Another Place‚ Another Time Owen‚ an adventurous little boy‚ eyed the bottle with a face of youthful curiosity. It was a translucent bottle made of orange glass with small round pills inside. He had never seen them before in his life and there was no label to explain what they would do‚ only four simple yet confounding words written in black marker that instructed him to “stay for a while.” After several minutes of debating‚ he let his curiosity take the best of him. He glanced around the rustically
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Make good decisions. Do the right thing‚ no matter who is watching. Those words have been repeated and instilled in my mind since I was a young child. My parents always harped on doing the right thing‚ and making good choices‚ because some decisions made at an early age can follow you into adulthood. Unfortunately‚ sometimes making a wrong decision only helps you to learn from the mistake. When I was 15 years old‚ my friend *Alyssa Brown (Pseudonym) was raped. She was my best friend and someone I
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Changed My Life (Or Something Along Those Lines) By: Star Li (View Profile) Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech means a lot to me. I’ve been told numerous times to listen to this particular speech but kept putting it off because I was sure it would be something along the clichéd lines of “Follow your dreams‚” “Never give up no matter ………0what‚” “Work hard so you can one day be as successful as me‚” etc. I didn’t want to be preached to‚ especially not from someone like Jobs who I saw
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Should You Buy or Rent a home‚ The Choice is Yours. Lisa Jeanne Luco COM/155 November 11‚ 2012 Megan Callahan Should You Buy or Rent a home‚ The Choice is Yours. Everyday someone is making the decision to move‚ whether it be across the country or a few blocks away. When you make the decision to move the next question that comes up is whether or not you should buy or rent a home. Careful consideration should be given when making this decision; carefully look at your finances and family
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the greatest at home‚ my parents and I got into it a few times one of which ended in me attempting to live independently‚ getting my first job‚ and having to return home. A few weeks later a night when going out with two of my buddies‚ we came back to our car getting robbed startling the robbers as we approached they began shooting at us and my friend took a bullet to the stomach luckily missing his main organs‚ he recovered well and is doing great now. This shook my focus on school and oriented it
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Who Makes Decision In My Life What is life? Many people think this question is for those kids or primary students to answer. Yet‚ I can say that majority of university students or adult will not be able to answer this question as well. Most of them will just tell the definition of life according to the Google‚ Wikipedia and dictionaries. No doubt‚ those definitions are absolutely correct and tremendous. However‚ do those definitions grant you any understanding of life? I firmly believe there’s
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIFE INTERESTING? You don’t like your life? Change it! Change your life for the better! There are many ways on how to make your life interesting. Some of the most worthwhile things in life aren’t easy. One of the things I dislike most about “power of positive thinking” style personal development philosophies (such as “The Secret”) is the implication that if you just have the right attitude and the right state of mind‚ the rest will just fall into place. I think it causes a lot of
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better option than buying a house for young people like myself that have not reached the point of financial‚ mental‚ and emotional stability that it takes to buy a home. Most things we want in life can be negotiated to get what we want‚ but when it comes to buying a home‚ every piece has to fit the puzzle perfectly to even consider it as a option. I have also considered the most important point and goal of buying a home is being able to keep the home you bought because gaining when knowing there is
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“Don’t do this to me!” That was the Customer Service Manager’s reaction when I first presented my idea. With the increasing number of local skilled competitors in Latin America‚ our dominant position in 2011 was in jeopardy. They were simply closer and could offer a cheaper service. Therefore‚ I decided that we needed to establish a local technical team to cater to the clients. However‚ in the current economy‚ creating an infrastructure by hiring people didn’t seem the way to go. Then it hit
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always changing and never be the same afterwards. We age‚ learn and grow everyday of our lives. Sometimes we experience events that change us in some way and we can look back on that event and recognize a difference before and after that moment. A life-changing experience that greatly contributed to forming the person I am today occurred during a three day confirmation retreat. I was born and raised Catholic‚ so it was expected that I would do Confirmation‚ and up until that point‚ I had been mostly
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