It has been a couple days since I last blogged, and I am proud to say I have been moving in the right direction towards achieving my wellness goals!
Tuesday I attended breakfast at the church. This was awesome because it gave me a chance to really interact with the priest and meet the whole church community. I felt like I was more a part of the church after being introduced to everyone and spending the morning with them.
Yesterday, I started working on the harder part of my goal: making my actions reflect the strengthening of my faith. Though I have been working to improve this in my everyday interpersonal relations, I also knew that to achieve this goal, I would have to figure out new ways to help others. There is a Catholic health clinic downtown, at St. Mary's Church, that offers care to those who can not afford health insurance or a visit to a normal doctors office. I went to the clinic from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. last night and helped patients check in, took their blood pressures, and helped them fill out their paper work. Also, being a possible pre-med student, they let me shadow the doctor as he worked with the patients, which I thought was AWESOME! Some of the people at the clinic were homeless or living in extreme poverty, so it felt great to be able to do community service where I could tangibly see the good I was doing.
I can't wait for my next volunteer session at the clinic on Monday! Here is a link for more information about St. Mary's medical clinic and other services the church provides for the poor and needy, in case anyone is interested in getting involed :)
http://www.thestmaryparish.org/needy_frame.htm
I think giving back to the community is one of the best ways to feel better in many aspects of wellness. We are really lucky as college students that there are so many resources around us that allow us easy access to volunteer opportunities and that let us meet others who share the same values.
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