Life Experience, Essay Example

Experiences we meet in life are crucial in adding value to our academic interests and personal traits. Such desired traits include honesty and care. Ones personal experience, in life, brings up these traits. Everyone ought to attain this traits inline with ones academic interest in order to bring diversity in our communities. One such experience occurred while working at the VNA of Cape Cod.

After a five years experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant, I had never encountered such an experience. I initially worked for Seashore Point Nursing Home. It was at this point that Hospice got into my attention. The field involved taking care of those perceived to be terminally ill. This includes the dying people. These people were weak both physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. I was so much interested in individuals who needed their last source of hope, care, and encouragement. This urge of helping these neglected people came into practical when I joined the VNA of Cape Cod as a CAN.

I met this 100 years old woman. She was ill and physically weak. Loneliness was her only friend. She had no one around her, and no one to support her feeble legs. No one to encourage her tattered hopes, and no one to give a loving hug. Her emotional life was in a wreck. She sadly waited for her death. Not even a single member of her family was available at that time. Far beyond my class work, I opted to help the poor old woman.

I stayed with the woman beyond my allocated working hours just to ensure her everything she required. I physically helped her walk and fed with ease. I kept her company as we shared happy narrations and encounters of life. I would visit her on weekends and keep her company at those times when the strong were out in parks having fun. We read the bible together on Sundays when the strong were singing happily in church. All of a sudden, she felt loved and strong. She got the courage of moving. These made me happier than she was.

My happiness increased on receiving a thank-you-note from her family. This shows that the community as a whole is appreciative and happy. Emulating of such acts will change our communities positively.