discover what the ultimate nature of Reality is as if it will make them a better being. Albert Camus said “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life” (Camus, The Stranger) and he is correct. Trying to learn or understand a formula to be happy is futile and trying to figure out the ultimate Truth and Reality of the world will only make you miserable. There are two ideologies that I blend together
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life for me. The first day of high school, boy was I worried. Would I make friends? Will anyone like me? I need to make sure I have only the coolest clothes and latest handbag, if not people wont like me. I forced my mom to take me to the mall weekly, practically to Nordstrom and Saks Fifth and spend hundreds of dollars so that I wouldn’t be the loser wearing last seasons clothing. My choice of style helped me gain a high level of respect at school because people wanted to be just like me. This
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To begin, as a child it was just me and my mom for the first six years of my life. My mom had me at a pretty young age; she was about sixteen years old when she gave birth to me. I was born in the city of Waukegan, Illinois. My mom and I stayed in a one bedroom apartment that was painted baby blue in Zion, Illinois. Growing up I was a happy child. A lot of things made me happy, the biggest thing that made me happy is the way my mother put all her time and affection into making sure I wasn't
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was hot and dry today, but that didn’t effect me, because I was in the soil, where it was damp and cool. I’m never really affected by the weather and climate, so I am fine with being in many biomes. Of course, I wouldn’t last long in a desert, but to this Mediterranean climate, I can surely survive. A few days ago, I’ve hooked onto Bob’s roots. We have become such good friends! Our relationship is mutualistic, because I receive the nutrients that Bob makes, and I help give him mineral nutrients from
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there, I wonder if this is love. How could a man say he loves a women but then hits her? I thought he loved me. I thought we would be a happy family now that I am carrying his baby. Wow I must have thought wrong. This isn’t love this is painful. We have been together for only a couple of months. He said he would take care of me and the baby. He lied. You might ask why I don’t leave. Well let me take you down my long hurtful road and explain my reasoning. As a kid, I always saw a man hit my mom. I
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"Grandma, what helps you look so young?" She replied: "I am always happy my child." I found that a bit odd to be honest. How can someone be this old and never face pain or misery? It is statistically impossible. So I asked her one more time "Grandma, how is that possible?" She replied wisely once again: "Every human being has the choice of being happy or not. It is a simple matter of being positive all the time, whatever life threw at me, I looked
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princess when I was three, then an astronaut when I was five, to an artist when I was eight, on to a career path a bit more practical and much more realistic when I was getting older. Growing up, I have had a creative imagination, which allowed for me to play games like house, doctor, and anything I really wanted. But one thing was always clear. I was most certainly determined to help others. Out of those games, I wanted to play doctor the most. It was my favorite game considering I’d be able to
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were going to get mom. This made me a bit more happy but I continued to cry because Papa, Rorra, Trampita, Torito weren't going to be with us. Once we got to the camp I started to cry histaricaly because this was going to be the last day I see Papa and the rest for a while. "I remember the sad look on her face before I was taken" I said to myself as we were on our way back to Mexico. I just knew how much my teacher felt when she said that I was the one. This made me feel really bad for my teacher
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Everyone would have a place which has their special memory. This place could be a coffee shop, a restaurant, a museum, a shopping mall, a house, a park or somewhere else. As for me, this place is my family’s restaurant. The restaurant is not big, but makes people whoever goes there feel sweet and warm. It has my hometown’s traditional kind of Chinese food. It’s not a normal restaurant having the uncomfortable chairs and normal looking decorations. It is like a castle full of happiness which made
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begin with, the first category of my goals in life has to do with high school.One goal I have in high school is to play soccer on the Marina team for all four years I go to high school. This could help me by preparing me for college, not only to get on a college’s soccer team, but it also would teach me to work hard and not give up. To do this, I will have to constantly be ready to sacrifice my free time in order to be willing to train with my team. Moving on, I would like to graduate high school with
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