speech quotation
“When the Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the Game.” Grantland Rice
Even though I may question or even not believe in a heaven, hell or an afterlife, I will live my life in a manner that is in keeping with how I want to be treated by others. It is not because I want to get into heaven or have a better experience in the afterlife, but simply because it is the right thing to do. I do not believe someone should be good only because they are afraid of going to hell, they should be good because it is what they want to do. Living in fear of your actions is not how I want to live my life. I would prefer to live my life the way I feel it should be lived and face the consequences, if there are any, rather than to live and act in fear of the consequences.
I do believe that any harm or ill will I do to others may come back to trouble me, not in an afterlife, but here, while I still living. I will do my best not to intentionally harm others. If there comes a time where I do harm someone, I will do my best to reverse the damage, or to make retributions.
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok
Throughout history, higher education was looked at as something for the elite, the intellectuals and the wealthy while the average person usually learned a trade. Although a higher education wasn’t a requirement, in order to live decently one still needed to learn a trade.
It used to be if you were healthy you had a good chance of finding decent work. As time went by, many jobs began requiring the ability to read and write. As jobs evolved and became more difficult, a high school diploma became a requirement. Within the past years, a high school diploma wasn’t enough anymore to find a decent paying job. The problem was there were more people than jobs. Jobs that are past years ago only required a high school education, but now, it required a four year college degree. Even with
Even though I may question or even not believe in a heaven, hell or an afterlife, I will live my life in a manner that is in keeping with how I want to be treated by others. It is not because I want to get into heaven or have a better experience in the afterlife, but simply because it is the right thing to do. I do not believe someone should be good only because they are afraid of going to hell, they should be good because it is what they want to do. Living in fear of your actions is not how I want to live my life. I would prefer to live my life the way I feel it should be lived and face the consequences, if there are any, rather than to live and act in fear of the consequences.
I do believe that any harm or ill will I do to others may come back to trouble me, not in an afterlife, but here, while I still living. I will do my best not to intentionally harm others. If there comes a time where I do harm someone, I will do my best to reverse the damage, or to make retributions.
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok
Throughout history, higher education was looked at as something for the elite, the intellectuals and the wealthy while the average person usually learned a trade. Although a higher education wasn’t a requirement, in order to live decently one still needed to learn a trade.
It used to be if you were healthy you had a good chance of finding decent work. As time went by, many jobs began requiring the ability to read and write. As jobs evolved and became more difficult, a high school diploma became a requirement. Within the past years, a high school diploma wasn’t enough anymore to find a decent paying job. The problem was there were more people than jobs. Jobs that are past years ago only required a high school education, but now, it required a four year college degree. Even with