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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The short story Miriam‚ written by Truman Capote‚ is a mysterious story that arouses questions and confusions over the course of the development of the protagonist. The protagonist‚ Mrs. H.T. Miller lives by herself ever since the death of her husband‚ and is now going through intense mental breakdowns due to being reclusive besides going to the grocery store a few blocks away. Her life is plain and normal‚ until she meets a ten year old girl dressed in an odd looking outfits standing in front of
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Istahil Ibrahim Prof. Sophie Bourgault POL2107 June 13th‚ 2012 Creon: The Complicated Tyrant Since the beginning of political thought‚ the issues surrounding the ‘ideal’ regime and the ‘ideal’ ruler have been hotly contested. These issues have been manifested in various works ranging from ancient plays to philosophical dialogues. How various thinkers argued the ‘ideal’ was to juxtapose it with the opposite – the rule of a tyrant. The philosopher Plato‚ in his Socratic Dialogue The
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“Kindness” and “hope” are two simple words. One could look them up in a dictionary‚ define them‚ write them‚ and do what they wish with them. However‚ to know and to act are two different things. Kindness can be define as “the quality of being friendly‚ generous‚ and considerate.” Kindness is doing your best to make sure that the people around you are happy. It is not being afraid to help others even when there is no way of them paying you back. Kindness is not just doing the right thing‚ but going
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the long run they will only make you stronger and see things more clearly. Go into life with your eyes wide open and pay attention to everyone and everything. Take advice from those willing to help instead of shutting your self away. The most complicated thing in life is life itself so don’t try and understand it‚ because no one does and no ever will. So instead of looking for answers look for yourself. Find out who you really are‚ because in the end finding yourself is the only one thing that will
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Miriam is a short story written by Truman Capote. The story is about a women name Mrs. Miller who is a widow in lives alone. One day she came across this little girl name Miriam‚ which is so wired because her name is Miriam also. The little girl‚ will just not leave Mrs. Miller alone. The story can be just Mrs. Miller imagination of how lonely she is. According to the story‚ “it gave her a queer sensation. And no one was in the room” (42). This shows how this is just Mrs. Miller imagination. How
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"Miriam" is a short story written by Truman Capote‚ originally published in June 1945 in Mademoiselle magazine. First edition in solo book form was published in 1981 under the title Miriam: A Classic Story of Loneliness. It is a story about an old lady‚ Mrs. Miller. One day‚ she meets a girl who is also called Miriam and this girl starts to invade Mrs. Miller’s stereotypic life. Mrs. Miller does not like it but she finds out that there is nothing she can do about it. The end of the story is
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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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Kindness – “Catalyst for Change” “Being different is a good thing‚ it means you are special‚” was the phrase I use to hear a lot from my parents growing up. Being one of the few Filipinos among a predominantly white community‚ especially in school‚ it was only a matter of time before I was being confronted with a question about my race. I became conscious about how others identified me. I became aware of my own actions when interacting with others of a different race. I learned that I have to
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