possibility––it makes no guarantees. It’s an alluring but elusive ideal. Take an Impressionist painting‚ you can admire it from a distance‚ but as you get closer‚ it becomes incoherent. You lose sight of the big picture (literally). The same is true of the American Dream; you can admire it as a concept‚ but as you get closer‚ what was so clearly compelling begins to dissolve. You are absorbed in the pursuit of something fleeting––a mirage‚ just out of reach. What’s next when you have everything
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Ideas‚ that I have found very useful in my life. I do not want to claim that my mother is better than the average people that would sound very egoistic. But I think there is nothing wrong in saying that I developed liking for these particular type of person from an early age‚ and therefor I attend to judge her as much better than the average. Just to give you an example of the extended why I have been inspired my mother‚ I would like to tell you that just because my mother was taking a nursing school
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A Critique of Jill Dubisch’s You Are What You Eat Before reading Jill Dubisch’s article You Are What You Eat‚ I had many presumptions regarding how Dubisch would connect the health food movement to Geertz and his definition of religion. When thinking about the supposed “premise” of religion‚ I had always believed the vague and obscure definition that religion is a set of beliefs and practices that center around a divine force. Because of my ignorance regarding religion‚ my views were incredulous
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WHAT MAKES YOU WAIT FOR THE FUTURE (4/2/2013) What makes you wait for the future? What makes you go on? What makes you strive to see the future? If life is a harsh place to live in why do you still work hard to keep moving forward? If you had answer these questions with an ease‚ probably you are having a good life‚ having a great experience with your love ones‚ probably life smite you so hard‚ test you and everything was so wrong that you almost give up but hope came up. There are so many reasons
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If I inherited RM1 million from a distant relative‚ then my life would take a dramatic turn from what it is now. I would adopt the lifestyle of the rich and famous. There are lots of things I would do with the money. Firstly‚ before I use the money at all‚ I would give away ten percent to charity. Ten percent of RM1 million works out to RM100‚000. This is a lot of money to give away. It does not mean that I am a generous or saintly person. It simply means that when we get good luck‚ we must thank
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might think “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” What they should be thinking about is what got them into a near-death situation in the first place. Several years ago I had been working in Europe for more than 200 days straight. I was sick of the cold‚ dreary weather I was forced to endure day in and day out in the north of England. So when my friends suggested that I join them on vacation to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands‚ I jumped at the chance to go. What I didn’t know at the time
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In President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ he provided what is quite possibly one of his most famous quotes: "My fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what can you do for your country." This was followed up by‚ "My fellow citizens of the world‚ ask not what America will do for you‚ but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Exactly 44 years after Kennedy’s Inaugural address‚ it might be worthwhile to revisit the implications of this statement. Can
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What is Strategy Johnson and Scholes (Exploring Corporate Strategy) define strategy as follows: "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organisation through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment‚ to meet the needs of markets and to fulfil stakeholder expectations". In other words‚ strategy is about: * Where is the business trying to get to in the long-term (direction) * Which markets should a business
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What were you afraid of when you were a child ? There were many things that I was scared of when I was little. Some of the fears I acquired were due to prevailing gossips and unfounded tales talked about by the people who were close to me - friends‚ cousins and my parents. But as I mature into my teenage years‚ I realised the folly and absurdities of my fears. In fact‚ some of them were so ludicrous like lurking monsters under my bed and demon-like character that brutally attacked anyone
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happen before my existence and cause my existence. In the following paper‚ I would like to explain why “I exist because I think” is false and explain “I think because I exist” is true. Let me first explain why ‘I exist because I think’ is false. If ‘I exist because I think’ is true‚ every time when I think I exist and when I do not think‚ I do not exist. As I mentioned‚ “Think” seems to be the cause of my existence in this case. How can my thinking exist before my existence and cause my existence
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