Describe what “flourishing” and “helping” mean to you. Flourishing to me means being whole‚ unlocking your complete potential‚ it means to achieve all stages of success holistically within oneself and environment. What I mean is that in order to achieve flourishment‚ we need to accept ourselves and the direction that our life is heading in‚ reaching self-actualization. This means knowing yourself‚ knowing your strengths and weaknesses‚ knowing your self-worth and maintaining a moderate level of
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What is the rule that you live by? We all live in the world of rules. I would classify all the rules into two big groups macro and micro. Macro rules are the rules that were formed by government’s institutions‚ religion‚ culture and society. Micro rules are settled by each person for himself of herself depending on the way he/she was brought up and educated. I have a few personal rules I use in my live actively. They are very simple and based on a very elementary foundation. First of them is
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What does it mean to be a hero? Well when I was little ‚ about four to five years old I thought a hero was a person that had a lot of super powers . A superhero like the ones in cartoons like Batman ‚ Power Rangers ‚ Superman‚ Spider-man‚ and 0thers. But as I kept growing I said I always asked myself what is a hero? Is it some famous person‚ super hero or what? I never did quite understand the meaning till about now. Now I completely understand‚ a hero to me is someone who would always be there for
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What does it mean to be an adult? Does accountability make a person an adult? Does learning and improving on past experiences make someone an adult? Will caring for one’s self make somebody an adult? These are all small pieces to the puzzle but there is more to an adult then being a self-reliant‚ hardworking individual that pays their bills on time. In my opinion‚ you can be sixteen years old and be classified as an adult or twenty eight years old and not be an adult. Being an adult means that
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Scholarship means learning‚ service means giving back to the community‚ community means feeling one’s connection to others‚ and creativity means using the mind to create something original; however‚ I identify most strongly with scholarship and creativity. These ideals influence a great deal of things in my life‚ from my decisions to my perspective on the world. To me‚ scholarship means not only constantly learning but also striving to expand one’s knowledge. Scholarship impacts the way we live in many
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about the importance of our cultures. How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the
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What it means to be American People in the United States differ greatly in beliefs‚ physical appearances‚ and heritage; yet we all call ourselves Americans. We feel prouder than ever to say "I am American‚" raising American flags‚ wearing symbolic shirts‚ and showing true patriotism. But what really makes us American? What is the common factor that unites us? Is it our pride in our country? Our culture and style? Or maybe it is our liberties granted to us by the constitution? America spans three
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Patriotism. What does that word mean? Well‚ by definition it means the quality of being patriotic‚ or showing vigorous support for one’s country. How does one show patriotism though? Well‚ during the Revolutionary War‚ the best way to show patriotism was by joining the army or militia and fighting for our country’s freedom. Many people wanted to be free of the harsh governing grip of Great Britain rule. We were taxed without representation‚ and were forced to allow them to come into our homes. We
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piece‚ I used Lassel’s technique of depicting photographic moments to convey what home means to me. Just the topic of the southern lifestyles comes as a sensitive yet powerful subject for me. In my essay I decided to thoroughly develop strong mental pictures of the place I was raised and explain what it is that makes that friendly community of Lake Travis‚ Texas so special to me. Pinpointing the things that jog my memory of what it’s like to be from the welcoming town of LT in Austin‚ Texas. My main goal
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wear above our heads‚ but rather a title as well as responsibility we are to be obedient to. Thinking about this reminded me of our mission trip to the DR where I wrote a life statement‚ “To live a life showing a genuine love for others as Christ loved me. To live an authentic day to day life demonstrating an authentic representation of who I am in Christ‚ because He has given me everything I need and have. To be a light to others to show something is different because I strive to live an authentic
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