The Tortoise and the Hare

phoenix from the ashes of our darkest moments. Full throttle and warp speed are only for spaceships—certainly not for recovery. We should give ourselves permission to move at a tortoise’s speed when necessary, remembering that the tortoise won the race with the hare nonetheless. Recovery doesn’t mean that we are free of our disorder—it means that our lives improved because of our willingness to nurture ourselves and seek support. Until I’m familiar with the path of recovery, I will walk…

The average time an American works is now 46.7 hours a week according to The Washington Post in a recent article. Teenagers are told that if they do what they love, they'll never work a day in their life as they try to start their life journey. There are many ways a person may make a living, either they can work for someone else or they could work for themselves. It takes time and effort to get a stable income and stress effects everyone when they need to provide for a family. Self-employment…

Whiling attempting to select what aspect of myself I want to change my mind ran a thousand miles a minute. I began thinking of all the things I would want to change about myself: my mindset, my body, and all the little things I obsess over. This then caused me to realize that one thing I would desire to change is to feel more satisfaction, and no longer obsess over unimportant details and things I cannot control. I tend to worry and fear not being able to be happy or feel clear head to the…

also view our lives as one long journey. Since we are clearly enjoying our lives and not rushing towards death, why can it be so difficult to adopt this mindset towards the other areas of our lives as well? In the stoery of the tortoise and the hare, we know that the tortoise wins the race. With that in mind, we should try to adopet the mindsete of the tortoisee so that we too can win our…

Mrs. Midas Mrs. Midas holds intertextual semantic relations based on world text theory with Ovid’s king Midas’ story from Metamorphoses (Ziolkowski‏ 200). In Metamorphoses, Book XI, King Midas was granted a wish, viz., everything he touches, turns into gold. His wish proved to be a curse since his food and drink turn into gold. Upon his request, the wish was taken away. His foolishness did not stop at the curse-like wish; moreover, he commits another blunder when he judges Pan a winner in a…

Terry’s character from Farmer Al Falfa. In 1928 Van Beuren Studios take over and the story line had little connection with any fable of Aesop’s Film Fables. Real fables were spoofed but still have their own original moral. The Tortoise and The Eagle and the Tortoise and the Hare are also featured in the 1971 TV movie Aesop’s Fables in the…

Tonight is the big season one finale of My Diet Is Better Than Yours and Jennifer Cassetta is one of the fan favorite trainers. Her diet is called the Strong, Safe and Sexy Plan and now Jennifer Cassetta is sharing some big tips for helping you to lose weight and keep it off. People spoke to Jennifer and they were able to get some great tips. A lot of what Jennifer believes is about focusing on the bigger picture and not just thinking about taking the weight off. You have to find a way to keep…

forest elephants, steppe and forest rhinoceros, bison, deer, large horses, wild oxen, and bears” (Conroy and Pontzer 460). At many sites, the medium or large fauna found were gazelles, boars, and deer, and smaller fauna found in many sites were tortoises, hares, and foxes (Lieberman and Shea, 1994). Tool use and hunting patterns within the archaic Homo sapiens are intricately connected with each other. The tools that are associated with archaic Homo sapiens are the developed Oldowan and…

I can successfully say that I have seen the world's fastest snapping turtle. I snapped my head back to see how much distance there was between us. There was only a foot left to where the dock would come to an end. My heart was racing. Thump! My breaths were quick and short. Thump! As my feet landed on the ground there was a slight trip in my step, but I slowly steadied myself. When I glanced back the turtle seemed to have disappeared and ran the other way. “Hey Katherine do you want to try and…

Every story has a theme. It may not be very prevalent, but it is still there. Themes help characters and the reader learn lessons in clever ways. Most themes can be applied to any time period and to any person. Take the famous story “The Tortoise and the Hare”. The theme of this short story is slow and steady wins the race. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has many themes scattered throughout the play in very interesting ways. The most prominent universal theme in Romeo and Juliet…