share the same topic, growing old. It can be easily seen that both texts have different structures starting because text 1 is a poem and text 2 is an essay. Text 1 has 4 short, 4 lined stanzas which follow the rhyme scheme of ABCB that fully describe the way in which the poet pictures how her life in the future will be. The poet portrays the positive aspects of growing old mentioning that peace, relaxation and tranquillity are a few of the things that one can enjoy while being “old”. Nevertheless
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wish for something that may happen or may not happen. We can all hope that there will be nothing but good in the world when we wake up tomorrow, but we don't know what is going to actually happen for sure. My hope for the future is for people to focus on acting as if life matters. We, Americans, need to live together in peace. We all need to focus on what really matters instead of the little nonsense. People have fought for our freedom and peace. We should respect all the ones that have stood for our
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helps us to understand our self interest and enables us to adopt suitable strategies to achieve our self interest. Pursuit of self interest is one of the greatest symbols of individual freedom and liberty. There is nothing to be ashamed about this. But unabashed pursuit of self interest without caring for its repercussions on others or society at large takes us to a blind alley from where there is no return and we end up like the greedy fellow
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rooted in the core of our existence. It is the treasure we seek in all aspects of our lives; the one thing we know can complete us if we simply find the right kind. Yet, where did this inner desire for love come from? Are we even close to finding what true love really looks like? Who came up with love and why is it such a difficult thing to grasp and hold onto? Let me share with you the most beautiful love story ever to be heard. It is a story full of action, danger, hope, discouragement, victory
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pictures my needle will show.” She sang this over and over reminiscing, letting the needle guide her into a different time. She repeated this melodramatic act each day, from morning until noon when it became time for her afternoon nap. Today was nothing different except she was gradually moving further and further back into her memory, transforming into the person she once was, the child she had once been that no longer existed. A cool
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of this course that would affect my life, broaden my perspective, and somehow change something about my behavior. Little did I know that I would get so much more than just notes, lectures, and homework, I received some important tools for life that can help me in many situations. The five tools I incorporated into my life and do today are benefit finding, the nightly gratitude journal, and importance of flow in life, eudemonia, and the wonder drug. These important five tools that I picked up this
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The person who seeks to change another person in a relationship basically sets the stage for a great deal of conflict. ~ Wesley Snipes ~ Very often we go into relationships with the idea that we can make somebody better. We set their flaws or shortcomings and take it upon ourselves to help them fix what is wrong. Our task in our relationship is not to fix one another. Our job is to love what we see and support one another in doing better. Fixing is telling what is wrong, why and how to fix it
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character; Steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare, More leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are the days of two incomes, but more divorces; Of fancier houses, but broken homes. It is a time when there is much in the show window, and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, And a time when you can choose, Either to make a difference .... or just hit, delete. - His Holiness
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he had to believe that everything that the Teachers, Councils, and Scholars said was true. Thus molding his moral assessments and making him view them as evil. “For the Council of Vocations knows in its great wisdom where you are needed by your brother men, better than you can know it in your unworthy little minds.” Equality was raised and was taught to live by the word “WE”, he was told anything done for one’s self was evil. He was supposed to live for his brothers to conform to the society without
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“If you kiddies didn’t rave in the 90s, you don’t even know what a real rave is. You raved in the 90s? Aren’t you a little old to still be in the scene now? EDM has no age limit guys, as long as you don’t listen to sellouts like Avicii. Avicii is really good. You only like him because you’re on massive amounts of drugs. Don’t judge someone who takes drugs. Yeah, judge the half naked girls instead. You only go to raves as an excuse to dress like a slut. Bros don’t belong here. Teenagers don’t belong
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