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    course‚ there are times when we overstep the line and find ourselves believing another is exactly like us‚ instead of respecting their individuality. Though it’s innately human nature to want to make marks‚ and collect mementos. Nobody wants to be forgotten in this world. It’s contrary to evolution to forget where you’ve been lest you become prey. In the modern age‚ we think we’re the predator‚ but we’re really the prey. We try to sell ourselves

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    physical appearance and vanity‚ but it is mental and emotional. We have to challenge ourselves and change the way we view ourselves in the mirror‚ change the way we think about ourselves‚ and the way we react to our body in order to develop a healthier self-image. Not only is it ourselves that have to be positive‚ but we must feel loved by others as well. The way other people see us influences how we see ourselves. “People associates being "thin"‚ with "hard-working‚ beautiful‚ strong and self-disciplined

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    situation. Rogers rejected the deterministic nature of both psychoanalysis and behaviorism and maintained that we behave as we do because of the way we perceive our situation. "As no one else can know how we perceive‚ we are the best experts on ourselves." (Gross‚ 1992) Believing strongly that theory should come out of practice rather than the other way round‚ Rogers developed his theory based on his work with emotionally troubled people and claimed that we have a remarkable capacity for self-healing

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    diversity. People are very capable of finding the seemingly smallest differences between themselves. They will even make some of their biggest life choices based off of these differences. By drawing these subtle distinctions we continue to surround ourselves with people more and more like us‚ causing certain areas to have certain characteristics. Brooks goes on to state that our cities and neighborhoods are becoming more and more like themselves. He says that when a place becomes grouped with a certain

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    because we are flawed‚ breakable. But we know ourselves better than anyone else.” - J. B. Peterson ((Second Link 00:23)). Here Dr. Peterson shows us that how we view other people and others wrong doing that this could lead to a contempt of‚ not only other people‚ but ourselves as well. This kind of self destructive behavior is a huge enemy to happiness. How are we to improve if we cant even get over ourselves? The answer is that we can’t. We must treat ourselves as if we were someone who we were responsible

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    creator that conceived him. RESPONSIBILITY An implication given in the lecture is how a being would be able to existence would come before its essence even if God does not exist. Sartre mentioned that there is no human nature because we define ourselves and not by any force that lives inside us. By Sartre saying that “in choosing for himself‚ he chooses for all men”‚ he means that when humans make decisions‚ it affirms that value of which he had chosen. The choices we consider are always the

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    includes understanding beforehand‚ the sacrament‚ holy bible and constantly becoming active in the church. By understanding the sacred writings it will lead us to understand our sinful self. When preparing to confess we must be prepared to strip ourselves to the father and show him all the sins we have committed. By doing this we are confessing only the truth and speaking to God as an honest individual who means to accept the holy trinity. At times when confessing we speak in a too formal matter

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    prioritizing what needs to be done for our own good. In this case‚ its class work so we need to set up a schedule for ourselves that will help us manage our time much better and be more successful. The amount of energy we have when we do work affects it completely be it negative or positive. As students‚ we should know what brings us up and what brings us down and should get ourselves to the energy level that will help us better focus on the task at hand. We also tend to study for long periods of time

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    has had an impact in shaping our self- identities. Some questions that I’ve asked myself‚ who am I? Where do I fit in society? We ask ourselves these and other self- reflective questions several times in our lifetime because our self- concept is how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us. Social networking has not only affected the way we perceive ourselves but it’s also had an impact in how we communicate in our households‚ with our family and friends. During my childhood‚ I lived in a

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    answers because we want to prove to ourselves that we made the right decisions but the truth is we can’t search for what’s not there. Things happen because it’s meant to happen. That’s why we forgive people even if they hurt us. We love people who don’t love us. And we smile despite every painful crash in our hearts. At the end of the day‚ lessons we get are answers to our decisions. In life‚ we always search for answers because we want to prove to ourselves that we made the right decisions but

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