Believe in Giving I believe that giving is the quintessential to living. Giving for me is like taking a breath of air‚ or the automatic beating of my heart. Giving to others gives me a feeling of happiness such as the sight of a rainbow‚ the sound of the waves crashing on shore or a clear night when you can see all of the stars. It is about making a difference in the life of someone that I may know well or someone that I just met for the first time. The rewards of giving are abundant
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Our Casuarina Tree is a poem by Toru Dutt‚ an Indian poet.The poem gives an objective description of the tree and the charm associated with poet’s childhood. It begins with an account of the giant tree with a creeper wrapped around it like a huge python. It is the centre of busy life of birds and beasts. The tree is depicted as grand and charming. It has become dear to the poet because of the memories that surround it - memories of a time when happy children played under its shade. The thought brings
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"Our Casuarina Tree" Toru Dutt: the poetess‚ while living abroad‚ is pining for the scenes of her native land and reliving the memories of her childhood. In the first part of the poem the poetess depicts the casuarina tree trailed by a creeper vine like a huge python‚ winding round and round with the rough trunk‚ sunken deep with scars. It reached to the height touching very summit near the stars. The casuarina tree stood alone unaccompanied in the compound wearing the scarf of the creeper hung with
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Giving in most cultures and religions is considered as an obligation of altruism and compassion. Despite its universal values in building a more caring and more humane society‚ giving is understood and interpreted differently from one culture to another‚ or from one religion to another. True giving in Buddhism is distinct from others in two main aspects: the things to offer and the attitudes of offering. The first difference is in what people should offer. Buddhism pays more attention to mental
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5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”
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Doing Business in China - Giving Gift Etiquette Gift giving is a time-honored way of expressing gratitude or appreciation to others and gifts are important part of the Chinese culture. Gift giving is a time-honored way of expressing gratitude or appreciation to others. It is important to know gifts are important part of the Chinese culture. For example‚ the Chinese would much rather reciprocate a gift with another gift than to send a ‘thank you’ card. When visiting someone in China‚ especially
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Our Casuarina Tree | | Toru Dutt (1856–77) | | | LIKE a huge Python‚ winding round and round | | The rugged trunk‚ indented deep with scars‚ | | Up to its very summit near the stars‚ | | A creeper climbs‚ in whose embraces bound | | No other tree could live. But gallantly | 5 | The giant wears the scarf‚ and flowers are hung | | In crimson clusters all the boughs among‚ | | Whereon all day are gathered bird and bee; | | And oft at nights the
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McNair and Kevin Wilson Q. In an essay of not more than 1‚500 words compare and contrast ONE PAIR of the two pairs of poems printed below. Your answer should exhibiy a clear understanding of each poem’s meaning and tone‚ and you should consider the effect and importance of formal features‚ such as rhyme scheme‚ sound patterning‚ word choice‚ figurative language and punctuation. Date handed in : 31st January 2011 This essay will compare the poems “On Passing the New Menin Gate” by Siegfried
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Ricky Evans Reflection Assignments Discuss plagiarism and your newly acquired knowledge or understanding of giving credit where credit is due (The Essential Guide‚ pp. 58-65; Herzing University Policy on Academic Dishonesty‚ Course Information) When it comes to plagiarism and giving credit where credit is due; what I believe what this is about is giving who is reading your work that you have done the research and that you understand what you are reading. When it comes to citing you are putting
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Title "THANKS GIVING SPEECH" A big ’Thank You’ to [name speaker]‚ for her / his efforts towards [speech topic]. Refer and respond to just one central idea of the speaker that you found particularly interesting. If there are more speakers‚ then consider these vote of thanks examples: I must mention our deep sense of appreciation for [name speaker]‚ for her / his explanation of [speech topic]. [Again refer ... ] Further‚ we are greatful to [speaker]‚ for demonstrating her/his [speech topic]
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