2008 albums

Some people are optimistic when it comes to the world around them, they see the good in the bad and hope that it shines. The proverb Gold glitters even in mud can be about optimism and originates from lithuanian culture.Even when things go bad there might be something good,gold is still gold even when it's dirty. The proverb fits into today's society because people believe that optimism is a good thing. People believe that it's good to stay positive. The importance of living by the lithuanian…

The Battle for Souls In the midst of an ever changing political spectrum, that is affecting the African-American community in non-optimistic ways, a theoretical, theological conflict within the Black Church will have great impact on the directions of politics and how to combat and address future challenges to bring forth progress for the Black Community (Harris p. 75). Historically, one of the most important institutions within the Black community, the Black Church has been instrumental in…

The 2008 presidential election was the 56th presidential election and was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barak Obama was against Republican John McCain. The parties’ candidates focused mostly on change and reform in Washington, but in the last few months of the election campaign domestic policy and the economy surfaced as the main issues after the 2008 economic crisis. Obama’s ability to ensure voters that he could handle the economic crisis at the time and voters disapproval of the outgoing…

A wonder woman is a woman who continuously does her job, is successful and shows the world that no matter what the situation may be, she gets the job done. When working hard and trying to achieve a goal, there will always be bumps in the road that will try to stop you from getting where you need to be. In my opinion, Presidential candidate, now President elect, Donald Trump was trying to push Hillary Clinton back during the campaign, but a wonder woman can’t be stopped by an egocentric man.…

On 25 January 2016, Barack Obama’s “Why we must rethink solitary confinement” appeared in the Washington Post. In the article, Obama aims to persuade the readers to act on and improve solitary confinement for the betterment of the society. Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating people in closed cells with no human contact. The period of such confinements can range from days to months, even decades sometimes. Obama uses the techniques of personal anecdote, credible references, and…

First, Santiago’s fear of failing to achieve his dream in the future causes him to be more reluctant in proceeding with his journey. During the journey Santiago’s heart “began to speak of fear. It told him stories it had heard from the Soul of the World, stories of men who sought to find their treasure and never succeeded. Sometimes it frightened the boy with the idea that he might not find his treasure” (Coelho 144). The fear of not being successful in a journey, backed up by stories of…

Til Death Do Us Part Every night before I fall asleep I catch up on the news from my iphone. I start off with the happenings in the world and the national arena since it 's the most depressing followed by entertainment news because it 's just “head shaking-ly silly” and I wrap up with the happy optimistic articles on healthy living and your general “nurture yourself” stuff. I need to read it in this particular order to be able to cleanse my spirit of the tragedies I have a hard time…

Raindrops. Drip. Drip. Drip. Clouds, gray and hiding any sign of sunlight. It looks miserable and cold but it matches my mood so it doesn 't bother me. I need to get out, It 's horrible to be stuck in this room. I want to be out in the rain. Peeling myself away from the window, I can the floor for my hoodie and Converse. "Where could they be?" I mutter, kicking clothes around. My toe clips the edge of a shoe hidden underneath a pile of clothes. I freeze as the pain pulses from my foot. Angrily,…

I believe that to be successful in life you need to have a purpose. You don’t have to follow anybody else’s rubric, but you can create yourself a standard of what you think will make you successful, and that could be either being rich, or being happy or being famous it is up to you to define it. You define what you think you need to achieve in order to be successful, and this is, basically, creating a goal. So in shorter terms I believe that goal setting is important because it gives us purpose.…

The Start of Something New My prominent childhood memory would start with my love for music. It all started at Mary Hooker school, when I was in fourth grade, there was a talent show for grades fourth and above. I was in class when the school security officer, named Victor, who organizes the talent show, came in with sign up sheets for the talent show. I thought to myself, “Should I sign up?” I was not quite sure what to do. At that moment I thought of the time when I saw students performing…