The world we live in today is full of surprise and mystery. Anything that exists could or does have a hidden meaning or message. Scientific studies show that some ancient scripts and symbols are not languages. They're actually just warning signs or messages. But today we give hidden meaning to ...

A special dad is hard to find but my father was a wonderfully eccentric man. He was a gentle, hardworking, generous, avoided conflict and always tried to make people laugh. He didn't tell others what they should believe or how to live their lives. Even as a parent, he was often reluctant to give his...

I believe that the American dream is not established as one thing. I think that the American dream can be a lot of many different things. Such as a car or something like a house land maybe even some clothing. No one really knows what the American dream is as far as us Americans are concerned the ...

Chapter I In the first chapter they went around asking people what there religion was just to kill them because they diden't like them.Asking someone what their religions is just so they can kill you is harable and mean. I think if they knew what was going to happen they would not because ...

The Catch of Life! Do you know of anyone who has had the privilege to adopt a child? My husband and I were definitely blessed with that privilege fourteen years ago when we adopted our daughter, Megan. This weekend, we were asked to participate in the celebration of a new addition to our frien...

Seatbelt Saved Me I woke up around one pm that day. I had a night job in the city of Rochester and that started at 6pm so I had to get ready. After getting ready. I would go to my friend David's house where I had my computer because at the time he had cable internet and we would play games b...

Photograph Happiness, when are we the happiest? I notice looking back that there was a time when nothing mattered. Stress, love, hate all in the distant future, but far from a thought in ones head. Free from responsibility and liability, could we have known what was ahead? Many things affect ones l...

It's funny how people do things just to prove to themselves that they shouldn't have done it. I am one of those people. I am definitely one of those people. I go out of my way to run with my shoelaces untied, just so when I fall, I could say "I knew that was gonna happen". Th...

Dear Diary, Today I had an amazing feast at the Mead Hall. It consisted of 30 of the king's spearmen. They had passed out because they had so much alcohol to drink. It made I easier to eat them because of that. Best of all King Hrothgar has done little to stop me from this. I can go any...

Aging I.Q. After taking the "What is your aging I.Q." quiz I received a score of 16 out of 20. I think my knowledge of aging is above average because I have spent a lot of time with both my grandparents recently in my life. From doing chores to helping them do the things I take for g...

Jose Negron Theology II My Enlightenment As I began to read Augustine's Confessions it became obvious to me that the only way to comprehend and understand the writing and message was to somehow transform the words into a meaning. I had to develop a relationship with Augustine's life with mine ...

Thank you so much for being "There"!!!! By "There," I can't really explan what I mean By "There" I just hope you know! You are trully an angel, thats god gifted you with the name! In my eyes( as well as others) you are an angel! You played and are playing a big role in my becoming a better person,...

The first ode in Sophocles' "Antigone" contains analogies that represent the paradoxical relationship between fate and free-will. The relationship that these two ideas have can be interpreted differently; yet, it is always possible to say that it is your fate to believe in free-will ...

My Transformation I was waiting for this moment in my life for four years now. The time was finally hear, and as quickly as it came it was gone. Graduation night, the end of one life and the beginning of a totally new one. One full of different opportunities, worries, dead lines, and joys. W...

Accidents happen everywhere around us, but you never know when they will occur. People who experience an accident first hand, will describe how it changes their life around. I am one of these people. Being involved in an accident could be an experience that could change your whole life around. ...

My father always used to tell me, "Sometimes you just need to change things up a little." I never truly understood what he meant until we moved to the small town known as Rockford. This slight relocation, as he called it, was definitely changing things up. I remember the exact day that my dad anno...

Ever been in an elevator? Of course you have. I'm sure almost everyone has. Well, here's a little story about my encounter with an elevator on the last day of school last year. It was the last day of school. You could smell the excitement in the air. YES! Finally we could go home for the...

Changes¡K Changes, they happen everywhere. The dictionary says ¡§To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform¡. That¡s not exactly the way I define change. I see it as to take an alternative path from the one you have been following. A change affects a lot no matter h...

During the summer of 1998 I began to worry about how I was going to feel about entering a new school. Sherwood High School was so different compared to Farquhar Middle. It is almost 3 times larger than Farquhar Middle. It felt odd to be at the summer orientation at Sherwood. I felt alone and conf...

Dating There is a stage in your life when a new door is opened. Something new is introduced. This is when your interest in the opposite sex becomes an attraction and a decision is made to date a person. Dating is a different way to get to know a person in a more intimate manner. The intention of d...

Richard Wright's "The Man Who Was Almost a Man," is the story of Dave Saunders, a young man's struggle with life and death; and good and evil. The good is his desire to have a positive life and become a man and the evil is the challenge of having to overcome all the negative fac...

Nature vs. "The Open Boat" The billowing waves are enormous for the tiny little boat that is the home to four men and their ultimate destiny. Nature, being a true defiant adversary to the four men, creates a dynamic series of events. In Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" a rel...

Competition is a part of life that can't be avoided. Even when we don't realize we are doing it, we all try our hardest at what we do often trying to rise above everyone else. Often on the school level many types of competition are nurtured and encouraged. From very young ages little ...

Priceless Memories Going along you life there is always that one person and that one place that eternally dwells in our minds. Though our five senses we are able to learn and love the people and places in our minds. The person that I admire the most is my great grandma. She is s...

"Hello?" "Hey, Trina, how are you? You will never believe what I am about to tell you! We are moving to Kentucky." ...Silence... "This is final?" she asked quietly. This is how one of my phone calls to my best friend went when my parents told my siblings and me ...