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    Overcoming Adversity: My Story I would like to share with you an intimate look into my life. It is my hopes that my story will help you in overcoming adversity‚ and give you strength‚ even in the darkest of moments. When I was a child‚ the age of 6‚ I was taken from my biological family and placed in the foster-care system. I remember being scared yet curious and all the while confused. I didn’t know that this single act would set in to motion a chain of events and experiences that led me to be

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    Essay #1 “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant‚” by Roman poet‚ Horace. His statement implies that only misfortune may bring forth greatness. Ruin reveals true genius‚ in clover conceals it. The quote‚ “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant‚” by Roman poet‚ Horace‚ wouldn’t mean much to me if it wasn’t so utterly true. Everyone faces some sort of adversity throughout

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    A Day with a Friend

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    A Day with a Friend The 3 brothers arose to as bitter‚ winter day‚ ready to start their long‚ dreadful time in school. The eldest brother‚ Jonathan was prepared to set out for school‚ but was alarmed to see that they had not set breakfast or lunch for the day. Danny‚ the second eldest and Leon‚ the youngest had also stared at the empty wooden cabinet with disbelief. They all sauntered to school empty-handed as the icy‚ brisk air flashed into their faces. The 3

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    How We Face Adversity

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    How we face adversity Our life distingue into two‚ that is lucky and adversity. Sometimes‚ the people who face the adversity‚ they easy to give up their life and do something will harmful themselves like suicide to end their life. So‚ everybody does not encourage to do some dangerous action when face the adversity or want to reduce their stress. When we face the adversity‚ we must think positive and have a positive attitude. We must think how to solve the problems but do not think why the problems

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    Bring Back Flogging

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    Bring Back Flogging Every civilized society makes laws that protect its values‚ and society expects from every single person to obey to these laws. Whenever a person from this society breaks one of those laws‚ the rulers of the society punish him or her either by putting the person behind bars‚ whipping him or her‚ or exiling the person. A great debate has been raging since human society started. Some say that depriving a wrongdoer from his or her freedom is the best way to deter him or her from

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    Adversity In My Life

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    the ocean. I didn’t care. I would try to make it to the American base. If not… [shrugs] A boat picked me up. It was American military. They asked me questions. I told them I was not going back. They told me if I wanted to go to America I would have to join the military and fight. [This was during the Vietnam War era.] I told them‚ “No problem.” So I joined the Navy. After I got out‚ I moved to California. I couldn’t see my mother for 35 years. I couldn’t go visit her because I would be in big trouble

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    Boomerang Employees: Bring

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    Boomerang Employees: Bring ‘Em Back G.MURALI MANOHARI FACULTY‚ NEHRU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLGY‚ COIMBATORE B.SUDHA VENKATALAKSHMI FACULTY‚ NEHRU INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES‚ COIMBATORE “Great Things are coming back” Employee turnover is one of the biggest expenses for organizations. Losing and replacing employees can cost one times the salary and benefits of the departing employee. One method of combating high turnover costs is to focus on bringing back boomerang employees

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    “Liberty‚ Prosperity‚ Health and Happiness” Under the basic assumption that we are not constrained by the walls of imprisonment‚ liberty is an ever-present abstraction within our daily lives. Liberty is seen manifested within our realm with the availability of choices presented to us. Nevertheless‚ liberty is the engine that exerts choices. If we expand on the notion that liberty fuels choice‚ logic would guide us to the generalization that liberty is also encompassed with freedom. Woven all together

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    Real Friend

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    A real friend is one who stands by his friend in the hour of his need person deserts his friend at a time when he needs him the most‚ he cannot be called a real friend if two persons simply know each other‚ and they can call friends. The real test of friendship is‚ therefore‚ not mere acquaintance but the will to render timely help to a friend in distress. It is indeed very di to find a true friend in this world. Of course‚ there have been a few examples of true friendship in this Lord Krishna and

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    everyone. However‚ these are not the only problems. Every day we are all faced with adversity‚ ranging from simple tasks‚ a math test‚ to seemingly impossible ones‚ such as moving on from the loss of a good friend or family member. We are challenged to be strong and overcome this diversity. Sometimes we feel hopeless‚ unable to believe in ourselves‚ and we come close to quitting. It is then that we need a friend‚ someone that can be there for us in our times of need to support and keep pushing us

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