Things Hoped For

have come to a realization that you do not even realize that you are being influenced because we have grown up in a world where you follow and think as others. One of the quotes that really stuck out to me was, “Be yourself! You are none of those things that you now do, think, and desire.” This makes you think and have hope, because even though you did something or you think something, does not mean that it makes who you are. We have the freedom to think what we want and to desire what we want,…

can’t just blindly run into world wanting to do something; you need a plan, determination, and confidence to know that you can make a difference.” I thought about what he said and realized he had a point. Kids my age are so concerned about the little things we never actually see the bigger picture; that there's something bigger than just dating, clothes and social media. We need to take the time to realize that we are so fortunate to have a roof over our head, a family that loves us, food on the…

According to Nicole Langton, “Zumba gives you a calorie-burning cardiovascular workout in the atmosphere of a dance party,” (Langton). By doing a Zumba workout someone can have an amazing workout but they would still be having a lot of fun. The main thing someone has to do in order to lose at least eight pounds a month is to attend a class once a week for at least an hour or more per workout. They would also need to eat at least five-hundred calories a day or less and drink plenty of water.…

It was a quiet morning for a Monday at Iron Club Fitness. I met with my trainer Sam to go over the preparation for my upcoming show. We are sitting in the juice bar going over what my diet will consist of over the next week. The diet consist of Chicken and Asparagus every day for the next week. Inside my head I am going crazy, I do not know if I will be able to do this. Sam says to me “Follow your diet and let’s hit some weights now”. I responded nervously “okay”. Today we are working out…

A lot of amazing, great, horrible, fascinating, and unbelievable things happen to everyday people. It can be a good thing , or even a bad thing, the challenge is always different for everyone. It could have been the day you said a speech in front of many strangers, odd faces, structures, differences you’ve never seen before, you feel the vibe of judgness.There faces speak more than there mouths, Youor even the day when you read, “Accepted” in a paper because you got in The weeks…

's funny because I walk outside all the time and I never noticed certain things about the trees. He was showing us how each individual leaf had its own veins and how the veins collected water from the tree. It was a fascinating experience because I gained a better appreciation for the simple things not only when it comes to nature, but also life as a whole. This was the moment when I realized that I needed to witness things hands in order to truly understand them. This 30 minute walk around our…

Change is a part of life everyone must deal with. Change not only applies to individuals, but also to organizations. An organization typically approaches change from one of two perspectives. One of those perspectives is the organizational learning perspective. A company operating from an organizational learning perspective learns from problems and adapts to respond to outside issues (Akin, Dunford, &Palmer, 2006). In her article, Managing Change Successfully, Eileen Brownell shares her insights…

injustice, and oppression is what she believed to have plagued her family for generations and did not see what it truly was. Dee would look a white man in the eye, having no fear because she did not stand for oppression but it was not always a good thing for her, reinforcing the idea of her willingness to stare down anyone including the white man in the sentence line 12, “She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts.” (Walker 3). This sense of rebellion helped cause Dee to…

to the next that’s accepted and followed unquestioningly, no matter how illogical, bizarre, or cruel. The people of the town are technically murderers, yet they seem to feel no remorse, no guilt. This extreme story is just proof of how out of hand things can get if people never question or critically address tradition but rather follow it blindly. There is this quote by Rabbi Bachye that goes, “the faith of the believer is not complete unless he knows the meaning and reason of his belief.”…

ever handed to someone, and if someone says they have, then they really haven’t accomplished or worked for anything yet. Everybody has to work hard and endure stress to make it somewhere. However, that stress can keep people from doing and trying the things they love. Luckily, if you keep trying, you’ll persevere and the view will be breathtaking. Santiago, the main character in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, represents being beat up by life, and ending up being better and stronger than before.…