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Ashley Carrizales Ms.McCain English AP-IV April 5, 2013 When Life Gives you Time, Make it Last Life is a spontanoeus journey we all must travel on at one time or another that essentially takes our breath completely away. William Shakespere author of " Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore" demonstrates how life may be beautiful but fades away quickly. Edna St. Vincent Millay, author of “What My Lips Have Kissed, and Where and Why” presents how life itself may fade away but…

The short story All Summer in a Day, by Ray Bradbury shows how many people don’t think about the results of their actions and reveals that many people do not pause and look at the consequences for their actions and reveals that if people aren’t thinking before they act they will really affect someone. In this short story there are many examples of when someone on Venus suffers because they do not contemplate the consequences because of their previous actions. Each 9 year old has an experience in…

wood (Kashtha-Mauna) Deep-sleep silence (Sushupti Mauna) Great silence (Maha- Mauna) Not uttering a single word means silence of speech (Vak-Mauna) and not even hearing one’s own speech is silence of hearing (Karna Mauna) Remaining still akin to wood without any expression, gestures etc. (In reality, more energy is wasted in responding by nodding, gesturing or saying ‘hum, hum’ than in speaking) The silence in deep sleep One who has gone beyond speech and thought. The Organs of Speech The…

In the clandestine cover of nearby bramble, I witnessed the raid of Ichabod Crane. Many have speculated, but I am certain of the events of that fateful evening and where legend abandons, I elucidate. I had followed Crane throughout the hours succeeding the attack. However, not only had I followed, I lusted. The Van Tassels’ yearly party marked the date of the event, however it seemed the other way as the party was full of ennui. This was not my first party with the Van Tassels and each year…

“Come on girls wake up!” My first instinct was to pull the covers over my head, turn the other way, and get up in ten minutes. When I reached for my blanket I remembered, I was in a sleeping bag in a tent on camp Pendleton, seven hours away from a sand-free warm bed. There was a quiet pause for a few seconds where you could hear the soothing sound of the waves nearby before my friends started to wake. Next to me Mackenzie groaned and yelped in pain. “Sister Jarvis, could I have the aloe?” She…

A few years ago, my family and I went on a trip to Lake Kelly. This would be the first time that I had experienced just being outside for a whole weekend with my family. The time that I would enjoy spending there is a time that I will most likely never forget. The drive up to the lake was about 7 hours. Most of the time I just lied down in our vehicle unbuckled listening to music or falling asleep on top of all our bags of clothes and sleeping bags. If I was not listening to music I was mostly…

The starter yells, “Take your mark...Beep!” You have put in years of preparation all for this very moment. You dive in as the cold water seeps through your veins. There's only one thing on your mind: Reaching the finish. Swimming has many benefits to your body and poses many benefits to your mind, it even gives your social skills a boost. First, swimming affects your mental health in many ways. It is an escape from the real world. It helps us deal with stress, manage physical conditions, or any…

For the rest of the summer I was in a neck brace. This gave me a lot of time to think. Now that I was single again I could worry about bettering myself. Feeling like I had ruined to many job opportunities, I decided to go back to school. Before school started I needed to get help. I took a much-needed retreat to Butler Hospital. I spent 17 days there trying…

I like a lot of things about living in the south, but I especially love the weather. It rarely gets any colder than the 20’s, which means I can spend a ton of time outdoors all year. I’ve noticed, though, that my idea of outdoor life differs from others. I find myself someplace in the middle of the weekend campers who don’t really sleep outside and hardcore backpacker who wants a survival show reality in the woods. And although I hunted and fished when I was young, nowadays I prefer take a…

The bus ride to school was unusually quiet on that fateful day. Typically there was loud talking, irritated honking, and a general liveliness on the bus, but there was nothing but silence then. It was almost as if the world knew what was going to happen, and held its breath in anticipation. Unaware of my upcoming future, I sat patiently in the back like always, staring out the window with a blank face. I watched the redwoods and buildings blur by, all too familiar with the sight. After a half…