A Complicated Kindness- Miriam Toews Catherine Arnold I recently read a book called A Complicated Kindness‚ by Miriam Toews. The protagonist is a teenage girl named Nomi. Nomi is growing up trapped in a small Mennonite community called East Village in the middle of nowhere‚ in Canada. All her life Nomi was told what to believe‚ with heavy emphasis on the belief that living dutifully and by the word of God in this life would guarantee salvation in
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reallyThis is a story on an act of kindness I did for this girl I didnt know to well. One day as I was walking home from my old school I saw this girl‚ she looked like a complete nerd someone I wouldn’t normally talk to. She was walking home looking really sad‚ kind of like she had no one to talk to. I walked over to her and introduced myself and she also told me who she was; she said her name is Abby. She was carrying books in her hands and it looked heavy I asked her if I could help. She nodded
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“Fire and Rain” by James Taylor is a song mentioned in A Complicated Kindness that Nomi can relate to easily. James Taylor was born March‚ 12th 1948 in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ although he was mainly raised in North Carolina. By age 14‚ Taylor was writing songs‚ singing‚ and had learned to play the guitar and cello. In 1966‚ he moved to New York City to form a band with some of his friends and by the end of the year they were performing regularly at cafes. Unfortunately‚ while in New York‚ Taylor lost
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In our fast paced society it is easy to lose track of the things you live for. So many burdens of society clutter our lives that it is often hard to concentrate on anything else. Our relentless routines begin to control our lives before we realize it. Constantly stressing over work and bills that the anxiety clouds our perception and you forget what you once lived for. Your personality transforms into one that is not your own and you become frustrated with life. As I walk the halls at school I observe
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About 7 years ago in 2007‚ I was with a friend driving home from another friends house late at night‚ we also had her 2 year old daughter in the car. I am from Chicago and the winters around here get pretty brutal on most nights it was about 15 below zero that night. As we were driving‚ out of nowhere was the biggest pothole you’ve ever seen‚ we couldn’t avoid it and hit it straight on‚ the tire was completely blown. We pulled over into a small abandoned parking lot. ( Not in a very good area either)
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Since the day I was born‚ my paternal grandfather took great care of me. He wore thin framed metal glasses and his grey-white hair was neatly combed to one side. Even though he was extremely parsimonious‚ he would forget collecting payment from customers after every house renovation. He was a skilled electrician. Thin and bony‚ he was especially frail and clumsy. He helped my grandmother with household chores and also cooked meals for me. He would feed me with nutritious food. He took care of me
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1. prepare a meal for a homeless person 2. smile :) 3. call your mother to tell her you love her 4. write a handwritten note 5. knit a beanie or blanket for a homeless person 6. put change in the washer/dryer for the next person 7. fill an expired or about to expire parking meter 8. leave some extra money in the vending machine 9. buy a little extra grocery for the local food bank 10. plant a tree 11. send your favorite grade school teacher flowers 12. write a thank you letter to your parents 13
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Richards 1 Matt Richards Nickl English 1‚ P.5 6 May 2013 The Essence of Life: Kindness “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” (Mark Twain). Kindness is applicable to everyone‚ whether it means to be kind to someone‚ or receive kindness on a daily basis. It reaches out to people. What is kindness? Kindness is what ties the human race together as one. It’s a way of life that benefits everyone in involved. It’s what cheers up a friend after a painstaking day
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Volume 8‚ Book 73‚ Number 41 : Narrated by Anas bin Malik The Prophet said‚ "If any Muslim plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it‚ he will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity." Volume 8‚ Book 73‚ Number 84 : Narrated by Abu Huraira The Prophet said‚ "The worst people in the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the double faced people who appear to some people with one face and to other people with another face." Volume 8‚ Book 73‚ Number
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3e I am going to recount all the stressors in the following incidents to my best recollection I am having a hard time concentrating to do this and feel very irritable and stressed out. I know I need to write it down and even feel more weak because I am having issues with my life and how I have handled things. I feel I am a substandard soldier for not being strong enough to handle myself. I was deployed to Shank Afghanistan In June of 2010 and was there until feb 2011. The first night In shank
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