whole days‚with grief‚ regret‚ despair‚ and misery” (Maupassant 2). Seeing her friends live in luxury and prosperity only made her more depressed than before each time she saw them because they reminded her of what she lacked. Mathilde had allowed selfishness to take completely a hold of her to the point where she prefered to be alone than being around her friends. She greatly envied them and being around them only increased her misery when she returned home to her simple‚ and so it seemed‚ destitute
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People all over the world have to make choices that can‚ and will‚ change certain areas of their lives. Some will be more important than others. They can be defining moments in many’s lives‚ as it was for the narrator of "Shooting an Elephant." He made a decision in the moment‚ one that can be difficult to analyze. One must take the ethics of the action into consideration‚ as well as his motivation and how the action affected him after. Just figuring out the details of his decision can show what
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Moise Kisubqi ESOL 0184 July 11‚ 2014 Essay #1 My Country Congo "This country has far more problems than it deserves‚ and far more solutions than it applies." This quote is from Ralph Nader is an American political activist‚ as well as an author‚ lecturer‚ and attorney. Its quote gives us a picture of the Republic Democratic of Congo. Likewise the quote of Dr. Steve Maraboli is an internet radio commentator‚ motivational speaker and author. He said‚ "Sometimes problems
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Quietly Plotting The normal ups and downs of life mean that everyone feels sad or has "the blues" from time to time. But if emptiness and despair have taken hold of a person’s life and won’t go away‚ they may have depression. Depression is an illness that involves the body‚ mood and thoughts. Depression affects the way a person eats and sleeps‚ feels about themselves‚ and the way they think of the things around them. On October 2‚ 2010‚ my cousin committed suicide due to this illness. Most of us
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’peaceful world’ that God wants us to have. Selfishness voids that peace. The solution: Honestly examine your motives. Are you considering others’ feelings and needs? God is Love‚ the Bible says. He created us in His image. It grieves His heart when we forget to walk in love. Are you demanding more of the people around you than they are willing or able to give? Are you withholding favor‚ mercy‚ forgiveness and blessing? Ask yourself ’why?’ Selfishness is the opposite of love and compassion. It is
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avoided. He explains that ignorance and selfishness causes suffering. Suffering is in part with Karma which means “action” or “deed”‚ karma reflects in the later life through the actions or deeds done right now. Quote: “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?” I like this quote because a person does have a choice to change their selfish ways‚ by understanding how it affects people‚ and how ignorance and selfishness can be locked away permanently through
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don’t always end the way expected. Things can get in the way and don’t always necessarily have positive impacts on both one’s self and on others. Not every ending is a happy ending and sometimes selfishness can change the course of events. This is exactly what the author made happen with Bernard. His selfishness got in the way‚ and although he was off to a good start‚ he failed miserably at the
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for one to find the person who can do justice to the word love. We come across many people but very few seems to love and care for others. We have so much of hatred that it seems true love is slowly fading away. Despite‚ all of the hatred and the selfishness
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headed to their weekend trip it states‚ “He became depressed in spite of the car”‚ then while at the diner‚ “The boy bent over again and very carefully touched his finger to a strand of the golden hair and Mr. Shiftlet left”. This demonstrates his selfishness by leaving a deaf girl alone in an unfamiliar place just because he felt uncomfortable and pressured to marry her. O’Connor’s message that people only look to God in desperate times is shown in this story too. After the hitchhiker hops out of his
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of The Miser‚ I initially was not sure about its true meaning. After questioning this I discovered it describes a miserable‚ penny pinching character. On expanding on this and relating it to my shadow‚ I expressed my own connection of this to selfishness leading on to false guilt. So how do I apply the core conditions to myself when experiencing these elements of my shadow? And
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