has slowly become one of my stronger characteristics. While I am a better listener at work, I hope to be a better listener in the home someday. In my line of work it is very important to listen to everything you hear. A resident may be telling you something completely off the wall but if you are truly listening there is always something more there. I have a man in our memory care unit, for advanced stages in Alzheimer’s, whom is constantly coined aggressive and hard to deal with. I find that he
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meeting and befriending a farm animal whom one might formerly have considered food. That was my route. I was 40 before I understood that I was living a lie, claiming to love animals on the one hand, and eating them on the other. Today, veganism brings me peace of mind and a nice circle of friends. I find it regrettable that vegans are so widely disliked in the mainstream media, but I’m not surprised. Our insistence that animals are neither objects nor ingredients is a perspective that people find
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allowed in Menelaos’ hall or sent off for entertainment otherwhere. Eteoneus’ question sparks Menelaos’ quick response, “How often have we eaten the food of a stranger, you and I, in other parts of the world, on our long journey home, praying that Zeus might somewhere give us rest and peace at last. Go and take out their horses, and bring the men in to share our feast (Homer 44).” The questioning reaction of Eteoneus is one more common in the American culture, very different from the hospitality in
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infectious Smiling is infectious You catch it like the flu When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too I walked around the corner And someone saw me grin When he smiled I realised I had passed it on to him I thought about the smile And then realised its worth A single smile like mine Could travel round the earth So if you feel a smile begin Don't leave it undetected Start an epidemic And get the world infected. Reason to Smile How can one smile such sweet smiles, When
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To the human mind, the vast frontier is alluring. This void offers new possibilities rather they be dangerous or promising. For some, escape to the unknown can lead to a new life. For others, it brings death. Still others are running to discover something exciting and new. Chris McCandless did both. The biography of Chris McCandless, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, recounts McCandless’s journey from Atlanta to discover America’s last frontier- Alaska- and perhaps to discover something about himself
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the Americans. The question of whether the United states should act as a policeman for other countries has been long debated over the past couple of decades, On one side there are people who support the quest of Usa being given the role of the world peace maker and on the other majority are those who question; “Who is USA to control or act as a policeman for other countries?” History of wars to dominate other cultures, creeds, races and nations goes back to thousands of years. As over the centuries
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A Brief Look at Happiness If nothing else, one thing can be said about happiness: If individuals are happy and they know they are happy, they should clap their hands. While the intent of this simple statement is merely to amuse children, developing true happiness is thought by many to be very difficult. Also, happiness is often falsely recognized and misinterpreted. Therefore, being truly happy and knowing you are truly happy are very loaded concepts. The object of this paper is to analyze and compare
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Amazon rainforest. It's the world's pearl as a red flame it engulfs the forest as if they were performing as if it were just there just for you. the charcoal air had turned from being crystal clear. All this just for new apartment or a new mall?The world that were trying to protect so dearly from everything that we have done. As the sweat drips from your face you start to realize that everything
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This poem is about the struggles in life, the ups and downs, the side to side, the zig zags, and twirls, the wind that knocks you down, the hands that help you up, it is in all about life, and that whatever life throws at you, you should never give up, no matter if you think there’s a path for you or not, because truly, there is always a path for you, this poem teaches you to still be positive about life even when it gets hard, and to not take things for granted. The line from the first stanza, line
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discomfort and confusion. When Dr. Manette is asked his name, he responds “one hundred and five, north tower” (44). Mr. Lorry asks, “Monsieur Manette, do you remember nothing of this man? Look at him. Look at me. Is there no old banker, no old business, no old servant, no old time, rising in your mind, Monsieur Manette? (45)” Later, Mr. Defarge asks, “Have you recognized him, monsieur? (45)” He doesn’t seem to recognize Mr. Lorry, or even more importantly, Lucie. Dr. Manette asks, “What is your name, my
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