...Save as Many as You Ruin Sometime in a lifetime people make mistakes. This can be mistakes that are impossible to save and mistakes that can get absolutely crucial for the rest of your life. If you believe in God or faith, you might also believe that faith or God might reach out a hand to help you when no one else stopped believing you. It is in moments like these where it is important to remember, that you can always try saving something that you previously ruined. Gerard is the main character is the story and he is a handsome man living in New York with his eight-year old daughter. Gerard loves his daughter, Lucy. She is his light of the day and there are several times in the story where he mentions how much she means to him. “Gerard feels a stabbing love for his daughter” (line 18), “She’s wonderful, just wonderful” (line 78) and “I love you” (line 165). Apart from Lucy Gerard lives a relatively boring and uninteresting life. The only thing we, as readers hear about is his love for his daughter and the women there have been in his life. We are never told what kind of job he has, or where he grew up and anything about his parents or friends he might or might not have in his life. A turning point for Gerard in the story is when he meets Laurel by a coincident though a window. At this time Gerard and Laurel are former partners and Gerard haven’t seen Laurel for years. Laurel is the only woman Gerard ever loved, but in spite of that she is not Lucy’s mother. Gerard met...
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...This was Percival and Gwaine’s one official duty for the night, and then they could relax again. The festival attendees were escorted to the far side of the field on the off chance one of the knights missed his mark, but Percival had never seen that happen. And besides, they had all been practicing their shooting skills for weeks and weeks. “Light up, men,” called Arthur, and the knights dipped their arrows in the pit fire crackling in front of them. “Take aim… Loose!” Twenty-five knights (including Percival, Gwaine, and Leon) fired into...
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...I feel it in my gut. When you have someone in your life you just expect them to be there forever. That is not often the case, people and things have a way of disappearing. You must remember to treasure the good times because you can never get those times back. I am personally talking about pets, but it could be for anyone. I was just thinking about my dog that I have lost; it hurt so bad I felt like I would never recover. You may feel empty and so depleted of emotion but then something comes into your life that makes you light up. It happened to me and I hope it happens for everyone else who has faced a loss of some kind. About six years ago I had a beautiful dog named Bear; he was very furry and had the cutest squirrel like tail. I loved him tremendously; he was my playmate, and my best friend. Unfortunately Bear was an older dog and passed away over night which still shocked my whole family because he played like a puppy the night before I went to sleep. I was so devastated and could not stop crying, I told my mom through streaming tears that I never want another dog again. I was so distraught that I actually thought I would never again be able to love another dog. After a few months of grieving the loss of my wonderful dog Bear, I asked my mom if we could get another. I was shocked I felt this way but was pretty sure I needed to have another dog in my life and thankfully she agreed. I wanted to get a dog from a shelter, to save them from being euthanized and...
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...It takes a STRONG HEART to love but it takes a STRONGER HEART to continue to love after it has been hurt. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― André Gide, Autumn Leaves Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow, we must fail in order to know, Sometimes our vision clears only after our eyes are washed away with tears.... 1. There are days when you need someone who just wants to be your sunshine and not the air you breathe. ~Robert Brault 2. Without a single thought, two hands collide and the world finally makes sense again. ~Kayla Dawn 3. Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weedn 4. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~Oprah Winfrey 5. Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers. ~Mary Tyler Moore 6. Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. ~Rainer Maria Rilke 7. You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with. ~Wayne W. Dyer 8. Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings...
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...the Accuser of the Brethren himself. I knew that there were many more evil divisions beyond my scope of vision, but these were the vanguard of this terrible horde from hell that was now being released against the church. The weapons carried buy this horde had names on them: the swords were named Intimidation; the spears were named Treachery; and their arrows were named Accusations, Gossip, Slander and Faultfinding. Scouts and smaller companies of demons with such names as Rejection, Bitterness, Impatience, Un-forgiveness and Lust were sent in advance of this army to prepare for the main attack. I knew in my heart that the church had never faced anything like this before. The main assignment of this army was to cause division. It was sent to attack every level of relationship-churches with each other, congregations with their pastors, husbands and wives, children and parents, and even children with each other. The scouts were sent to locate the openings in churches, families or individuals that rejection, bitterness, lust, etc., could exploit and make a larger breech for the divisions that were coming. The most shocking part of this vision was that this horde was not riding on horses, but on Christians! Most of them were well-dressed, respectable, and had the appearance of being refined and educated. These were Christians who had opened themselves to the powers of darkness to such a degree...
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...early 1900s, young girls are portrayed naturally falling in love with the princess characters. However, the fairy tale ideals these movies contain are only in place to mask the negative impact that they are actually having on young girls. For years these movies have been teaching girls to be sweet, emotional and a damsel in distress so that their Prince Charming will fall in love with them and save them from danger. This trend is shown in multiple Disney princess movies where the princesses are dependent on their prince, these insecure and naïve princesses are not the role models that young girls...
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... The poem I’m speaking on is cruelty and this poem has six couplets, twelve lines, and 9 sentences. The definition of cruelty is taking pleasure in being evil. The poem speaks about what I am capable of and what I would want and like to do when I’m angry. Cruelty isn’t right but you have to be cruel sometimes to be nice, because cruelty comes in many disguises. I like this poem because I once wanted to be cruel when I was young and dumb. The eyes of the children are the first to reveal the effects of cruelty. Cruelty can be defined as the trait of lacking interest in suffering, disturbance and physical or psychological problems of others and even getting pleasure from inflicting pains or suffers. In a situation of cruelty physical harm isn’t needed always, getting pleasure from pains or suffers in the mind can be described as cruelty. Human beings are constantly hurting each other in both their intimate relationships and in their social relationships. Yes, sometimes the pain they inflict is physical, but most of the time it is emotional. Some of us may even admit to having been cruel. I am trying to make it very clear that our society has become very sick, very twisted and very evil and so I believe this trait is crazy. Believe me; I’ve really seen wicked things that some degenerate parents have done to their own children. We are always looking out to make sure that we get what we want in life too. Now I understand that most of us do not go to the same extremes that others...
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...cars are out of here never to be seen again, I'm beginning to think that all these people that hate muscle cars are losing the battle. Back in the mid to late 1970's I heard that gas prices would kill American muscle cars. Then again in the 1980's when the government got tough on emissions, and began to kill power that all cars had, yet still the muscle car had made it through the storm, maybe you just can't kill American automotive history. We had Ralph Nader telling us that cars were the cause of all of the pollution problems on our planet, when in actuality cars only encompass about 1% of the problem, and you can get less emissions and still have power. This entire thing is just people that...
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...Elmer Ito ay bayan ni juan Hindi bayan ni run Dumating pa sa puntong Ang braso ay may bayanihan Bago magkalimutan Wag magsapilitan Walang papalitan Hindi 'to katatawanan ( chorus ) Wag kang maniniwala sa paligid mo (Hindi lahat ay totoo) Mga naririnig at nakikita mo (Isa-isang isipin 'to) Piliin mo ang iniidolo (Mga ginagawa't binibigkas) Dahil pag-usad ay hindi ganun kadulas Kung ika'y makata sa pinas Kamusta ka na idol Ako nga pala si Elmer Ikaw ang aking idol Ang idol ko na rapper Mula nang marinig ko Ang kanta mong simpleng tao Ako ay nabaliw nung Nilabas mo pa yung lando May bago ka bang album Penge naman ng kopya Meron ako nung luma Ang kaso nga lang pirata Sumusulat din ako Marunong din akong mag rap Gusto mo ipadinig ko sa'yo Wag kang kukurap Di lang ikaw ang idol ko Pati rin yung stickfiggas ...
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...door swings open, another shall shut, Closing behind of what was left to come undone, Revealing after all that he truly was, Only the accomplis. Not apart of that man, But by any other name he‘d still Never be accepted, Only judged by what was in front, Not what was truly divine?” 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What is in a name? That which we call a rose . By any other name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee,…’ Quote Juliet- Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare Prologue He sat there by the fogged up window sitting on the old box seat, he was staring out at the rain that was falling on the ground, the rain had been pouring down ever since dawn that morning and to be honest it was annoying the shit out of him. It beat down at the ground so hard that all the roses in the front garden had, their leaves torn apart so now they looked like dark red smudges against the earthy ground that was beneath them. Lee the young man sitting by the window was talking on the phone he sat their with a beer in his hand and the football glaring in the background, he was talking to Sienna they had been getting closer over...
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...Can I get a Witness? Acts 4: 18-20 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, n“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 oFor we cannot but speak the things which pwe have seen and heard.” You judge for yourselves whether it’s right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God, but we can’t help speaking about what we have seen and what we have heard. For the time that we have to share today, I want to talk on the subject Can I get a Witness? Can I get a witness? It is obvious from your response, that from the announcement of that statement, that you have heard that question before. If you have been in church for about 3 and half days you probably have had that question raised before in some worship experience. For without doubt preachers across the country stand in pulpits over and over again, time and time again and ask this question in the midst of their proclamation and presentation, Can I get a witness? It is when that interrogative is raised that the proclaimer is wondering if the congregation to whom he or she is speaking is in tune and in touch with the message that is being conveyed. Every now and then if the congregation seems to get a little too quiet in church, if they seem a little too disconnected from the message, the messenger would pause parenthetically and ask the question can I get a witness. It is when that...
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...these past 6 months with you have been the best 6 months I have ever fucking had. you are the most gentle delightful human being I have ever met and I could write books about how you make me feel. you have done so much for me, I don't know how I could ever repay you for any of it. my favorite part about being with you is the memories we have and the ones we make, the things we learn from arguments and mistakes we make. we went from being best friends who bitched about everything to each other, best friends that talked about everything, to becoming this, which is a big ass leap from where we were from the start. I never knew I would fall this much in love with you, or anyone really, I didn't really...
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...loyalty, love, business, and contentment. Through his writing, Hermann Hesse shows that friendships teach Siddhartha the things he needs to know to reach enlightenment when he learns loyalty through his friendship with Govinda and learns to love through his relationship with Kamala. In the novel, Siddhartha is taught the qualities of loyalty through his friendship with Govinda. Govinda’s loyalty is proven when Siddhartha says, “You have always been my...
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...SIDDHARTHA An Indian Tale Hermann Hesse THE INTERNET ARCHIVE The Presidio San Francisco Contents FIRST PART THE SON OF THE BRAHMAN WITH THE SAMANAS GOTAMA AWAKENING SECOND PART KAMALA WITH THE CHILDLIKE PEOPLE SANSARA BY THE RIVER THE FERRYMAN THE SON OM GOVINDA 3 5 15 27 39 45 47 65 77 89 103 119 131 141 1 2 This etext was produced by Michael Pullen globaltraveler5565@yahoo.com, with original translations made by: Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer, Semyon Chaichenets. Proofreading corrections were done by Chandra Yenco cyenco@dnet.net.id and Isaac Jones ijones@cis.ohiostate.edu. 3 4 FIRST PART To Romain Rolland, my dear friend 5 6 SIDDHARTHA THE SON OF THE BRAHMAN N THE SHADE of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Salwood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of a Brahman. The sun tanned his light shoulders by the banks of the river when bathing, performing the sacred ablutions, the sacred offerings. In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred offerings were made, when his father, the scholar, taught him, when the wise men talked. For a long time, Siddhartha had been partaking in the discussions of the wise men, practising debate with Govinda, practising with Govinda the art of...
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...when it occurred. The vehicle started to swerve as we crossed the bridge, the tires screeched across the road, lifting up pavement as it drove. Half way across the bridge I felt a huge explosion that vibrated the car and took us off the road and into the air. The sound of nature banging and crashing into us as we rolled down the hill while glass shattered and gravity was moving me in every direction. As the water moved over my head I froze which felt like forever. With my last ounce of strength I tried the seat belt again and got it undone. I made my way through the car, out of the back window that has already been shattered from the fall and towards the shining beam of light from the water’s surface. I breached the water’s surface gasping for air. I made my way to the sure and looked up to the sky, seeing the bridge I was relieved to be out of the car and the sky soon faded and become black as I could not keep my mind open. Time has passed since it happened and my life hasn’t been quite the same. They still rest in my mind like a faint memory, which emerges from the darkness of the mind. Think of it as turning on your old analogue television. Now how am I meant to move on with my life? I don’t know what I am or who I am meant to be. I no longer have the two guidance of my life that are my parents. I still have my...
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