There are so many different ways that people can help others. Each person has a different way of recognizing that they are being helped. Some consider help to be in the form of something that will improve their economic situation. Others see help as something that manages to improve their emotional well being. There are many subsets that are found when one investigates the parameters and substance of each of these categories. Economic help can be seen as many different things. Helping someone to obtain employment or organize one's debt and figure out a way to decrease this debt are examples of helping. Also, others see helping as simply listening to someone air out their feelings of trouble or pain. All of these examples are demonstrations of how people can help others to maintain stability in this unstable world.
The focus of this paper, in light of the recent events that have occurred in September, will be how I have gained an entirely new perspective on how precious life really is. There are two events that have caused serious pain and suffering to many people that are close to me. On the 11th of September, the nation watched as the events unfolded in New York and Washington D.C. Never before in my lifetime have I ever felt such a feeling of helplessness. I have had family members die before, but they all seemed to be explained by natural causes. Even when my brother's best friend was killed in a car accident at the age of 18, I came to understand that it was the result of his own actions. I also understand now that my life has been filled with people that were put on this earth to comfort me in my times of trouble and nurture me in my times of need. The growth that I have enjoyed, both spiritually and mentally, has been the direct result of a support network that has been bu!.
ilding for generations. This network's foundation is built with love, understanding, economic security, and an allotment for individual decision-making.
