...of Moral Values in Our Life Essay Positive moral values are important because they allow you to have an overall feeling of peace and joy. Moral values can give meaning and purpose to your life. You are able to direct your behavior towards beneficial and fulfilling activities. When you live your life according to moral values that are based on honesty, compassion, courage, modesty, and forgiveness, then you can also form positive bonds with other people. Incorporating the moral value of honesty in your life make you trustworthy. You will have a clear conscience because you can respect yourself. The people that you come into contact with will be able to count on you to be fair and sincere. Your integrity will allow you to advance in both your personal and professional life. There are more opportunities for you to fully experience life when you are an honest person. In addition to honesty, you also need to incorporate the moral value of compassion into your life. Compassion allows you to have sympathy for the misfortunes of other people. It also motivates you to want to give them any type of assistance that you can. Compassion results in your having feelings of mercy towards other people. When you have compassion as a moral value people are more likely to put their trust in you because you will be non-judgmental of their circumstances. Thirdly, the moral value of courage gives you the determination to face anything that impedes your progress through life. You will also be able...
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...One of the most pivotal moments of my life is when I got hired for my first job. I got hired in the summer of 2012 at the Pleasant Valley country club, trying to start at the bottom to work up to my dream of being a golf pro. Ever since I was six years old i knew i wanted to play golf for the rest of my life. I went throughout high school playing golf every year, making all county and all section honors, and lettering all 4 years. Since I was familiar with the country club my family was members at I figured it would be a great place to be my first job and i knew i would love working there. Like everyone else when they go for a job I had to get ready for my first interview in my life. I was nervous and terrified all at the same time. Even though i was friends with the pro at Pleasant Valley and my family had been members there for years I was still scared of failure of not getting the job. The only advice i got for this interview was make sure you shake his hand and look at him when you are talking to him and that was coming from my grandpa. My family raised me by trying to teach me responsibility at the youngest age possible so I applied for this job right when i turned 16 years old. I remember walking in to my boss' s office and him telling me to wait there for a minute because he had to go pick up papers. I had to sit in his office for about ten minutes and it was the longest ten minutes of my life because of all of the tension building up inside of me. He finally came back...
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...of conflict and anger, while they struggle to grasp an uncertain future.” My parents, Nicholas and Shanta starting dating in the eighth grade all the way until my mother was twenty-two years old and my father was twenty-three years old, and I was two years old. When I was two years old I lived with both of my parents in Charleston, IL on Reynolds Drive. I don’t remember much because of my age, but what I do know is my parents fought with each other all of the time and it wasn’t going to work out so they split up in the best interest of all three of us. As soon as my parents split up, my mom moved away to Du.Qouin, IL. She lived there for about eight years, which would’ve made me about ten years old....
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...first ten minutes of any film sets the tone for the entire movie. Just like a movie, is it possible that a person’s earliest memories can set the tone for their entire life? And if so, if you do not like you’re tone, how do you change it? Well this is what I’m trying to do know. Whether or not my theory is correct, I’m trying to change the tone of my life. If a director of a film is creating a horror movie, and the first ten minutes of his film seems to comedic, then the director would change the beginning. What I’m trying to say is, if my theory is correct, and I know that there is a problem, would that make it easier to fix my problem? My earliest memories that I can recall are those from when I was in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is the year my father left my family. I don’t blame my father anymore for what he did, but I somehow wonder if the memory has somehow created an subconscious effect on my life. See, my brain works a lot different than that of my sister or brother. My brother was ten when my father left. Therefore, my brother already had memories built before the departure. As for my sister, she doesn’t even recall my father’s departure at all. She was too young. But for me, like I said it was my first memory. I was six years old. I was very young and somewhat obnoxious. At that age there really wasn’t much to worry about. There was a park right across the street from my house. My best friend Clayton lived a few houses down. Life was that of any normal six year old...
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...the people in it, would influence my life so much. I just thought it was something to keep me busy so my parents did not have to watch me after school. If I can recall, it was my third show that I realized I was going to continue the program for a long time. Ever since then I have been an active member of this organization. TROUPE has given me an outstanding work ethic, time management skills, and shown me that everyone's job is important. If someone were to ask another person that interacts with me on a daily basis for a word to describe me, they would say “theatre” or “troupe” because I am there all the time and it is my second home. I say that Troupe second home because I spend most of my down time there either to work on a show or to participate in the classes they hold at the theatre. The first class I took there was and still is called Juniors, it is a class for five to nine year olds, teaching them acting skills. We played games, made up skits, read scenes from books, etc. That class showed me what I needed to work on the most to become a better actress....
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...Ten years ago, If you asked me what I wanted to do with my life, I wouldn't be able to answer that question. I went through a lot of major changes and nothing had my interest. I was a lost college student who was trying to find their niche in society. But, I was lucky enough to have people in my life that helped and supported me throughout my college career. As I reflect upon my personal and professional life, I can proudly say I've accomplished many things in the past ten years. I graduated from Temple university in 2019, I received my bachelor degree in accounting and 2 years later I received my masters in accounting. I owe all my accomplishments and achievements to Temple. I wouldn't be as successful as I an today if I didn't made the choice...
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...Self Intro Speech Hobbies & Interests (3) Goals/10 years from now (3) Life philosophy (3) Adequately developed (2) Ideas clear Good morning my name is Jon Key I am a freshman and a Knoxville native. I live in an apartment in the fort. My intended major is business management with collateral in entrepreneurship. I’m not a big fan of public speaking; I’ve been scarred ever since my first encounters in my high school French classes, and I’m already bad at speaking in front of people so having to present in another language is just awful. On another note, I’m still not sure if college is the right decision for me, sometimes I feel that I could be spending my time elsewhere finding out what it is that I truly want to do with my life. But as for now I figured it can’t hurt to at least get started and have the college experience until I either graduate or figure out what I want to do. As for my life outside the university you will find me mostly hanging with friends, having cookouts, four wheeling in the warm months and snowboarding in the cold months. I also enjoy getting a bunch of friends together and playing poker and pretty much any other card game for that matter. One of my goals for college is to start a business and gain experience so that when I get out I will be ahead of the game and have that business as a backup plan. As for life after college, I have a couple plans; plan A is to be an entrepreneur doing things like: starting and growing...
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...Overcoming the Torture “Do not ever tell me no again!” Those are the words that I faintly heard my mother expel through the stench of inexpensive champagne as she incoherently staggered out of my nebulous vision. My stomach began to rebuke the bitter flavor of the Clorox bleach that she just forced down my throat. As I layed handcuffed to the bathroom sink, fighting the overwhelming urge to vomit, thoughts of hatred, sorrow, and despair overwhelmed me. As I laid there on the arctic linoleum, I thought I could be the only child in the whole world going through such torture. However, “forty-seven percent of American children are victims of some form of abuse,” according to P. Burrows, a columnist for Newsweek magazine. Being a victim of these staggering statistics invoked me to research why people act this way. Overcoming the torture of my childhood, opened my eyes and made me realize that abused children today need to know that there is always “light at the end of the tunnel.” Until I reached age sixteen, I was a victim of mental, sexual, physical and emotional abuse. By the time that I had reached sixteen, I decided that I had been tortured enough and made the decision to move in with my grandmother. I felt that it was time to escape the bonds of what I called “hell.” It took me about nine or ten years to realize that all of the brutalities that I had gone through were not my fault nor did I deserve that treatment. Prior to that discovery, I had become very mischievous...
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...essay A teenage-life isne Isaksen like an adventure. Each day brings something new and you never know what to expect. For me, a teenager-life is hard to live. I can feel how the body changes. Many thoughts go into my mind. Many problems accurse; problems I did not have to deal with when I was 13 years old. Problems with my boyfriend and at home; that is a new task for me. It is hard to focus when these problems are in my head. To pretend to be happy at all times is difficult in the age of 13-17. All kinds of problems pop into my head and I have no idea how to handle them. For me the exams are just around the corner and it is not exactly easy to cope with the pressure when I don’t feel ready. Perhaps I grew up to fast; I did not focus on my schooling – it was much more fun to smoke and drink with my friends weekend after weekend. I am paying for it now. I really want to make an effort when it comes to my schooling. My parents are divorced and it is not easy to be a child and listen to what they have to say to each other. My parents’ divorce was stressful to me and I never wanted them to separate. My mother moves to Dubai for five years – I will see my mother ten times during ten years. I wish I could see her more. Love is difficult. It has been a struggle for me to find a boyfriend but I have been very lucky to meet a young man who loves me. He treats me like a princess and I feel happy and safe with him. I have made a lot of mistakes the last two years and if I could...
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... | | My name is Elizabeth Akande and I am seeking for an admission into the Master’s degree program at University of Miami (UM) at the School of Nursing. I have always believed in giving back to the community and in sharing my competencies and skills with others. My desire to help people in the field of nursing has powered my decision to take up a graduate degree in Nursing. Overcoming the many challenges in my life has helped me to believe that I can reach any goal I have set for myself, and one of these lifelong goals is to become a nurse practitioner and to obtain my graduate diploma from a respectable institution. I have had my fair share of obstacles and trials, and if not for the generosity and kindness of others and of the Almighty God, I may not have gone this far in my journey. My life has been one great challenge, but the trials that I have faced did not discourage me from my goals. Taking care of my family, working full time, and looking after my two elderly parents may not be the picture of a perfect life, but I have managed to make the best use of my time and my resources, to give equal attention to the people I love as well as the career that I have chosen for myself. My father has had spinal stenosis for 16 years now and is currently living with me. My mother, who is now 73 years old, also suffers from bad case of diabetes mellitus. I am currently taking care of them and my ten year-old daughter, my eight year-old son and my four year-old twin boys while...
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...Homework Module #8 Taught by Professor David Smith 1. “Our obligation is to give meaning to life, and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life” a quote by quote by Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate for peace, Holocaust survivor and author. I do not know, I find times I believe life does not have meaning, and agree with the Nihilists, Taylor and Schopenhauer. There are times I believe I tread my own destiny and find meaning in what I do, like R. M. Hare Self-Chosen Commitment. I still have many questions left unanswered. I think we all, at one time or another ponders the meaning of life. I have concluded, and it is not 42, Elie is right, my world or my meaning of life is a succession of obligations. I do not know if it is good or not so good. Growing up, I had obligations to my mom and dad, later in life to God, as a solider I sought obligations to my country, then my wife and daughters and now to myself. Could I have lived my life differently and shied away from any obligation? I do not think so; something is side giving you the drive to seek what others will not. I do not know what that is, God? Maybe. So this one I would have to agree with Elie, and Hare, we give our own life meaning, or not 2. Of course human history is progressing, in science, technology, standards of living, socially and governing. Yet there were nearly 10,000 rapes last year and 16,254 murders. Have we progressed from the man sitting by the fire in a cave, where the...
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...Ma. Clarinda P. Merle 4A8 1. How I see myself ten years from now. The future is a very complex thing to think about. There are lot of things happening right now that may or may not affect my decisions in the near future. But if I visualize myself in an utterly fiction that I made in my mind, I would say that ten years from now, I’m married to this wonderful man that I loved, having children of my own. I’ll have a beautiful house wherein I and my family would spend our lives together. I’d be happy working as an accountant or maybe I have finished law school and started a business or a small firm of my own. Even if I made plans ahead and I cannot really say more than these. Who knows what life will bring? But as for now, I know all I can see is that in ten years, I’m happy. Messages to Youth from John Paul II (Source: Faith First) October 22, 1978, Inauguration Ceremonies A special greeting to youth: "You are the future of the world, you are the hope of the Church, you are my hope." August 12, 1993, World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado "Young people of America and of the world, listen to what Christ the Redeemer is saying to you! 'To all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God.' The World Youth Day challenges you to be fully conscious of who you are as God's dearly beloved sons and daughters." August 14, 1991, World Youth Day in Czestochowa, Poland "...I pray that young people from East and West will walk together along...
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...“What is your topic?” My topic is “Child behavior is worse today than it was ten years ago”. “What are the possible different main claims/positions related to this topic?” The possible different main claims/positions related to this topic are agreeing that child behavior is worse today, disagreeing that they are worst and also being neutral all with argumentative reasoning. “What is your position regarding the topic?” I agree that child behavior today is worse than it was ten years ago with argumentative reasoning. “What ‘evidence’ have you offered to support your claim/position? Have you included your survey results?” The evidence offered to support my claim/position is through conversations I have had with others on the subway, at work, at the beauty salon and just about everywhere I travel, also through my research of study on the subject. Yes, I have included my survey results. “Put your claim/position and “evidence’ through the ‘Scientific Method’ and ‘Proving a theory’ steps. Are there any steps on which your claim/position and evidence do not measure up to the examination? If so, what can you do to make them more acceptable?” Providing evidence through the ‘Scientific Method’ has measured up to the examination. However the steps to ‘Proving a theory’ may give you the evidence to have a strong case but not actually proof that your theory has been proven. There will most likely be other evidence that will give your audience or viewers a different perspective on...
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...can be good, bad, or a combination of both. Many aspects if my life have influenced my personality and the way that I live. Moving to Pakistan from Egypt influenced my life dramatically. It began simply by my dad accepting a job in Pakistan. Resulting me being more close to my relatives, removing the prejudices about Pakistan and, gradually loving my motherland. In May 2004 my dad got a job from Karachi. Both my parents missed Pakistan very much, having all their brothers and sisters there and not having met them for ten years really made them homesick. My dad instantly accepted the job without even considering how I felt about it. Egypt was my home for ten years, the place where I had all my friends and spots where we hung out. The idea of moving to another country 5000 km away scared me. Starting from scratch, making new friends, learning a whole new language and the things I heard about of Karachi really frightened me. There was nothing that I could say or do that would change my parents mind. After a month we moved to Pakistan. It was the first time I was in Pakistan and was entirely different from what I had expected it to be. The first thing my parents wanted to do was visit all of their brothers and sisters. Most of my cousins are of my age, at first I wasn’t excited to meet my cousins but after having met them I realized that nice they were, we had many common interests. Over the short span of few months I and my cousins became very close. I never realized how essential...
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...orientated. My priority consisted of family, friendship, and a future spouse to help my journey through life. I accepted Christ when I was ten years old later discovering it was the greatest relationship I have ever received. Before Christ, I am not too sure if my life changed drastically. I went to church, grew up with morals, and prayed before bed. The change became noticeable as I began to learn how to cope with different failures in my life. The failure of family bonds, friendships, and relationships had their ways of disappointing me until I understood the meaning of my ten-year-old decision. I confessed to a friend that I feared death and my lack of fulfillment in family and friend relationship. He shared with me why...
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