Inklings

Running head: MY GIFTS 1 MY GIFTS 2 Sabine Berzins Leading Lives That Matter Week Six My Gifts Abstract This essay discusses my gifts and utilizing these talents in the service of others. The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30, (2006) brings up an excellent point of not “burying” our gifts, but rather using them in the service of God. However, we must…

your life’s course for the future is not one to be made lightly; one should be confident when choosing his own choices. So how did I decide on which path to follow for my higher education? Even when I started my high school education I only had an inkling of what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I guess what career I was going to study for really was shaped by the clubs I was in younger years. From there it was an easy conclusion to come to that I would like to either become some sort of…

How Bernard’s Pride Sets Him Apart in Brave New World Pride, the belief that one matters more than another, is not tolerated at the best of times. It leaves other members of society with anger at their supposed inferiority, among other negative emotions. When society is totally dedicated to destroying both emotions and individuality, pride is loathed; seen as morally wrong and subversive. That is exactly why in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Bernard Marx’s pride ostracizes him from everyone…

November 14, 2009, I recline on a diminutive, unyielding, frosty cot in the nucleus of the Hindu Kush Mountains, Afghanistan. Sprouting to explosions with AK-47 bullets penetrating the scanty plywood wall adjacent to my sleeping area. Swiftly, I grappled my sweat-stained digital Interceptor Body Armor (IBA), Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH), and M-4 Carbine, arranging a race to a fighting position. Flinging my ½ in thick wooden door open, I beheld a spectacle from a war film I’d seen as a child.…

In Media Studies, it is significant to state the difference between the narrative and story. According to K. R. Jennings (2015) “A story is a structured narrative. It has a beginning, middle and end. It typically contains other ingredients too, like characters and a plot.” Furthermore Jennings states that “a narrative, on the other hand, is a sequence of events. It has no standard form or structure. No distinct beginning or end.” Simply put, narrative is principally the order in which something…

It was late night yet it was difficult to sleep. Outside the wind roared through the trees in the front yard, making them creak and groan, like a ghost in the night. I could hear their agitated sway as if the branches were getting ready to snap off. My thoughts, however, troubled me more than the horror story soundtrack outside of my window. Roxanne slept on, undisturbed by all the noise. I looked at her cuddled up to me for warmth, her head resting on my chest. She was beautiful. The big…

Before reading- While I found the cover of The Hot Zone by Richard Preston to be somewhat dull, the subtitle intrigued me. I personally am extremely interested in the subject of pathology and biology in general, and I look forward to reading this particular piece. This is the first time I have heard of the author, but I am anticipating a captivating, provocative read. The creator, Richard Preston was born on August 5th in the midst of the summer heat of 1954. He originated out of Cambridge,…

I was afraid to sharpen a pencil in second grade. My most vivid elementary school memories spring from instances when I was being reprimanded by an adult for doing something wrong. I did everything in my power to avoid those dreadful moments, but they still presented themselves on occasion. Even now I feel a pit in my stomach when I recall the way I felt during those times, regardless of the fact that almost all of them would easily roll off my back if they occurred today. My fears…

Impact of social networking on human relationships in the present-day modern life invites mixed responses from various sections of society. Some deem it a healthy and positive factor which has improved human relationships; while there are others who think that social networking has made the relations devoid of truth and sincerity. There is no denying the fact that social networking has done a great work in improving the social consciousness and awareness. It has also brought people together by…

The idea of taking race into account can become convoluted when discussing the distribution of burdens and benefits. However, the aim is to express an agreeance that not only is factoring race morally permissible in distributing benefits, but burdens as well. It seems that one cannot deem race factorization permissible in one but not the other. By doing so, it would only open an individual up to multiple objections and unfair solutions. I will focus only on America; objections and examples of…