I Want to Hold Your Hand

I was watching my dog bury a bone, or maybe it was my running shoe again, I don’t know, but it got me to thinking about the parable of the seed as described in John 12:24-25: “Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love,…

lunacy to say that one week, one email could change your life. “Congratulations! You have been selected to participate in the Harvard Medical School Medscience Summer Program.” It felt like a dream to me as I rushed down the stairs to tell my parents. The application was a shot in the dark, I desperately wanted to be accepted to the program, but I never imagined I would be one of the applicants out of thousands from across the country to be chosen. I took the train in to Boston by myself,…

having a boy, some expect you to have multiple children, and then, depending what country you live in, if you can’t have kids then you are out of luck because they don’t have the necessary medical practices which means the hope of having a family of your own is slim. Once you have the children, a whole new set of rules and expectations come into play that even further complicates the idea that you raise a child and ship them off. To truly understand reproduction and human development, one can’t…

The process of Resilience is to accomplish a challenge that was bringing you down and to learn from it. Some people believe that those who struggle in life will never be successful. Life challenges can literally affect your way of viewing things. It will make you believe that nothing is worth the shot for. That life is just terrible as hell, however, what you don’t realize is that you are on process for success. When you overcome that challenge you are experiencing, you are going to gain…

paradoxical way that he will be king. They state that ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair’ meaning that killing the king will have both fair and foul consequences. What is the price for getting what you want? The first line that Macbeth says foreshadows the day when he will kill the king, “So fair and foul a day I have not seen.” The story is severely unsettled with the cold, foul murder of the naive, trusting King Duncan. Macbeth didn’t stop to think of other options for becoming king. He went…

out, out of his control. His flat chest quivers, I can see his heart-beating, I can feel mine. His legs lay motionless for the first time in many years. He was always moving. Moving ships off the coast of Korea and Vietnam. Out of the orphanage, out of poverty. He carried his family across international borders, across state lines, always in the right direction. What do I have to carry? He was a hero. He is a hero. He doesn’t have long. Neither do I. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. Walk in step, be…

doing what make them happy? And do they have the will to hold on to it even though they may face criticisms from society? Many individuals in today's society get judged, discriminated and criticised based on their passions or their lifestyle choices. Some individuals get knocked down from the hurtful words while others block them out and continue to live their passions. Two stories that help to deeply understand this concept are, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou and “Living Like a Weasel” by…

and these persuasion are helping save lives. The first method of persuasion is being nice and charismatic. doctors are not bad people and shouldn’t be seen as frightening. Doctors are your friends who are letting you know how to better your health or recover from a sickness. Doctors are always friendly and want…

actions. In kindergarten I would count my delicate footsteps on the school sidewalk, only allowing two steps per concrete slab. If I stepped three times in one square, I would burst into wailing tears and have to restart. In middle school I would unconsciously hold my breath and clench my teeth during timed tests, my sweaty palms barely able to grip the pencil. In high school when I started driving myself to school on my own, I would circle the block two times to make sure I closed the garage…

Knowing me though I am pretty shy an-” SHe was cut off by the other girl as she placed her fingers over the others mouth. “Don’t worry Kimi! This year is going to be great! Along with our other two years!.” She smiles after finishing her sentence. Kimi giggles a little and nods with agreement. The morning bell rings as the rest of the students rush to their class. “Come on Kimi we better be going! Or else we don 't wanna be late to your first day of school!. They follow…