Words sentences and paragraphs is the right answer
Time is like your grandfathers old watch.
It is valuable.
Often, we find ourselves in a hurry.
We are road runners and we scurry.
We never take the time to settle down.
Car tires screech like the way a tea kettle sounds.
Even tree's run quickly when the smallest of storms comes around.
Never have we been so pitiful.
We don't take the time to enjoy little lilacs on the ground,
Or the massive moon in the sky, so round.
So take your worries and your pain
Take the storm, lightning and rain.
Calm down for a while.
Take the time to smile.
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Option 3: The phrase acts as a noun that is the subject of the sentence.
"Volunteering at the animal shelter in my neighborhood" is a gerund phrase (It begins with a gerund, the "ing" word, and includes others modifiers and objects), and gerund phrases always function as nouns. Therefore, the phrase in the passage acts as a noun, which at the same time is the subject of the sentence since it's what's being discussed.