...FROM SATAN I saw you yesterday as you began your daily chores. You awoke without kneeling to pray. As a matter of fact, you didn't even bless your meals, or pray before going to bed last night. You are so unthankful, I like that about you. I cannot tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your way of living, Fool, you are mine. Remember, you and I have been going steady for years, and I still don't love you yet. As a matter of fact, I hate you, because I hate God. He kicked me out of heaven, and I'm going to use you as long as possible to pay him back. You see, Fool, GOD LOVES YOU and HE has great plans in store for you. But you have yielded your life to me, and I'm going to make your life a living hell. That way, we'll be together twice. This will really hurt God. Thanks to you, I'm really showing Him who's boss in your life with all of the good times we've had. We have been... watching dirty movies, cursing people out, loving worldly things, having bad influences, stealing, lying, being hypocritical, fornicating, overeating, telling dirty jokes, gossiping, being judgmental, back stabbing people, disrespecting adults, and those in leadership positions, no respect for the Church, bad attitudes. SURELY you don't want to give all this up. Come on, Fool, let's burn together forever. I've got some hot plans for us. This is just a letter of appreciation from me to you. I'd like to say 'THANKS' for letting me use you for most of your...
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...Life in People’s Eyesight Life is what we can define. There are lots of facts we can associate and describe about it, based on different aspects and point of views of different kind of people. Well, Life is beautiful but not always easy, it has trials too and the challenges lies in dealing it with an exert effort and courage. There’s no human in this world that’s enjoying success without even conquering any hardships and failures. No wonder the saying “No Pain, No Gain”. Happiness and Victory, Sorrow and Defeat, are the two sides of life and what matter is choosing what side you prefer. There are people who see life with full of pleasures and adventures, a part of discoveries and innovations, a prospect for success and prosperity. Most of those people enjoy and live their lives to the edge. They take obstacles in life as their path through what they want. There are also people who see life with full of failures, burdens and bad omens. They think that their life is horrendous and miserable. They take it so bad, as if there’s nothing good about it. Some of them delight doing crimes as far as committing suicides, a permanent solution to a problem that’s merely temporary. There are times that other people lead them to do it, maybe because they suffered too much bullies and sarcasms that they can’t handle the pain so they decides to do unlikely things. Life shouldn’t control us, instead we should control it. We should choose the right to path, not the wrong one. But there...
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...LIFE As a parent, I believed that my son would outlive me and have sons and daughters of his own, so we could grow old watching them have families of their own, because that was the way of life. I had hopes and dreams for my son. When he died, it completely destroyed my world and left so many unanswered questions. I was completely lost and bereaved. Rebuilding my life and becoming one of the living again has been a long, hard struggle. The death of my son changed my life and me as a person forever. My son chose to end his life on October 3rd 2008. He was only 29 years old. Nothing in my life prepared me for his death. My world ended and everything that I have known in life was shattered. Life as I knew it had changed forever. I couldn’t think or feel anything other than for the pain that was in my heart. My family and my friends worried for me and wanted me to come and stay with them. How could I go and stay with anyone, when I was like a zombie or the living dead. The days did not mean anything to me anymore. Everything I did was like a robot on autopilot. I ate because someone put food in front me and slept when my mind was so exhausted I had to sleep. I knew I had to try to get back into life and live again and rediscover myself as a person. I knew that was what my son would have wanted me to do. I was a completely different person when my son was alive. I loved life, laughed a lot and was happy. I greeted everyday as an adventure and with joy in my...
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...to give a presentation on megaliving- how to lead a perfect life. Let’s make this an interactive session. So, hers a question I invite you to consider on. How many of you out here think that you are leading a perfect life? Or before this can any one of you describe what a perfect life is? Before answering this question, let’s do an exercise, Everyone shut your eyes, take two deep breaths and picture this scene taking place many years into the future: you are in an elegant dining hall, surrounded by those closest to you (who are dressed beautifully, looking their best). The candles shimmer on every table and the importance of the evening wafts through the air like the aromas from the kitchen. This is your testimonial dinner, an opportunity for the people who know you best to speak about you as a person, your achievements and your contributions to those you love and to society in general. Just for a moment, reflect on what you would like them to say. This reflection my friends; is the perfect life you want for yourself. And how many of us are actually living our perfect life..? There are two competing schools of thought. One says go out there live your dream, be the best, play at your highest potential. And the other says that the purpose of life is to simply enjoy the journey, simply be happy, and live in the moment. When you think about these two schools, you realize that both are equally important, life is all about the balance. It’s important to reach for the mountain...
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...thinking of what is life, why we have been here on this earth and what is the purpose of life? As most of you I believe, during my whole life I have been thinking of these questions and have never been able to come across the right answer for this. A poor man is always worried about feeding himself and his family. The middle class people are always worried about arranging basic comforts of life that covers house, car, clothing etc. The upper class of the society is worried about the amount of wealth they are accumulating and the power they have in their hands. You take the case of any one of these and wonder why are we doing this. I partially support the poor class because food is something we cannot avoid in our lives. But how about the others? What are they running after? Atleast I have never been able to support the answer on this. Some may argue and I do partially agree that we do need to something to live this life. But the fact that upsets me the most is what we are doing is really that which we are supposed to do on this earth. Every religion on this earth in one form or the other guides us to do our work and perform duties and leave rest to the God. But, what kind of duties and why do those? Human thinking has been made narrow to the extent that we always think about future and desperately work, always think and devote our life to future. But what future is? It is nothing but death. Then why are we running after future. Why cannot we live in present? Life is surely very...
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...I can remember as a child always asking myself the "why" questions of life. Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? Why do certain things happen? And is there really a God? I had always kept these questions to myself and eventually pushed them out of my mind altogether. I was raised in a Christian household and you just were not allowed to ask questions of that nature and doubt the faith. The world is the way it is because God made it that way and that is all there is to it. I was really excited to take this class because it would finally give me the opportunity to exercise my personal thoughts and beliefs. I have come to agree with Socrates that "the unexamined life is not worth living." In my opinion life is a combination of philosophical ideas such as morality, respect . The study of philosophy is a very complex and complicated task. There are so many different questions on many different topics and philosophy tries to explain them all. It tries to provide answers to the many questions that science and religion cannot explain. And from this it urges you to think about issues that may otherwise be ignored. I agree with the goal of autonomy, that philosophy is having the freedom to make your own decisions and beliefs by using your own reasoning capabilities. I believe that we all have the God-like quality of reasoning and therefore can make our own educated decisions. And because we can make our own decisions, we are fully responsible for our actions. This responsibility...
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...LIFE. Life may have many definitions. Through out the centuries, people have sought to understand life in different ways. People through their cultural practices, tries to explain and give meaning to life. Others through religion; their way of worship, explain what life is. Philosophers are in no doubt, a people who through the ages have embarked on this long search. However, with observation of nature, times and seasons, one can make an analogy to understand a section of life. The morning stage is the early part of the day or life. This can signify the period of conception in ones mothers worm till birth. This is also a stage where one begins a social orientation of knowing the parents and the family, learning to speak, walk and embracing the environment around him. We can also classify the time when one begins elementary school to graduating from the university and securing your first job as the morning stage of life. The age range is 1-25 years. The mid-day of life is when one has become a full adult. The person could at this stage be married and have children or his or her own nuclear family. One at this stage is independent and makes his own decisions; self actualization can also be found at this stage. Many times, the focus of people at this stage is their family and work. Acquiring houses, cars and all the luxury of life is very predominant at the mid-day of life. The age range is 35 to 60 years The evening stage of life is when people are taking rest from their labour...
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...Date: 09-12-2015 LIFE SEASON OF LIFE WHAT IS LIFE? Life can be defined as a characteristic of living. It is the state of being alive or active in lively activities. The opposite of life is death, once one has stopped to exhibit or show the characteristics of life, he or she is said to be dead. Life is also made of many activities, but we will see how to perform this activities. WHAT DO WE REQUIRE IN LIFE TO SUCCEED? For us to be able to succeed in life, we must know the times and seasons which are required of us to do everything we are to achieve in life. This leads us to “the seasons of life”. SEASONS OF LIFE: Just like the day which is made up of 24 hours is classified into morning, afternoon and night; for example, we take breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon and dinner at night, we can’t say that we take breakfast at night and dinner in the morning. So also, life is classified into morning, afternoon and night, and these times have specific activities it wants us to perform. Let us consider each of them below. MORNING: The morning at every person’s life is the time frame from when he/she was born to 20 years of age. At this age, one is required to learn how to walk, read, write, show respect, learn the basics of education, respect for parents, respect for teachers and other elders in the society. One should also learn how to behave himself or herself in the public, how to speak with good manners in the public. At the latter part...
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...THE ABSURDITY OF LIFE Steven Luper, Trinity University In "The Absurd"[i] Nagel claims that self-conscious human beings are necessarily absurd, so that to escape absurdity while remaining human we would have to cease being self-conscious. Fifteen years later, in The View From Nowhere,[ii] he defends the same thesis, supplementing some of his old arguments with a battery of new ones. I want to suggest that Nagel has misdiagnosed, and exaggerated the inescapability of, our absurdity. He does so partly because the grounds on which he bases his conclusion are spurious, and partly because he does not acknowledge the extent to which we can eliminate absurdity by suitably redesigning our plans and modes of justification. Nonetheless, I do not mean to imply that we can easily eliminate absurdity from our lives. Life is not necessarily absurd, but unfortunately, in a world like ours, there are limits to what we can and should do to reduce the absurd elements of our affairs. The View of the Nowhere Man "In ordinary life a situation is absurd," Nagel says, "when it includes a conspicuous discrepancy between pretension or aspiration and reality: someone gives a complicated speech in support of a motion that has already been passed. . . ; as you are being knighted, your pants fall down."[iii] In this passage from "The Absurd" Nagel claims that absurdity is a particularly striking sort of incongruity, and the conception of absurdity he discusses in his book is the same. What...
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...Student life is the best part of life. A student learns many things from books. But he has to enter the real world after his student life is over. So, he needs practical knowledge of things. Student life prepares a man to lead a successful life. In fact, student life is a life of learning. A student learns morality and good manners. He understand the value of discipline in life. So student life is a period of making and preparation. Student life is a care-free life. It is a life of joy. A student is free from almost all cares of the world. He gets a different atmosphere at college from that of home. He takes part in games and sports. He goes sometimes on a picnic and sometimes on educational trips. A student lives in a small world of his school or college. The life of a student, therefore, is a golden period of life. Student life is a life of discipline. At home a student may behave well or badly. But the atmosphere of a school college is completely different. Good boys are loved and praised. Wicked boys are punished. All students have to follow some rules and obey their teachers. Thus, they learn discipline. Discipline makes them self less and teachers them ‘live and let live’. Student life is a life of character building. Character has its importance in life. A student must be bold and fearless. He must think society. He should try to solve the problems of the nation. He must be loving and truthful. Student life is a life of character formation. Students must have a sense...
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...Running header: Journey of Life 1 Journey of Life Victoria Schoepf ENG125 October 21, 2013 Jennifer Thompson Journey of Life 2 Life starts out as an undetermined journey until the elements of choices are laid in our way. Everyone in life or spirit, will often reflect back on the path or road one has choose to contemplate, with never truly knowing if it we did choose the right or wrong direction. I will compare and contrast the literary works of “The Road Not Taken”, by Robert Frost and “I Used to Live Here Once”, by Jean Rhys. The two literary works attention is on the journey that an individual has decided to take through life. One of the narratives focuses on symbolizing choice, while the other is death, but in the same way are similar, because life itself is a journey that can lead into a life or death situation. “A symbol is an object, person, or action that conveys two meaning: its own literal meaning and something it stands for as well,” (Clugston, 2010). “The Road Not Taken” uses symbolism by starting with “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” (Frost, 1916). Two roads diverged is symbolizing the looking back, (a reflection point one has on life altering choices) on life’s lessons, (events) that have impacted one’s journey...
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...Astronomy Research and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life The objective of this paper is to discuss life here on Earth and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life in one’s solar system. The team will describe the properties of life on Earth and explain the theories for the genesis of life, including the theory of natural selection. Members will provide a brief description of the evolution of life and include a geological timescale that describes specific eras throughout the previous three billion plus years. The team will assess the possibilities of extraterrestrial life, and results will be presented. Describe the properties of life on Earth Properties of life on Earth are what define the word life. The properties of life consist of cells and reproduction, responses to the environment, growth and development, and evolution. Every living thing is collected through cells which make tissues and organs that make a living organism. All living organisms can produce such as humans, animals, bacteria, and plants called asexual reproduction. The responses of the living in the environment are through any changes occurring in “light, sound, heat, and chemical contact” through “eyes, ears, and taste buds” (Cliff’s notes, 2011, para. 3). Behavior is one way that all living organisms changes through the environment such as the food chain for one’s survival. Growth and development of an organism takes in all substantial amount of information through energy of building...
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...1/18/2014 SimUText :: Printable Chapter :: Life History PRINT ER-FRIENDLY PAGE: T his page contains the com plete tex t of this Sim UT ex t chapter. Y ou can use y our browser's print function to print a copy . Life History This chapter explores life cycles, life histories and life tables, and explores the trade-offs that different species make in their reproductive strategy. file:///C:/Users/Hossein/SimUText/labs/LifeHistory_20700/instructions/print_chapter.html 1/156 1/18/2014 SimUText :: Printable Chapter :: Life History Contents Se ction 1 : Life Cycle s a nd Life Historie s Chapter Credits This Sim UText chapter was dev eloped by a team including: Lead Author: Simon Bird Authors: W. John Roach, Ellie Steinberg, Eli Meir Reviewer: Susan Maruca Graphics: Brad Beesley, Jennifer Wallner Simulations: Susan Maruca Programming: Derek Stal, Steve Allison-Bunnell, Jen Jacaruso Outside Reviewer: James Danoff-Burg (Columbia University) Thanks to all the students and instructors who helped test prototy pes of this chapter. For m ore inform ation, please v isit www.sim bio.com . Suggested citation: Sim on Bird, Susan Maruca, W. John Roach, Ellie Steinberg, Eli Meir. 2 009 . Life History . In Sim UText Ecology . Sim bio.com . Sim UText is a registered tradem ark of Sim Biotic Software for Teaching and Research, Inc. © 2 009 -2 01 2 Sim Bio. All Rights Reserv ed. This and other Sim bio Interactiv e Chapters® are accessible through the Sim UText Sy stem ®. ...
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...Life forms adapted to the environmental changes that have taken place over the years to evolve to diverse life forms that are present in planet earth today. The various processes that ensure adaptation of the life forms include evolutions and mutations. There are various environmental factors that have contributed to the evolution of the organisms. All the life forms depend on the environment to obtain the nutrients required for survival. Therefore all life forms have to match up with the environmental changes and this is referred to as adaptation. There are various environmental changes which have occurred over the years such as changes in climate and seasons, competition, occurrence of infectious diseases and predation. In order to survive with these changes in the environment, the life forms have to change over time in a process referred to as evolution. Since nature is more of cooperative rather than competitive, all the life forms tend to evolve together in a process known as co-evolution in ordre to fit in and not become extinct. The various life forms cooperate in that some provide nutrients and shelter to others and competition only comes in when the organisms obtain their nutrients from the same source. Mutation is also another factor that has led to the adaptation of the life forms to the environmental changes over time. The process of mutation takes place in reproduction whereby the genetic makeup of the parent is passed on to the offspring. This process is inevitable...
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...balance, if any, to our family, nothing for friends, getting not enough sleep and repeat the same again and again. This is what we fondly call work-life-balance. Do you really want to live like a tightrope walker struggling between the abyss of work and life? There are thousands and thousands of desperate people who work long hard hours of job that they hate, to enable them to buy things that they need to satisfy the people that they like. The governments and corporates are not going to solve this problem for us. It is for us as individuals to take control and responsibility for the type of life that we want to lead. If you don’t design your life, others will design it for you and you may not like their idea of balance. It is particularly important that you don’t leave the quality of your life in the hands of commercial organizations. This is true for all commercial companies, because they are inherently designed to get as much of you as they can. It is in their nature and is embedded in their DNA. We have to be responsible for setting and enforcing the boundaries of balance that we want in our lives. We have to be careful with the timeframe that we choose upon which we judge our balance. As a New Year resolution, I sat down on a weekend and carefully prepared a detailed step-by-step description of an ideal balance day in my life And it went like this. Wake up at 5:30 after a good night sleep, go to the gym, have breakfast with my wife and son, drive son to school on...
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