happiness there are several important factors to achieve happiness: finding a purpose, meaning, and love; however, achieving it in a selfless way that benefits not only yourself but others. The second half of happiness is not denying yourself to experience it, living in the present moment, and cherishing the people who make you happy. This…
It speaks about finding the fire in my belly and discovering my relish again. It speaks about grabbing life by the horns and riding the crap out of it. The feeling of indescribable drive and ambition to give up all the luxury and flow like a river through the rocks. The feeling of pushing fiercely and ferociously through an edge and getting past it, breaking boundaries and crushing all barriers is discovering life. Pushing past the limits of comfort zone and adopting a sense of urgency about…
died today…or maybe yesterday, I don’t know”, (Camus, 1988, p.3) is shocking in the way the first person point of view is so casual about such a serious matter, making it a taboo. This sentence clearly shows how honest and straightforward Meursault is as he doesn’t express any grief and pain towards his mother’s death since it doesn’t affect his own life. Death seems to hold no great importance to him and this shows the clear contrast between Meursault and society as he behaves according to his…
In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, the idea that guidance is needed to help people who have falling in despair and they need to regain their sense of purpose. Chipping away at ignorance is needed so that the true potential of the individual is revealed. This ignorance is caused by the submission of the portion of society to a higher power who abuses said power. Grant Wiggins in the book A Lesson Before Dying, has started to lose his purpose of staying in his little town and teaching…
up a wide range of questions: What is my purpose in life? What are my goals for my life? Am I raising my children to have Faith in God? One person’s belief or theory may be different from another because many factors influence a person’s worldview – cultural background, life experiences, the values and attitudes they were raised with and habits that they have acquired from childhood to adulthood. Our worldview’s are constantly evolving as the world around us changes and as we change with it.…
falling asleep was the last thing on my mind. My heart was beating like a jackhammer and I had this feeling inside of me that I had never felt before. It felt as though my old self had died and been replaced by someone else. My entire perspective on life was thrown out the window and replaced with something new. I laid there silently, knowing that what I just witnessed would change my life forever. Throughout my childhood I had always considered myself to be a relatively religous person.…
One dark, windy, October night, my sister Cate and I went to boo the Wright’s house. (descriptive adj) What is booing? (interrogative) Booing, which is when a person leaves Halloween treats on a neighbor’s doorstep and runs away, is more fun than trick or treating.(nonrestrictive, comparative) The neighbors that got booed were left with a mysterious gift and has to boo the next night. Every year in October, before Halloween, my family and I would go booing. (indefinite) My family is always…
drains my energies. While I am sure that a number of individuals struggle with this question, I have found that I do not even understand the question itself, much less its answer. For the longest time, I remember being so lost that I no longer recognized the person in the mirror. Looking back on my high school days, everything was so simple when I was a senior, so much so that I took it for granted. I let opportunities slip away from me and I never truly learned how to recover from failure. At…
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change” (Darwin). How does one survive all the obstacle they face in life? Obstacles such as not having a job to pay the bills, stress from school, or even a fight one has with a friend or a loved one. What does it take to not only survive but thrive through the highs and lows of life? With purpose, tenacity, and adaptability anyone can have the ability to survive any obstacle in…
agree with my way of learning. My family wished me to go to an international school, but when we applied for ICS, they quickly reject the application because of the awful grades that I had back in primary. Desperate to get a suitable school for my education, my family asked their friends, family, even councilors on their recommended schools. They all suggested to attempt applying to CAIS. At first, the school looked they were forced to teach at a slower pace in order to be able to hammer the…