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The cocoon is an all too familiar place for me, it is a place in which I find comfort - a protection mechanism that I have built in order to deal with challengers that I do not have an alternative means to deal with. Trungpa Rinpoche, explains the cocoon as a place of cowardice, a place in which a person escapes to in order to land back into a place of comfort. This familiar place allows is to “surround ourselves with our own familiar thoughts, so that nothing sharp or painful can touch us”…

The Transformation I 'm Alexander and i have a memorable event I 'd like to share. It 's not really a good memory but it 's an important asset to the success and transformation of my life. As you know we all go through trials and tribulations more than enough times in our lives. Some of us may have it a little worst than others but it 's up to you to make it a bad situation or to take the best out of it and build from the lessons you learn. I don 't know how to really start, but I guess I…

I felt uncomfortable as I looked around. Everything was so distant from what I was used to. I could the eyes looking at me wondering why I looked so distinct from them. I wasn’t that different from all of these people, but in their minds, I was completely diverse. Being in Tanzania, I learned that these contrasts can stand out. Even though I wasn’t that different from them, they thought I was important and special. My favorite experience in Tanzania was visiting a school named Lutangilo…

Thursday April 23, 2015 was a normal morning for me. I woke up, got ready for school, and went to pick Debra up for school. Debra was my best friend and we carpooled every morning to school. I went to first and second hour like normal, but during academic focus around 10:30 a.m. I received a call that left me puzzled. “Hello, I work with the Belton Police Department, is this Brandy?” asked a man. He then went on to ask me if I knew someone by the name Shanon Harvey. “Yes I know him,…

I stood awkwardly in the living room with a bunch of Ariana 's friends and family. She sat beside me, holding onto my arm. It was Thanksgiving and she invited me there, since my family never celebrates Thanksgiving, I decided to go. "Yeah, we 're leaving for Michigan tomorrow to go meet my dad." Ariana smiled, looking up at me. "Are you nervous?" Mac asked her and she nodded her head fast. "Of course, I haven 't seen him in five years. I wonder if he looks different, I want to know what his…

I am truly myself when I am at peace. These moments of inner peace occur when I am in the following situations; with my family, communing with nature, and wearing traditional Indian clothes. Humbleness accompanies a sense of relief and a strange calmness that spreads throughout my body in these situations. When I begin to involuntary smile is when I know I am my true self. My family defines me in ways I cannot fully comprehend. My parents are my lifelong mentors and my siblings were my…

Interviewer: We are with participant VH11. Before we have the interview, I am just going to talk to you about the ground rules for the interview. It is meant to give you the opportunity to share your experiences of talking to your doctor or healthcare provider about human trafficking. Your opinions and perspectives are necessary for the interview and obviously you have knowledge that can help us better understand those who have experienced human trafficking and talked with their healthcare…

Rock bottom hurts. I’m not sure even to this day which hurt more, my way to rock bottom, hitting every stick and stone on the way down, or the collision, comparable to an atomic bomb landing straight on top of me. When I was young I was happy; when I was a teen I was happy. What was I happy for? My grades, honors classes, being rewarded for getting a’s, feeling like I was exceptional because I was good at something, and my friends. I was a blooming social butterfly, everyone knew my name,…

Redemption is a widespread concept that each person will evidently need to grasp at some point in their life. With war, many men and women feel this requirement of forgiveness or salvation due to the traumatic events that occur. This idea is investigated throughout both the written and visual industries continuously. One novel containing redemption, is the eye-opening story of World War I, Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo. The captivating plot tracks a young soldier, Joe, who is an…

The mind is such a complex and convoluted part of the human body. Our memory and the way we perceive and interpret things is a concept that is truly fascinating to me. In the 1961 French film “Last year in Marienbad” the complexity of the human mentality is tested both within in the film itself with the main characters but also outside it with the viewers themselves. A majority of the film takes place in a hotel and focuses on an unnamed woman who is approached by an unnamed man who claims that…