend of mine became depressed due to the amount of schoolwork and stress that was growing within his life, and I assumed the burden of comforting him and helping him through that difficult period. During the process of helping him, I learned of the mistakes that he had made that contributed to his predicament, and I was able to draw parallels to those weaknesses in my own life. These realizations allowed me to learn life lessons from my friend, and prevent myself from going down the