Personal Narrative: The First ISIS Attack

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Wars, fights, financial troubles, religion conflicts, all things you see and hear about daily. Whether you're on social media, listening to the radio, of sitting in class, something is always going on. Today, there seems to be more harm being done than good. Everyone's worried about what might happen next rather than what's happening now. No one is living in the moment, taking what they have and making something of it, everyone worries about what might happen next.
I don't want to be apart of a society that's all about worrying when the next ISIS attack will be, of if the next place I go to there will be a shooting. But the reality of it is, there might actually be one. I could see a homeless man on the streets, I give him a few water, socks,

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