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Giving Back To Others Research Paper

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In the words of the famed civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Those who spend their time making a difference in the lives of people around them tend to know exactly what their calling in life is. Gandhi wrote the truth, and it is not difficult to see in everyday life. Giving back to others is a common theme among scouting organizations, educators, and even books and movies, displaying exactly how much a person can find themselves in the service of others. Two of the most well known organizations for giving back to others is Girl and Boy scouts. Scouts are famous for doing helpful things for other people. The Gold Award and Eagle Award, respectively the highest awards in girl and boy scouting, are centered around …show more content…

Today's school systems constantly reinforce the benefits of helping others. Although many students fail to see it, teachers spend much of their life doing good for others. No one has never gotten into the world of teaching for the money. Those who educate do so because they lost themselves in teaching, and found someone who is meant to spend their life doing so. Just as Gandhi wrote, teachers constantly lose themselves in teaching because they realize the difference they can make in the world. Many popular books and movies portray characters who discover themselves while helping others such as friends, family, and people they have never met. Anyone who has seen the onscreen adaptation of or read Veronica Roth's Divergent series would immediately associate it with Gandhi's statement about the importance of service to others. One of the five groups, or factions as the Roth named them, essentially lives Gandhi's wise words. Roth's protagonist, Tris, was a member of this group, known as the Abnegation. The word simply means selfless. Throughout the series, Tris commits countless acts of service to those around her, constantly jumping at the chance to save the

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