Over the past few months that I have spent at The Fountains at Rivervue, an assisted living facility, I have learned many vital life skills and gained a new perspective on my role within my community. My volunteering experience has been proven to be extremely rewarding, and has allowed me to interact with a part of my community that I had never encountered on a personal level before. Albeit nervous at first, I have now become more comfortable with the residents and look forward to conversing with them. Although I have completed all of my service hours, I am still involved at The Fountains at Rivervue and look forward to continuing to volunteer and socialize with its residents in the future. The most prominent Catholic Social Teaching principle …show more content…
Write Now.”, Brendan Busse stresses the importance of listening, specifically in a society that is obsessed with speaking. He continues this idea by stating that it is easy to give our opinions, and that the real challenge lies in our ability to give our attention to others. He states, “our best moments are when we draw attention to the reality of God in the world, noticing the nuances of other people’s lives and not endlessly ranting about the peculiarities of our own”. Instead of ranting on about our thoughts and views, Busse suggests that we be attentive to those around us because of the presence of God within them. “Finding God in our own life is wonderful, but even more sacred are the moments when we find it in someone else’s, when we discover that the indwelling God that we know so intimately in the depths of our own soul is alive and well in the heart of someone other than ourselves”. He completes his argument by emphasizing that if our evangelization was rooted in attention rather than proclamation, we could spread the love of God to everyone. Busse makes a strong and compelling argument that we need to spend more time listening to one another, rather than