These blubbering quotes come to birth when it snaps our life within seconds by a ridiculous way to hang us upside down. Otherwise, brings tonnes of joy in which does not last sufficiently long. Imagine expectations can drive us nuts, instead of mentally putting us into the realms of reality. It’s a whole different galaxy, like between that of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy which is billion light years apart. How do people react? In this wise Earth, people whose going through life’s up and…
Packet Questions #42 Looking back, the two significant experiences outside of my family that have affected my personality, direction in life, or lifestyle for the future are ______ As you consider events that stick out in your life, consider the who? What? When? Where? And how? Looking back, the two significant experiences outside of my family that have affected my personality, direction in life, or lifestyle for the future are becoming friends with Angel, and doing better in school. The…
I was in fifth grade when my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. By the time we found out, he was already in his final stage. We booked tickets to India and left within a few weeks. Two months later, my grandfather passed away. This was a life changing event for me; it was the first time someone this close to me had passed away and I always wondered if he was diagnosed earlier would he still be here? A year and a half later my father also got ill. Being the eldest child in my family, I was…
Firsts will affect for the rest of your life. The first time you experience something will always stick with you whether it’s the first time you kissed someone, when you lost your virginity, or when you first fell in love with someone. When people reminisce on their first they experience all sort of emotions. Looking back on your firsts brings the sensation of disembodiment because feelings are heightened during those times. In many cases when people experience their first relationships they…
Change happens in many different ways, in many different areas of our lives but changes that happen to allow or encourage a person to develop greater and greater wisdom I believe are, time, life experiences and a positive, optimistic attitude. I am certain that if more of us took the initiative to understand how change can be for the best, we would see a world with more patience, acceptance, understanding, and love. I believe time is a big factor in how people change from moment to moment, day…
humanistic psychologist called Erich Fromm wrote a book called To Have or to Be, in which he describes two opposing orientations to living life. These orientations are the having orientation, and the being orientation respectively. In short, he describes the being orientation to life as living life in such a way that values objects above all else. Be it living life for money, or living for the next edition of the iPad, the concept of the having orientation encapsulates the rampant materialism…
knowledge, experience, and ability to create viable…
offer praise and some to be foolish. The poem, “Still I Rise” of Maya Angelou is in piercing contrast to the poem “Guidelines” by Lisa Suhair Majaj; however, they are parallel in numerous facets. They present these two works to express their experiences in their life with vile episodes that no citizen should endure. Assessing separately each poem for its connotation and the distinct elements that create an exclusive vision into the poet’s passion. As woman and minorities there are common…
The best way to get to know a person is to walk a mile in his shoes. This famous saying illustrates that it is hard to know a person and their situation, until you have taken a step back from your life and viewed their perspective. This is often better said than done, a few reasons being emotions can get the best of people in certain situations, stubbornness and the refusal to see any other way but their own, or they have absolutely no emotion to cope with others’ perspectives. This would also…
I reached that day. Why, I kept asking my self, in deep thought, was this rollercoaster experience more powerful than life lessons that had been instilled in my young adolescent mind? A decision was made that day, fears were thrown aside, it was time to grown up and tackle obstacles that had been thrown in front of me. A “metal death trap,” In better words, brought a whole new view of how to go about my life. We all have a routine in which our day consist. Breaking norms is hardly regular,…