the light. So maybe the way To make everything right Is for God to just reach out And turn off the light! Sheldon Allan Silverstein This poem was selected by me for many reasons. My faith in God makes me believe that when we look at people without judging, or with the light off, that everyone is the same. When reading this poem I thought about all of the people I know in my life, how they all differ, but how they are all important and the same to me. Each day I try to look people as
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the words of Mike Tyson, he quotes, “Discipline is doing what you have to do, but doing it like you love it.” As for me, I definitely agree with this saying. Being raised in a stereotypical and strict Asian family, discipline played a big role. No matter how small or big the situation was, discipline, manners and morals always mattered. For example, as a small child, my mom gave me little chores and responsibilities such as cleaning my room, throwing out the trash, and wiping down the table after
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If you had someone very close to you truthfully describe who they think that you are, would you be happy with what they said to you? Would you want to change some of the things they said? We all have our own personal code of ethics and we all look at the world and others in different ways. Who I am, who do I affect, what do I believe, why do I believe this. These are all things that we should look at in out out personal code of ethic and test ourselves to see if we really stand up to who we say that
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gut feeling that the assignment was going to be difficult and time consuming. Immediately I imagined the many hours that I would have to assert on the assignment, and the thought depressed me. Little did I know that doing the assignment would bring me one of the greatest surprises of my academic life and taught me that the writing process can’t be rushed. Mrs. Fisher paced back and forth in front of the class room as she explained how someone inspired her to become a teacher. At some point I stopped
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unconditionally. I was you, and you were me. That's what we were, we were eachother, just one power with the ability to control two. You see, that's what you did to me, you controlled me and you still control my thoughts and capture them just like you used to. There is no love lost between you and I, but that's about all that remains. We could have been one, but together we are dead, apart, we are able to fly freely just like we never could when I had you and you had me. I think of all we were and dream
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games. I helped out by making sure the game ran smoothly, the children got their prizes and everyone got a chance to play. I did this by making sure I was on task and not distracted because I needed to be aware of what was happening around me in order to make the game run as smoothly as possible. When beginning the Lunch Buddies service, I was excited as I had been involved in the
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I thought things would have been better between us as friends by now, but they haven't. I still wanted to wish you a happy birthday though and let you know I think about you often, especially since there really was no closure to our friendship. I miss you greatly and pray every night about and have faith that one day will be able to talk and laugh like we use to. I hope the same for greg and Martha since I can tell greg really misses her. As much as I miss you, I know for some reason the two of
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with my eyes, which was having a lazy eye. Everyone made fun of me and the main part is that my own brother made me feel like I was different and not normal. Even though he started everything from home, he still continued to tease me about my lazy eye outside of home. I got use to the fact that my brother teased me but in school was a different story because everywhere I went anyone would make fun of me and tell me “Are you looking at me or the ceiling” and every time I heard that I felt so bad that
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Analysis of Personality Patricia Wall Strayer University Introduction to Psychology Dr. Jacquot March 6, 2016 Retrospective Analysis of Personality Personality makes us who we are. Each individual’s personality is unique, no one is the same because our personality is shaped by many varying influences. Some personality traits stay the same over the years, while others change and evolve as we gain wisdom and understanding
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worry, were gonna have a little fun instead. That’s it! That’s my center. Fun!” I cannot forget what he said because it made me realize that each and everyone of us have our own center where we can pattern our life. At that moment I asked myself, what is my center? Then it struck me, Happiness! That is why I am touched with those lines because I can see myself. Life for me is happiness. Now that I have the answer to that question, how do I view life, my thoughts went 12 years ago. When I was a
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