...this book “Ann of Ava” is a journey of a girl becoming a woman. The story is about the life of an ambitious, hardworking missionary who has to deal with struggles, changes, and many lessons. Ann took risks for God, and in doing so she learned various things behind for her own good. Nancy (Ann) has brown, curly hair and brown eyes. She is beautiful, selfless and kind. Much like her determined husband, Adoniram, she is a devoted Christian. The thing that stood out the most about Ann is that despite how beautiful she is on the outside, she cares more about what kind of person she is on the inside. Instead of easily becoming self-centred she only focused on other people and their needs. Ann and her husband have such good motives. It seems as though Nancy changed so much and so little at the same time. She took the step to become a Christian, and an even bigger step to be the first foreign woman missionary. Through every change and struggle Nancy matured. Even when everything changed, she remained true to herself and to God. Ann of Ava made a point of faith and trust. Even though we will all be let down or disappointed, faith is what makes life worth living. Sometimes we will have to trust people even if we don’t want to. We must always trust god and desire to lean on him only. Ann truly became herself in her hometown of Massachusetts where she gave her life to God. Then she shared her life with Adoniram. Although that’s where she got her start Burma is the place where she fulfilled...
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...John Lang Professor Johnson ENG 100 10/26/11 Life’s Work Out Through the concept of vanity Mark Doty uses metaphors such as: salt- stain spot (1), weights lifted (9), the bench (4) and hoist nothing that need be lifted (5-6) to help convey the message of what kind of life do you live and what kind of impact you will leave behind. Why do you strive to become an object of desire? Why do you torment yourself for your own vanity? Why do you burden yourself with unnecessary tasks? Mark Doty uses something so ordinary, the gym, to capture the enigma of trying to live a unique life and leave behind a legacy while simultaneously wanting to be accepted or become part of a group. This salt-stain spot marks the place where men lay down their heads (1-3). Mentioned by Mark Doty is this salt-stain spot (1) which can be viewed negatively or positively. To begin with, this salt-stain is written in negative connotation with its intent being that we as human beings have been leaving behind a disarray for society, and generations to come, to clean up. Also, human beings have not been responsible with their lives and cause more harm than good. Another way to look at this stain is in way almost positive, for you can see the “salt-stain spot” (1) from the hard work and dedication from previous generations. The author might intend to portray it as desirable, for one to achieve. This stain seems elusive but desired by most; most want the stain but won’t work to achieve even a sweat. This stain...
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...A Life’s Worth by James Adrian S. Amparado Life is beautiful, when you have your loved ones and having an experience of wonderful. The love given, and in return much love received and woven. Living the life of love, that is the life that we should have. Knowing the value of the self, the love and to it, makes the life worth it. This is how I value life, it starts by knowing thy self. This short poem that I made is about a life’s worth of a person. Having knowledge of life running through a person, attaching love and experience to the way of life. One statement made me do it. A statement told by a philosopher named Socrates about life. The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire initiative. He pursued genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent, Socrates employed the same logical tricks developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursuit of truth. Thus, his willingness to call everything into question and his determination to accept nothing less than a suitable account of the nature of things make him the first clear promoter of critical philosophy. Although he was well known during his own time for his conversational skills and public teaching, Socrates wrote nothing. Nevertheless, it is usually assumed that at least the early dialogues of Plato provide an accurate representation of Socrates himself. "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates...
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...[5] Yes, we have the obligation to provide our children with the best possible life but prenatal testing for disabilities should be limited to conditions that would lead to the child having a life not worth living or conditions that have treatment options prior to birth that would increase the child’s quality of life. Using prenatal testing for any other purpose will do more harm than good to the child and society, as we will be putting high expectations on the child and promoting social inequality. According to the three theories of well being, hedonistic, desire-fulfillment and the objective list theory we will not be providing the best opportunities for our children to be happy. While prenatal testing can provide some vital information that will benefit expecting parents, using it create children without disabilities discriminates and dehumanizes those currently living with mental and physical deficiencies. It will also create greater social inequality as those...
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...INTRODUCTION Socrates believed that the purpose of human life was personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to grow towards greater understanding of our true nature unless we take the time to examine and reflect upon our life. Examining our life reviles pattern of our behavior. Deeper contemplation yields understanding of the subconscious programming, the powerful mental software that runs our life. Unless we become aware of those patterns, much of our life is unconscious pattern. We all have blind spots sometimes when I examine a chronic problem in my life, I have unsetting feeling that I must be missing something, but I can’t quite see what it is. We try to examine ourselves but none of us can use our backside (our shadow) That’s why Socrates’ method of self examination includes an essential element that becomes Socratic dialogue. Dialoguing with a close friend, a spouse a skilled psychotherapist or spiritual advisers help reveal those blind spot we cannot see by our selves. This quote is from Socrates believed that the purpose of human life was personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to grow towards greater understanding of our true nature unless we take time to examine and reflect upon our life. Examining our life reveals pattern of behavior unless we become aware of these pattern, much of our life is unconscious repetition however many times we are too busy with our life and work to contemplate fully our life’s pattern. According to Socrates we need to stop and...
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...If you were to ask a person’’What is living life to the fullest?’’ Chances are they’d say bungee jumping ,cliff diving,traveling or something to that effect. Hardly anyone would say growing mentally and becoming more self-aware. Right before Socrates was put to death , he stated that,“The unexamined life is not worth living.’’ This was directed towards the athenians because they lived a very acquiescent life.They obeyed the Gods without any questions and there was nothing beyond serving and pleasing the Gods.To comprehend what this means ,we must first understand what the unexamined life consisted of ,to Socrates the unexamined life‘’lacked self-assessment , limited human capacity and stifled the breath of reason.’’ What Socrates stated is very subjective because a wealthy man would probably say a life without money is not worth living or like Pythagoras who believed life was worthless without math.If you agree with Socrates then to live an examined life , you must discover what is this life worth to you?...
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...imperfection and finding a way to overcome my own issues with worthiness. I never thought a self-help book could change my life, but having read The Gifts of Imperfection cover to cover, I find myself being a firm believer in their power. This book is nothing like what I presumed a self-help book to be like. Brown does an excellent job of exploring self-worth and wholehearted living from the perspective of an average person, including personal stories alongside her research into the subject. Instead of giving the reader a “quick fix” to all of their problems, Brown leads them on what feels like a side-by-side journey to discovering their own worthiness, and shows them...
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...Unexamined Life Many people nowadays have really been questioning and asking themselves, “What’s the purpose of life”? If you really been questioning that then you’re really not living life to your fullest potential. The intelligent Greece philosopher Socrates once said “An unexamined life is not worth living”. Socrates stated this statement because it is saying one should examine their selves first before judging others in society and find the meaning and happiness of life. Socrates general reason for making this claim in my opinion is because is because he was tired of people living the “lazy’ life and not going beyond their ability to achieve the best to their ability. Socrates was put on trial for many things. Most importantly Socrates was put on trial because he was talking about false Gods and corrupting the youth. Socrates was a debatable person and hardly anyone on the town liked him. Socrates was known as someone who would challenge anyone's thinking; he did it through his endless and circular Socratic dialogues, and Socrates publicly questioned the Gods Athenians worshiped. Socrates was found guilty and was then sentenced. He would abide by the law and didn't even try to convince the jury he was innocent. Socrates preformed his own sentence on his own by drinking poison and ended up killing himself. Socrates really did not have a lot of fans on his side because everyone just thought he was better and wiser than them. The only way they were able to get rid of him was...
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...Losers A loser is a person who fails frequently or is generally unsuccessful in life. In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems, three men are classified as losers in three different situations. The three protagonists of the poems are Miniver Cheevy, Richard Cory, and Mr. Flood. These three men, unable to cope with their problems or improve their situations, drown in a life of misery, sadness, and loneliness. They live an unhappy life but do nothing to make it or themselves better. In Robinson’s poem, Miniver Cheevy, a man is unhappy with the era he is living in. He wishes he lived in the time of warriors, swords, and medieval iron clothing. He thought he was born in the wrong time and called it fate. He describes his times as boring, where nothing adventurous happens, like in the old times. Unfortunately, Miniver Cheevy did nothing to improve his life and only kept dreaming of a fantasy life. He becomes a loser that only keeps dreaming, drinking, thinking and thinking but cared less about making his life worth living. He got drunk everyday only to keep imagining a fantasy life that would never become reality and weeping that he was ever born. But not everybody copes with the problems the same way. On another one of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems, a story of a wealthy, envied man is described. Richard Cory is the main character of the poem. He is extremely rich, educated, and gracious. His life seems perfect. Men envy him and women want to be with him. A greeting from him was...
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...question. Cohabitation -- living together without the commitment of marriage -- is on the rise. And it's a good idea to examine your fears and ask questions before making this important step. Although increasing numbers of individuals report less social stigma about cohabitation, many of the people who I've counseled ask these key questions: will living together lead to marriage and will it increase risk of divorce? What are your motivations for living together? Based on discussing this question, you may find out that your partner is simply trying to save money by sharing the rent. If you want to develop a deeper bond, and most significantly, you see cohabitation as a step toward marriage, these differing expectations may be a problem. Pros * Research about whether living together before marriage increases your risk for divorce is less definitive. It's unclear if it actually increases the risk. If individuals who cohabitate are at a slightly higher risk for divorce, it may not be because they lived together before marriage. It could speak more to their mindset about commitment in general. Is it just greater acceptance of divorce in general? Is it that people who live together have a weaker commitment to the institution of marriage? It depends on who you ask. * Learn to Live Together Before Breaking the Bank on a Wedding This is wayyyy easier said than done, because living together takes so much compromise. If you’re talking about living together, you probably spend...
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...L. Saunders, J.D. once said “Disabling diseases and injuries, including those for which there is a terminal diagnosis, are tragic. However, there is no such thing as a life not worth living.” Assisted suicide is na escape for the terminally ill but it is not justifiable. There are many issues with suicide and a lot more issues with suicide by physician. In this paper I am going to venture into a few of these issues and show you why we should not stand behind legalized assisted suicide. As a society we operate under the Social Contract which guarantees us the rights to life, liberty and property. Not only is assisted suicide not a fundamental liberty because it harms the Due Process Clause it also is forbidden under the social contract’s “life clause.” In order for a government to be just and fair it must protect the lives of its citizens and assisted suicide in all forms harms this. In the Supreme Court case Washington v. Glucksberg the majority opinion stated “The history of the law's treatment of assisted suicide in this country has been and continues to be one of the rejection of nearly all efforts to permit it. That being the case, our decisions lead us...
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...It’s Not Worth The Journey The United states are known to have a large population of illegal immigrants. Immigrants seeking for the “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” () which America has however their nation doesn't. Immigrants are willing to leave their country, risk their life, and dignity to become part of America, but is it worth it? These immigrants never get to see their family, are constantly being taken advantage of and will never be seen as part of American no matter how hard they work these are some reasons why the journey to America is not worth it. Furthermore the journey to America is not worth it, despite any potential benefits since Immigrants desert their families to go to America with the broken guarantee that they will return. In the book Enrique's journey, Sonia Nazario uncovers the account of a single parent named Lourdes that left her children Enrique and...
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...Phil 100 Prof. Michael Rosenthal 22 April 2015 Paper 1 Topic 2 Socrates, accused of making the worse into the stronger argument, corrupting the young and not believing in the same Gods the city believes in (24b), was found guilty and sentenced to death. After being sentenced and awaiting his penalty, his friend, Crito, visited Socrates. While awaiting his death, Crito attempted to convince Socrates that he should flee from Athens and escape his death sentence. Why might Crito try to convince Socrates to break the law and escape from Athens? Crito explained to Socrates that if Socrates were to die, not only would Crito be deprived of a friend, but Crito’s reputation would be harmed as well. Crito believed that if he were to allow Socrates to die, people would think that Crito valued money more than his own friends (Socrates dying would indicate that Crito did not spend money in order to save him) (43d). Crito’s concern for his reputation and the thoughts of the majority prompted Socrates to raise a question, “why should we care so much for what the majority think?” (43d). Crito responded by saying it is important to show concern for the opinion of the majority, “…one must also pay attention to the opinion of the majority,” (44d). Crito believed that paying mind to the opinion of the majority is important because “…the majority can inflict not the least but pretty well the greatest evils if one is slandered among them,” (44d). In other words, the majority has the ability...
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...Taking Socrates meaning into account, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” How might that apply to our lives and culture today? When I reflect on the Socrates statement I believe it follows logical implication with a persons assumption or consequence. Free speech is what our culture is today I would like to know that when a person tells me something he or she is speaking the truth, as a child of God I know his word is true because he said it is. Each person views life differently than the other unless you follow Jesus Christ and his ways, which are set firm in his word. According to Mark B. Woodhouse his book “A Preface to Philosophy”. He stated two beliefs logically imply each other when the truth of one requires the truth of the other. Do I believe Socrates statement the “Unexamined life is not worth living” is true? I personally go both ways with his statement I agree we should examine life especially if were a Christian for example if there are sins in our life that needs to be taken care of so we can move forward from the bondage that sin can have in our life, we should do that so our heart is pure before God and he will forgive us of our sins. As God said in 1John 4:1-6 we should test the spirit first before making any decision, so we can make the right choice, which will have a positive outcome. Word Count 325 words with intro and 251...
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...1. Peter Singer and Joseph DesJardins have some important discussion about decision-making. Even though they have different approaches in making decisions, both of their ideas focus on ethical choices. In Ivan Boesky’s Choice, Peter Singer mentioned ultimate choice and restricted choice. While restricted choices are made more often in daily life, ultimate choices are made when one is facing a decision that can benefit himself or can go against his ethical values. In my understanding, restricted choices are decisions that can be made without thinking critically or be done with some consideration. These choices are often made by a person’s interest. The decision, whether is good or bad, cannot affect the other’s interests. For example, a student chooses chemistry to study even though she doesn’t enjoy this subject. Although her decision might result in a lower grade in this course, it will not affect her classmates. On the other hand, ultimate choices are decisions that can affect not only a person’s interest, but also the others’. Unlike making restricted decisions, a person has to think critically and carefully before the ultimate decisions are made about the consequences. If a person respects his ethical values, it’s likely for him to make a good decision. If he decides to benefit himself, he might make a bad choice, and it might result in unpredicted consequences. For example, the same student who picked chemistry, and at this moment, she is having a really hard time. The...
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