Net present value

Living in the past can hold you back from opportunities that present themselves in the current day. This is shown in the film The Silver Lining Playbook directed by David O. Russell, this film sends an important message that living in the past will affect you in the present. Patrick Solitano Jr lived in the past, this torn his whole life apart. Living in the past cause Pat to go through many mental stages such as obsessed, Bipolar, defensive and decisive. Pat’s first hurdle to become mentally…

I tend to always start my essays with questions that can relate back to the story, but it tends to make you think about your life and how some things we do everyday and tend to take for granted. Like take for example you tend to see people with “nice” cars or homes, you start trying to live up to their standards and tend to lie about how you live to impress others. You will lose everything you have, trying to be Mr. or Mrs. Everything. In this play the main character, Willy Loman, tends to…

E.B. Whites piece Once More to the Lake takes place on Belgrade Lakes in Maine. The story is told in a non-chronological sense, and White discusses the trips he took to the lake as a child and compares them to the trip he takes with his own son, many years later. The theme of the short personal essay is the passage of time and the changes that come with it. He uses sensory details abundantly to explain the passage of time and how it has affected the lake and its surroundings. He describes a…

socioeconomic and cultural change. MacLeod explores the conflict between the past and present through these torn characters with in Island to reveal the hardships they face, he suggests it is not possible for the past and present to coexist as they ‘exclude each other in a manner that [is] so blunt and too clear.’ Despite the inevitable need for the Cape Bretoners to change their ‘old ways’ and move into the present…

between the subject who is observing and the object being observed. It also allows us to forget this space and merge ourselves with our actions and objects/subjects we attend to. Mindfulness is not just about the way we perceive, but also how much present we are. We all at least once experienced a common example of mindlessness: putting an empty cup to a fridge, coming to a room only to find out we have forgotten why we needed to go there on the first place, throwing away something that…

In “Once More to the Lake,” by E.B. White, the author vividly describes his favorite childhood vacation experiences as he takes his son to visit the location. The destination is a lake surrounded by a few cottages and offers memorable summer getaways for its visitors. White describes the lake in immense detail recounting the sound of the breeze and storms, the scent of the lakewater, and the feel of the cool water (White, 1941). Such detail makes White’s memories of the lake come alive for me…

us in. Our past certainly impacts much of who we are, but our present is determined by what is in our hearts and minds. The past may influence the present, but it does not control it. We should be looking towards our future but it should not be something that is constantly being longed for. Many times, people that constantly look at the future look at it as a sort of utopia, and they get so caught up that they forget about the present. What we do each and every moment determines the future and…

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In today’s society one trait that most are lacking is being aware of the present moment and taking time to acknowledge it, also known as mindfulness. Everyone is focused on the future, whether it is near or distant. It is rare that someone takes the time to actually enjoy what is happening right in front of them. Clarity is something that people often ask for, what they don’t understand is that they are able to provide themselves with the clarity that they need if they take a moment for…

All humans, the Adams and Eves of the 21st century, also have a common purpose—it is to remain conscious. This means filling one’s heart with love and fostering a present mind, at all times. Your primary purpose as an Adam or Eve is to remain conscious and mindful in your life. This is what Buddha taught. God made mindfulness a human being’s primary purpose because he wants us to return to our true home which is the paradise of 5th dimensional earth—the true heaven. To accomplish this, we must…