My life philosophy has always been to impact the world and help people. Growing up in Haiti where more than half of the population live in extreme poverty and two out of three Haitians lives on less than US$2 per day according to the world food programme‚ I quickly realized how the people around me and my friends didn’t have the opportunity that I had in order to reach their potential and achieve their dream. Attending school‚ having a meal where many of the opportunities that many people were deprived
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stuck by my side and loved me through it all has been Matt. He is truly the love of my life. That is why the past couple of days have been nothing but a roller coaster of emotional ups and downs for me. I am torn between my husband who is my best friend‚ the love of my life and another friend‚ that other friend being you. I don’t want to lose you as a friend‚ nor do I want to push you away‚ but I don’t want to constantly be looking over my shoulders in fear that I will lose the love of my life. This
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towards Israel‚ that it is my role to be more active as a Jew. It is important to me to embrace what it means to be a Jew in today’s world and to be comfortable representing this amongst people who are different from myself. If the Jewish message is that everyone is
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The clock above my head ticks slowly‚ the sound ever increasing as the minutes pass by; tick‚ tick‚ tick. I normally do not notice the time while I work‚ usually I am the energizer bunny of workers‚ in early‚ out late‚ always working or willing to‚ but that day was different; I had a date; a first date to be exact. Finally the time has come for me to go home; I step out into the warm Vegas air‚ I can smell the familiar scents of fall slowly encroaching on the city. September in Vegas is typically
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Have you ever heard of the word “destiny”. Well‚ of course you could’ve red that word somewhere. Three-year-olds have heard of that too. So‚ what is it? There are just certain thoughts when you hear words like that. For kids‚ they would say it’s all about Cinderella and Ariel and any Disney princesses and cartoons that make people fantasize and believe that dreams do come true‚ right? But let’s have it the other way around. No child play‚ just plain serious and sensible talk. Destiny is something not
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lover. My kids always wanted a dog. I dug my heels in but eventually‚ they wore me down with chorus’ of “please can we get a dog?” Begrudgingly‚ I began looking for a dog. It was to be a Christmas present for my kids‚ an older dog‚ a trained dog. I knew that I did not have the patience for training and I knew that when kids say they will help; I knew exactly what that meant. I started looking for a free dog‚ a dog no one wanted. The first place I looked was the online bulletin board that my place
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Enrique Tejera in Valencia estado Carabobo‚ Venezuela. Venezuela will always be my home no matter that I don’t really remember much. I was only there until I was five years old after about months later‚ my sisters and my mom decided it would be better if I came to the United States so I can have a better life. I passed my first birthday in the United States and turned six years old. I’ve been in the United States for about twelve years. I am the youngest of four children. I was always struggling in
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the years of my schooling experience I’ve adapted a love for writing and have came to love writing essays. As students moan and groan I silently rejoice because I get a chance to express myself through writing. To me‚ writing is like an art people use to express things the can’t say face to face. Out of the essays I have written so far this year I definitely have my favorite little pieces. Every writer has that little ‘I really love this part’ in any of their pieces. But‚ altogether my favorite thing
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Everyone loses someone or something they love at some point in their life. I rummaged through my grandpa’s rundown garage and became sad. All I could remember was the raspy sound of his laugh when we talked. He smoked‚ not a pack a day‚ but he had been doing it for so long that it hurt him. I continued to sort out the antiques and garbage for my dad‚ so he could decide what and what not to keep. I found a poster in the garage. He had two posters in his garage that he would always look at because
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religion class about heaven (Heaven Where is it? How do I get there?) and the different viewpoints about it. The Dalai Lama was featured in the video and it is believed that he is the fourteenth reincarnation of Buddha. Since I was shown this video‚ I was curious to learn about the teachings of Buddhism and how it is connected to Buddha. I have wondered a lot about other religions given the fact that I have not been exposed to a lot of individuals of other faiths throughout my life. When presented
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