Heart: Mother-Tradition and Sacred Systems in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club "Concentrate your will. Hear not with your ears but with your mind ;not with your mind‚ but with your spirit . . . blank‚ passively responsive to externals. In such open receptivity only can Tao abide. And in that open receptivity is fasting of the heart." (Chuangtze‚ in Yutang‚ 228) "The Master said‚ ’Look at the means a man employs‚ observe the path he Joy Luck Club Is it fair to judge someone by their sex? In traditional
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Luck or Opportunity Oprah Winfrey once stated in an interview “luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. With that said‚ I do believe it is true. There are some instances that in the past if the opportunity and the preparation didn’t happen then the luck never would have happen. There are examples I would like to mention to show that if it wasn’t for the opportunity then the luck never would have. Christopher Columbus was credited with discovering the new world .If not for the
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Quality of life ties into geographic luck‚ which had a lot to do with the shaping the cultures of Eurasia‚ South America‚ and Africa. Geographic luck might have been benefit or a detriment to the natives who inhabited the land. It largely depends on what geographic hand you are dealt. Factors which go into making up an area’s geographic luck are climate and how the natives dealt with the weather. Moreover‚ the indigenous people of the continents must have a stable food source so they can get their
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Geographic Luck Why is it that Europeans ended up conquering so much of the world? According to UCLA biologist Jared Diamond‚ some countries grew faster than others because of geographic luck. It sounds like a simple theory‚ but there is a lot more to it. The lucky countries‚ like Spain‚ were lucky enough to have natural resources‚ indigenous plants‚ and animals that could be domesticated. With all of this at their fingertips‚ they were able to stop hunting and gathering and start farming. Farming
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in working in concrete art‚ learning how to create your own simple statues is a great first step. It’s a relatively easy way to get your feet wet‚ learn how to properly mix concrete‚ create a mold‚ and craft the concrete into a great shape. Creating The Statue Mold While some expert concrete artists can create statues directly in the clay‚ newer concrete artists should create a small clay mold over which to pour the concrete. Creating your own statue mold is a much easier process for most artists
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Starting your own business is an exciting thing. You will probably embark on the challenge with all kinds of dreams‚ hopes and expectations. One of the best businesses to start on your own is a tutoring business. There are many benefits to be had by starting this kind of business. If you are planning on starting your own tutoring service‚ then you need to know that the costs of overhead are extremely low. You can start working right from home. You can choose to tutor students who need your help in
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Uttarakhand Floods: A Disaster of Our Own Making? Even after two weeks of rescue operations uncertainty prevails over the number of casualties and people still stuck in what is described as the worst natural disaster that has ever struck the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister of the mountainous state‚ Vijay Bahuguna‚ says that the exact number of deaths in the calamity will never be known as estimates of the actual casualties vary from hundreds to several thousands
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In Bonnie Tsui’s‚ Choose Your Own Identity‚ she discusses the flexibility that lays within racial identity. In Tsui’s essays she states that even though our race has such a huge roll in the way we make our political and societal decisions‚ racial identity has become fluid. In her mind‚ we are making a come back and prioritizing the importance of who we identify as‚ rather than focusing on what we are. In Tsui’s own words‚ “In a strange way‚ the renewed fluidity of racial identity is a homecoming
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Luck is defined as “The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events” or simply “fortune”. However in the Quote “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”‚ the author leads us to believe otherwise. The quote tells us that luck does not happen by “chance fortune” as the definition implies‚ but comes from being well prepared for the task at hand. The quote as we are familiar with it was stated by Oprah Winfrey in 2010; however it is not often known that the quote is believed to have
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How to Paint Your Own Pottery Are you looking for a fun and creative pass time? Painting personalized ceramic artwork can become a family-friendly hobby. There are now over 1200 paint-your-own pottery studios spread out along the United States; there is bound to be one near you. The concept may seem overwhelming if you consider yourself not to be creative. Learn step-by-step how easy it can be to create a one of a kind hand painted pottery piece in a studio set up specifically for helping you learn
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