Contentment

In the book A Christmas Carol, the characters of the story symbolize the many realisms of the British Industrial Revolution henceforth making the story an allegory. For example, Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s clerk, incarnates the poor. He was a hardworking man being the epitome of the hardworking and uncomplaining working class. Tiny Tim, Bob’s son, symbolized hope. However, Ebenezer Scrooge is the quintessence of all things evil of the Industrial Revolution as he embodied the “ignorance…

vice. A person with such a pride cannot know God.” Likewise, Charles Colson, one of President Nixon’s aides, described the “path of darkness” (pride, arrogance, and superiority) as “a spiritual cancer that eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” Therefore, following the “path of darkness” will lead to an everlasting life of dependence on power, wealth, and many other factors that work hand-in-hand with the topic of pride and…

As I write the above poem, I reflect on my time at my first ADTA conference, the words of a Billie Holiday song, Why Not Take All of Me, come to mind. In this song, she speaks very candid about a man taking her heart due to a breakup and decides that it is best to take her life since one has taken the better part of her. For me, in this journey of therapy and Counseling, as an African American, one of my strongest assets is that I am a black man. As it is who I am, providing a very specific…

The most incredible, inspirational stories express the importance of experiencing hardship. For without hardship, there is no victory. Readers learn of this essential lesson through three short stories, “Gwilan’s Harp” by Ursula K. LeGuin, “The Washwoman” by Isaac Singer, and “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry. In these short stories, readers witness as Gwilan, the washerwoman, and Behrman surmount their individual battles. None of these characters obtain much in life. However, each of their stories…

In May Sarton’s,”The Reward of Living a Solitary Life”,she brings up solid points to why solitude is better than togetherness. While being more social is rewarding as well,I’d say I find my self-contentment is best found in solitude. In her essay Sarton argues that “solitude is the of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience”(880). This quote suggests that in the presence of other people you are not yourself and that you can’t enjoy what you encounter in life. While…

We could be stuck being affiliated to Britain. We could be going through the suffering of drowning in taxes and being treated unfairly. The cause of this madness would be, because men did not re-enlist during the Revolutionary War. During the years of 1777 and 1778, the Continental Army was stationed at camp, named Valley Forge, to spy on the British camp. The general, George Washington, was losing men due to them non-re-enlisting. The whole camp had a specific and definite question in mind.…

traditional medical model to that of a social model suggest promise that others may follow in their footsteps. As we have come to understand over the weeks’ our social environment and social bonds play an integral aspect in one’s happiness and contentment. Thus, it was refreshing to see a break away from the monotonous and rigid structure commonly found in nursing homes today. Above all else, St. John’s has returned to their residents two of life’s pleasures often take for granted, autonomy and…

Over the years people have been reading the amazingly, mysterious and creative works of Edgar Allan Poe. Many people have read him in their english classes around the world. I initialy read some of his works on my own, but have learned more about who he is as a writer in my English curriculum.I later got more into his work when I saw a play that my mother took me to. It was confusing which then made me want to understand. I only really ever have known his work and I feel that is only what most…

“Nature caused us all to be born equal; if fate is pleased to disturb this plan of the general law, it is our responsibility to correct its caprice and to repair by our attention the usurpations of the stronger” Maurice Blanchot (Ainlay, 1986) In United Kingdom alone, statistic records show that in 2014 There were over 11 million people with a limiting long term illness, impairment or disability with the most commonly-reported impairments being those that affect mobility, lifting, or carrying.…

Nicholas I sat there on the couch, flipping endlessly through the channels, but all of it was just boring Golf. Golf was always to me a boring sport for boring people, but what I have discovered was just as exciting as a nail-biter basketball game or a high-speed soccer match. I learned of a sport that I love, that at one point I never would have considered playing. I never imagined that I, of all people, would enjoy golf, but I was wrong. I believe that trying new things, leads to new interests…