For over a decade I have spent every late July packing my trunk and driving home. Home is not the steely grey house on a hill where I live 11 months of the year. Home is a collection of wooden cabins with peeling green paint and floors that no matter how much you sweep are never clean. Home is a few acres of trees, woods, and water in southern New Hampshire. Home is a hodgepodge of the most amazing people in the world. Home is who I am. Home is Camp Takodah.
The inverted triangle is the symbol of home and all its values. Home gave me the gift of the concept that like triangles, when equal, are the strongest shape, I am strongest when my …show more content…
I received the idea of the four core values: honesty, caring, respect and responsibility. These have been the biggest proponents in how I treat every individual and situation. Whenever I struggle, I look to these behaviors, which have become instilled into who I am to reinforce how I live and act.
The most powerful information I gained here is the importance of character and the six aspects that comprise it: knowledge, service, health, worship, friendship, and beauty. The element that has impacted me the greatest must be that of service. I consider few actions nobler than helping others or working to improve a community. Additionally, I believe that everyone has a responsibility to give back and serve the people, places, and communities that served them and their growth, for if one did not, these nurturing environments would disappear and therefore, personal growth would as