Hard Times

How important is mindset in achieving success Why is that some people succeed very easily and others do not reach anywhere close to success? While hard work, persistence and consistency plays a role in us achieving success, it is our mindset that sets us apart. We all have voices inside our heads that sometimes tells us – we cannot do something or the skills required for the task is not in us. This kind of thinking is simply not true and needs to be overcome before we can start our journey…

My three themes were Dependability, Future Thinker, and Achieving. I feel I lean more towards Dependability than the other two because trust and keeping my word is very important to me. I have come to realize that not everything can be on my time and I have to be able to depend on others and adapt to their schedules. I am satisfied with Achieving the goals I have set for myself. The report states that “… have more energy and more goals than other people.” I agree with the more energy, but my…

your worth, is a second of your life that you wasted and it is a moment that is thrown away. You do not have forever so it is important not to waste your time criticizing yourself, doubting yourself, and throwing away all your life moments because once they are gone you are unable to get them back. Joybells poem summarizes how there is no time in life to be wasted. People are classified into three different categories in regards living; people who live their life in the…

complicated to decide if college was right for me. The decision was made to enroll in college, and deciding to attend college has changed my life drastically. One important effect attending college has had on me is my ability to coincide school and family time together. I always knew I wanted a large family,…

There are some things that are forgotten in the past that change us and we want to go back to that time and figure out what we lost, just as Gatsby does. Gatsby knows that he has left Daisy behind, he has left his dream behind and he can’t get it back. The green light is there to remind us that our dreams can be unattainable, we can try and try as hard as we want for specific dreams but just like Gatsby, some pieces to the puzzle are lost in the past, never to be recollected…

Ernest Hemingway’s “In Our Time” is a novel full of short stories and vignettes written carefully to allow his audience see the turmoil of Word War 1 seen through a semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams. Hemingway’s writing style is concise and minimal, but through close reading of each sentence and each word, his words unfold to express a wide range of complex emotions and an underlying theme. The book illustrates that a rite of passage is an imperative or necessary developmental journey a…

all" could have different meanings; it represents what a person is missing, and of course everyone has different necessities. No one has all in this life because nobody is really satisfied with what they have; while an individual has a lack of money, time, peace, love, health, etc., other individuals may have it, but they will be lacking something else; even the wealthy people do not have all. As a regular person, my mother and I do not have all; people tend to have many wants, and the…

“Life is available only in the present moment.” -Thich Nhat Hanh (qtd. In Mumford 21) Nothing exists besides this actual second. (Firestone prgph. 3) Everything is in our thoughts but imagine if we could train our thoughts to observe only the time we have. This practice is called mindfulness. When people hear the word mindfulness, they will probably think of a Buddhist monk sitting with his legs crossed and his arms at his knees. Mindfulness isn’t for select people, anyone can be presently…

taken the class “Introduction of Theatre.” I was surprised that we all are required to do the creative project and presentation. The professor assigned every student to choose the topic relating to class materials and inspiring us as well. It was very hard to decide when I initially thought about it because there are many areas of theatre materials that are interesting. Throughout the whole paper, I would present the process and the significant reflection on creating the creative project and…

Each family has their differences. No family is perfect. There comes a time in each family’s lives when their differences can set them aside and even start to pull them apart. It always seems there is one person who can help keep them together. However, when that one person is no longer with us, it takes a toll and soon things start to spiral more and more out of control. It is not until one person decides their family’s legacy is more important than the differences and past heartache. In the…