Gratitude

year old. I remember thinking that I must've gotten in by accident, because there was no way that I measured up to what was expected of a PFO teen. The next day, my entire perspective changed. Throughout the retreat, people would write comments of gratitude about others on sticky notes and leave them on a board in the front of the room. Then, every day, some of the comments would be read. As I sat in the audience, never expecting any of the comments to be about me, I suddenly heard my name being…

person Mature? In the article, The Marks of Maturity, Tim Elmore focuses on seven distinct traits a person needs to have to be considered mature. The traits he mentioned were humility, unshaken by flattery, wisdom, commitment, priority, character and gratitude. Because the brain is still molding itself in preparation for adulthood, teens are also learning about being an adult. Their leaders and teachers have been trying to mold teens into what they consider a mature young adult. In order to…

attracted people with his courage, bravery, curiosity, gratitude and compassion. These qualities allowed him to impress different individuals and instigate the belief that he was a good leader. According to the griot, “Mwindo sang taunts of his greatness to Nkuba while the pair climbed slowly up into the air.”(10) Mwindo never showed any quality convincing enough to think of him as a good leader. He exhibited little respect and no gratitude to the people that helped him. This behavior hindered…

What I learned from my elder interview is how my grandfather was drafted in the war and became a service man. My elder interview impacted me by how he didn’t become a soldier and became service man and how he was lucky not getting captured by the North Vietnamese. My grandpa motivated me to keep on working hard even if it’s not your job or responsibility. The interview that impacted me is Cap van Nguyen. He was drafted and went in the army. He was not afraid of war, bombs, and gunshots. But he…

represent some of these values. Even though my cultural mobile looks like a juvenile kindergarten project made up of objects dangling from a coat hanger, my cultural mobile reflects my personal culture because the objects on it symbolize integrity, gratitude, and achievement. My cultural mobile reflects my personal culture because it symbolizes integrity. First of all, I choose to not cheat on the tests I take. I find it rewarding to see a perfect GPA I earned purely. This is the most obvious…

“Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift” (Bennett). Gratitude requires a self-appraisal that we are understood, valued and cared for by another person (Algoe). At the time of the event in my letter I was dealing with an acute stressor that was very severe. I was an abused runaway eleven-year-old who did not believe the world to be a safe place or that it valued me in any way. In writing a letter to my high school best…

almost all situations I face. I think all three strengths are beneficial to my cognitive, behavioral and emotional health, but I would say my behavioral health is benefited more by kindness and generosity, my emotional health is benefited more by gratitude and my cognitive health is benefited more by humor and playfulness. Your Top Strength…

stressing out about the small stuff, led me to get on track to becoming the best version of myself and be more like the person that my participants painted me as in the RBS, all the time. The other activities such as savoring life’s joys and practicing gratitude also contributed to the overall growth of my happiness, because they challenged me to become a more compassionate and positive person. Also, like I mentioned, I am a more positive thinker now, making me feel better about the energy I…

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Okonkwo’s Suicide in Things Fall Apart In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo’s suicide is an act of cowardice. Throughout the novel, he tries to prove -- more to himself than to others -- that he is manly and courageous. He does everything he can do to prove this and everything he can do to cover up anything that could potentially disprove this. He overtly shows that he is the best of the best and that he is the “Alpha-male” of the Ibo tribe. What he is really doing though, is getting…