Growing up I have always been involved in some extracurricular activity from gymnastics to soccer to t-ball to softball‚ I tried it all. In kindergarten‚ I started gymnastics while I still played recreational soccer. I worked really hard each practice and leveled up each year. I competed in meets and would always enjoy standing on the podium to receive my medal or trophy. One day at practice I had thought of a cool dismount on the balance beam and had practiced it a couple times. When my mom came
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Here’s the thing about me and perfectionism‚ I can’t control it. When something doesn’t meet my “high expectations‚” I would do anything in my power to fix it. I would always bust my butt to live up to an impossible standard I call my goal‚ and never give up until I reach the “picture-perfect” final product. And after working hard I still wouldn’t feel proud of my work. All I would feel is disappointment in myself. So‚ I would drive myself even more to get everything just right. This can be considered
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ARISTOTLE ’S EUDAIMONIA Eudaimonia stands for happiness in Greek. Aristotle argues that the highest good for human beings is happiness. He insists that every action performed by humans is to pursue happiness. Aristotle also argues that human action is always aimed at some end or good. This "good" may not be viewed as a good action or any good by others‚ but for the doer of the action ("good")‚ the activity will be perceived as good and that it will bring a favorable outcome. Aristotle also said
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For many the ultimate goal in life is to be happy‚ at least for me it is. Happiness is very different for everyone. My idea of happiness can potentially devastate to someone else’s life. Why It’s So Hard To Be Happy‚ by Michael Wiederman tried to explain the reasons why such a simple feeling of happiness is so difficult to attain. Are we just never satisfied? According to Wiederman we are creatures of habit and adaptation. We adapt to the good as well as the bad. We seek happiness in objects and
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When you hear the word literacy what comes to mind? Do you think of words or school or horrible comprehension tests? When I hear the word literacy none of the above is what comes to my mind. I think of when I was young‚ no more than five‚ and I would sit on my grandmother’s warm lap wrapped up in her arms that seemed to protect me from any and everything while she read to me. I think of the struggle and the many trials it took to spell and write my own name‚ but also relishing in the sense of accomplishment
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How we Achieve Happiness Name of Student: Course Title: Instructor’s Name: April 14‚ 2014 In the history of happiness‚ Socrates had a different place in the history of the West since he was the pioneering philosopher to reason that happiness occurred through human effort. Socrates existed in Greece around 460 BC in a place where happiness existed as a preserve of the people favored by the god only. The perception of hubris existed where one could only attain happiness
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Achilles resists his comrades request to return to war because of his condemnation of honor and glory. He places larger emphasis on his own life‚ rather than his duty to the Aegeans. Homer’s use of tone and diction illustrate Achilles’ negative feelings towards the concept of gaining honor. According to Achilles‚ the reward of honor is not as important as it is perceived. The language displays how he generalizes everyone at equal standings. By generalizing everyone as equals‚ he belittles himself
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Be Positive; Optimism Shown in Characters You and your best friend live a normal life in Gravesend‚ New Hampshire‚ although your best friend has a squeakier voice than you and is much shorter.Your favorite sport is baseball‚ until one day you are at your baseball game as your best friend is up to bat‚ who rarely ever gets on base‚ hits the ball so strong. Your mother‚ who is not paying attention to what seemed to be a foul ball‚ does not know that the ball is heading towards her and it strikes her
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on a daily basis in regards to police pursuits. This also includes the potential safety risks to the public‚ officers and suspects that are involved or not involved in a police pursuit. This paper will also highlight the statistics of police pursuits as well as the efforts and processes that are involved in making police pursuit policies. Police pursuits are often sudden decisions that have the potential to affect many other people’s lives. Police pursuits are a hard subject to fully understand
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Pursuit by definition can mean‚ “ an activity that one engages in as a vocation‚ profession‚ or avocation”. In today’s society there are many different pursuits taken part in by many different people. The citizens in our society try to pick a particular pursuit to follow and make sure that it is wise that they are involved in it. Whether or not the pursuit is considered wise is up to the people engaged in or observing said pursuit. Among the many possible pursuits only 6.9% or 22 million out of
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