TeenConnect: Your Healings March 19, 2018 ISSUE

A new way of helping others

Katherine Peticolas

Originally appeared online in the teen series: Your Healings - December 20, 2017

“I don’t know,” I answered.

Most days I didn’t feel like I had a very inspired response to my dad’s daily question of, “How did you help someone today?” For the past year, my endless routine of school, soccer, home—repeat—had begun to make me feel like I was going through my day with no purpose, and this was reflected in my answers. But today, as I thought about my dad’s question, I realized that helping someone doesn’t always have to mean picking up trash or holding the door.

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