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Everyone all around the expresses desires, secretly or out loud, or they enact their desires by essentially performing them or chasing towards that dream. Traveling, adventurous and accessible, draws the eyes of modern day youth day by day whether it is through social media or family trips over the summer, yet several individuals don’t ever leave the town they grew up in. Perhaps the underprivileged individual doesn’t have the means, money or motive to explore the world for what it is all about,…

Before starting college and entering into this odyssey class, I thought I knew exactly who I was. I was wrong. After completing some of the weekly activities in the odyssey class, I realized that there are still so many things I am unsure or unaware of. One of the activities that really stuck out to me was reflecting on a quote from Father Joe. He said, “You see, dear—I think there are two types of people in the world. Those who divide the world up into two kinds of people…and those who…

The Commencement of a Life Time David Foster Wallace addressed the graduating class of Kenyon College in 2005. He stated that “It is the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awakened of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all of the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over “This is water, this is water” (They say, I say 209). He spoke mainly over thought,…

An obsession is an irrational and disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling. This dictionary definition of the word “obsession” leaves much to speculation. Does an obsession have to be irrational to be an obsession? Is the idea or feeling required to be unreasonable in order to be the subject of obsession? Much evidence and many recourses state the contrary. An obsession is a powerful preoccupation, a want, not a need. An obsession can be of something rational, as it…

A time when I resisted accepting reality and kept focusing on my unattainable desire was when my sister decided to move to D.C. The news that my sister decided to move baffled me because I always thought I would be the first to move away. Before my sister moved away I was in denial. Even though my sister planned to move away my mind kept focusing on ways to keep her to stay. I kept attempting to keep my sister in Michigan by showing her places she would miss if she left. Throughout the process…

In the poem “Identity” by Julio Polanco, the theme to be independent and live up to your own expectations, not others’ is developed by the use of the flowers as an extended metaphor. In Identity, the speaker expresses the flowers as “always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt” throughout the poem, letting his ideas of the flowers be interpreted deeper than what they actually are (Polanco, Lines 2-3). The flowers are a constant metaphor for the people who live up to the…

From the times humans are able to first articulate our thoughts, we already realize so much about the world. We may not understand it but we do realize that things come and go and some things remain absolute. This idea of change and continuity is something almost all people have experienced in their lives. While almost all have experienced, many choose to keep it private while others use it to teach lessons and tell stories. One of these people is Leslie Marmon Silko. In her short story " The…

Mr.Hoo killed Sam Westing. Mr Westing stole his disposable diaper idea and made millions, but it was Mr.Hoo’ s idea. Which made Mr.Hoo get mad at Sam Westing, and being mad is a good motive to kill someone. Mr.Hoo is a mean man. Mr.Hoo is jealous of Mr.westing because he did not make millions of dollars. Mr.Hoo is poor and must work. Mr.Hoo behaves in an abusive manner by insulting him. If Mr.Hoo is abusive and insulting he may have killed Sam Westing. This shows that he is a mean…

for it’s painless. You may hear a slight buzzing noise in your ears or other foreign sounds that individuals refer to as astral static. Most beginners pay too much attention to these vibrations and sounds which usually snaps them out of this state. Try to ignore them and stay focused on separating. Starting the Separation Process - Now for the fun part. Your first couple of times you will fail. Most beginners don’t realize just how intense it can feel. Fear combined with not knowing what to…

To all- Several few ago we approached Kamps asking to supports us with Daimler Cleveland PDI scrap wood. Kamps after further looking into adding Cleveland PDI, they approached me with some cost explanation of current services. The cost explanation from Kamps brought into me the thoughts as we discussed that eventually they will approach us with cost per load instead of the rebate they provide currently, with this, we reached Salem and asked for quotes of transportation to Kamps using Salem’s…