The Running Dream Did you know‚ about 75% of amputations are caused by diabetes? In the book‚ “The Running Dream” by Wendelin Van Draanen‚ a bright young girl‚ Jessica‚ had lost her leg. But she falls in the other 25%. She had lost her leg due to a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Jessica has to learn how to live with one leg for a while then get past the fear of being different. Her family tries to help but they are being overbearing‚ but her family’s efforts bring her comfort. Jessica
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black sheep when interacting with either side of my family. Due to this‚ I attempted to keep these cultures partitioned. At the time‚ they were different portions of my life that simply couldn’t intermix. This mentality in turn led me to foolishly shy away from my joint heritage. I kept myself enclosed in a box‚ blind to the beauty of my surrounding culture. However‚ as time progressed‚ I knew I had to make a change in my understanding.
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My actions are always a direct showcase of my personal characteristics. A few that are particularly important are having patience‚ being non-judgmental‚ and thinking creatively. I learned a majority of my patience through my position as a research position. Research does not have immediate results; a good experiment takes time. My seemingly menial tasks‚ such as entering data‚ eventually contributed to the final product. I learned to be non-judgmental in my time shadowing an obstetrician‚ where I
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into the rifle. He then said‚ “ I have faith in you‚ take your time.” I slowly raised the gun up again for the second time pulling it tightly to my right shoulder. I was focused and ready to get a kill; however‚ I was too nervous to shoot. I backed away from the gun‚ clicking the safety back on to take a second of reassurance. Remembering what my dad had told me I took a deep breath and finally took the second shot. The bullet exited the gun perfectly and the boom of the gun was very loud resulting
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lost myself or don’t know what to do‚ I run. Running takes all my fears and stress away. It brings an upbeat and captivated sensibility. I love the awareness of the different seasons when I run. I see new things and I’m able to explore. Going into the distance and not looking back. Feeling little streams roll down my face. My lungs inflating in and out‚ as I try to catch my breathe. My heart racing‚ pounding against my chest keeps me going. I believe running allows me to be adapted and secure. My legs
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To Learn Is to Change Life is full of risks‚ and that is what makes it so much more exciting. I took a risk in life when I switched from homeschooling to “real school.” This risk required me to walk through an unknown door. I quickly learned that in order to take a risk‚ I had to step outside of my comfort zone. If I had not taken that step to go out and try something new‚ I would not have learned how to survive in a new environment. We learn things in life by doing‚ and if we do not try
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The sun was right on the horizon line and Lucifer was outside looking right at it as he waited. It was a chill‚ breezy day and would only get colder and the night came. The clouds appeared to have a salmon or orange tint to them with how the sun was sitting and Lucifer had to admit‚ it looked rather nice outside. He would be taking his advantage of looking outside and enjoying this before he would get thrown in the cage again by whoever desired to reach him first and attempt to get him in there now
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She said while pulling her sleeve down I was going to say something comforting until the principal went up to the mike to start the beginning of the school year assembly. We waited‚ sat by eachother‚ silent‚ as the roars of meat bags just rushed us‚ we sat there just patiently waiting‚ not being moved or affected by any of the shit happening around us. The assembly finally ended‚ and it turned out that Samantha and I had the same homeroom. Johnny: It looks like fate just keeps on moving us closer
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Three years of recollections. At times inelegant and strained but others‚ placid. In my memory you have always lived on‚ but the culpability in my heart tiptoes out when the sun reposes and the moon is thrown upon the firmament. All of which is compressed into this short letter you are reading. An adventurous and greedy man I am‚ I do admit. But please do understand my coveting of the gold and glory. “I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold”. Which
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Living like a stoic was hard‚ let me tell you. Stoicism takes a lot of self control and restraint to execute properly. I chose to not overindulge myself‚ and to focus on applying negative visualization and self-control to my life. At the end of the night I would write down if something was hard or problematic that correlated with my new found Stoic life. Day two reads “I was hungry this afternoon and The Nest was closed. I had to restrain myself from going to Taco Bell and so I just settled with
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