Amish Tekst: 6-7 min. - I choose this topic because I think it is interesting to know how the Amish lifestyle is in proportion to our way of life. I would like to know something about what it is like to be an Amish teenager. - As a Christian group was formed in the year 1693. They are Anabaptists and believed in baptizing adults. These peoples got called Mennonites; Later gave a man, who was called Jacob Amman the Mennonites, a new name: Amish. The Amish originated from the Anabaptist movement
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ON HOW TO BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND WHAT IT MEANS TO “BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND” To begin with the end in mind means to know where I am going, like what is my final destination in my career and my personal life? Covey says that each part of my life can be examined in the context of what really matters most to me. He goes on to say that I must start with a clear understanding of my destination so that I can know where I am now and the right steps to take to get me to my destination
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Psychology Existentialism uses a philosophical method called phenomenology. Phenomenology is the careful and complete study of phenomena, and is basically the invention of the philosopher Edmund Husserl. Phenomena are the contents of consciousness, the things, qualities, relationships, events, thoughts, images, memories, fantasies, feelings, acts, and so on, which we experience. Phenomenology is an attempt to allow these experiences to speak to us, to reveal themselves to us, so we might describe them
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the Anthem is a world filled with sameness and a very rigid social structure that oppresses individuality in an extreme way. There is no bettering of one’s self, no having a family, no free will. The men and women in the anthem are taught from birth, they all work together as one unit and there is no such thing as being different. People work not for themselves, but for the great of the city. This idea is so deeply seeded within their minds, they can’t even conceive the meaning of the word “I”
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Stoicism Stoicism is a philosophical teaching which has proven itself the most attainable and practicable ideology for the general citizen, baring ethics as its fruit. Stoics explain the world through physics, logic, and ethics. They draw attention to ethics and develop it as their primary importance of reason, while expanding on logic and physics as substance to strut their ethical resolves and principles. Originating from Greece, Stoicism evolved during the course of multiple periods, its inconsistencies
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scientific journals. After receiving a grant, he joined William Brandt in 1995 to research Responsible Thinking Process (RTP) and to help build more integrity into the process. Covey, S. (1989). The 7 habits of highly effective people. New York, NY: Free Press. Covey argues against what he calls "The Personality Ethic", something he sees as customary in many modern self-help books. He promotes what he labels "The Character Ethic": aligning one’s values with so-called "universal and timeless" principles
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Money rules the world Makes it go round From all the multi billions Until the last stray pound Love is all but forgotten While peace is second best All you need is money And it will surely bring the rest A long time ago I believed it was the thought that counted The price tag not important A smile, from a bargain Now all I hear is “I need this” And “I need that” So lucky are we that a necessity Is just another hat? Money is not power And happiness
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Free Version focus A simplicity manifesto in the Age of Distraction Leo Babauta focus: about about focus T his book, “focus”, is by Leo Babauta, creator of zen habits and mnmlist. It was written publicly, online, in small bursts, with feedback from readers throughout the writing process. It would be much worse without their wonderful help. dedication The book is dedicated to my grandfather, Joe Murphy, who lived a life that inspired me, and whose death has left a gap in my
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him, the future is certain; if you just strive your best, a pot of gold is surely and patiently waiting for you at the end of the rainbow. A decade of feeding from and growing in this food-for-thought had deeply embossed in my mind an image of a predictable life. It is as if great future results from correctly and devotedly following a life-formula, that future is almost a summation of all the positive and negative things one has done to his life, that his future is by and because of him, that future
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If we consider these facts, a question arises:- “Why bad things happen to good people? Or why bad things happen in the world?.” There has been a lot of investigations from all type of people that practice different religions in reference to these questions, also psychologists and philosophers have been part of this big interesting research. Some of them have found that evil is located in the self, that means that we people have the free will to do right or do wrong, and if we choose
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