Time Lord

adolescents are extremely busy with their hectic schedules. Parents are often dumbfounded by the stress that’s put on the youth of today’s society. They need time to enjoy themselves, go outside for a breath of fresh air, or a little time on the playground. For the older ones, they tend to start the day off at school and then the rest of their time is usually taken up by a job, extracurricular activities, or organization based activities. When these children arrive home, they usually sit down to…

VILLANOVA ESSAY Saint Augustine said, "Lord, let me know myself, let me know you." Describe a relationship that has helped you to know yourself better. Jennifer Weiner wrote, “Divorce isn 't such a tragedy. A tragedy 's staying in an unhappy marriage and teaching your children the wrong things about love.” As I have grown older, this is a statement that I have learned to be true. My parents got divorced when I was a very little girl. I do not remember anything about the fighting, the lawyers,…

Businesses eager to endure the test of time must transform themselves into better competitors at least once along the way. In most situations, the objective is always to handle a new, more challenging concept by rearranging the way business is run. Sometimes it ends in success, sometimes in failure. However, most end up somewhere in between the two, and usually tipping towards failure. The author understand that ineffective transitions almost always occur during at least one of the follows eight…

linings and influences in this world to make it out. As a child growing up with many siblings around my family gave credence to how our family line wouldn’t have an impact until due time in the future; it wasn’t until my Uncle Bilock…

person.” I want to be able to love my boyfriend well, both now and in the future. The best time to practice is the present, and I know that there is still selfishness and pride in my heart that needs to be uprooted before I can truly love him the way God calls me to love him. I am amazed more and more each day by the amount of effort that my boyfriend exerts in serving and caring for me, and at the same time I have increasingly begun to realize how truly selfish I can be. Thus, even though I do…

described as the act as a group or as an individual to achieve a set of goals, target or purpose. Success comes when legal hard work has been made known in a career. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah, a book about the daughter of a big drug lord growing up in a very materialistic, proud, and troubled lifestyle. Materialism, beauty and pride led Winter Santiaga sticking with the wrong set of people. The amount of wealth her father had made their family’s name stay at the top, on account…

Throughout the course of my life I have set out many goals or milestones for myself that I aim to accomplish. As the time has passed through module after module, leading one of my long terms goal to dwindle down into a short term goal. Walking across the stage as a sign of completing my degree will leave me a different perspective towards my world. Out of the vast majority of my classmates I am one of the eldest. At 52 I will be completing my bachelor’s degree. It’s been 10 years since I…

years might seem a long time for some, but for others it may only be a half-way mark in their career. For me it's just the right time to retire - If I could divide my life into 4 quadrants of roughly 20 years each, I would now in the last 20 years of my life. In the words of Emily Dickinson a poet, there are still many more miles to go before I sleep. Whether, the last quadrant of my life is a long or short one, I pray that it will be a sweet one. Retirement is having the time to do what I've…

A region of losses and mistakes, but a site for elation and inspiration, history holds the many profound stories of the past. Historians and enthusiasts alike have placed tremendous efforts into constructing an accurate timeline of the past, but most efforts have gone unsuccessful—the biased nature of the recording of history has painted many false images. Often favoring the victors, the past has been represented in a very linear fashion, leaving out the intricate complexities of former…

Sometimes your struggle is with the world around you and other times it is entirely within yourself. I struggle every day to overcome my personal weaknesses, predilections, and failings. Some days I fail to rise to the challenge or live up to my own standards. Rather than berate myself for my failings, I focus on how…