Courage. Dedication. Service.
These words and many more can be used to describe our brave American troops.
Many families are facing hard times as fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters serve our country abroad. Whether you agree with the war or not, we all can be committed to encouraging the human spirit that better days will arrive soon, when all families will be united.
I just finished reading East of Eden and it struck me just how important a role sibling rivalry plays in our lives. For those of you who don’t know, East of Eden is the story of two generations of brothers. One of the most striking parallels is to the story of Cain and Abel in the Bible.
How can I breathe at night,
When my lungs escape me?
How can I supplicate to my Lord,
When my soul's dead to praying?
It's all just a matter of opinion,
They say.
It's all just a difference of upbringing,
They entreat.
But I say it's no different than opposition!
I say it's a difference of upbraiding!
And what of my lot, of not, and of woe,
Than what I have cast to my Lord?
Inaccurate Confessions of a Misled Poetic part I
It’s hard to know you, and like you,
but not know what you’re going through;
it’s hard to tell if you’re real, or just a mask.
You know I like you; I Love you
-and don’t use those words lightly.
My heart has matured while
you are still just a girl.
Though I want to so badly,
I cannot tear my heart from within me.
I've been with my boyfriend for over a year and a half. We're really serious about this and we both want this to work in the long run. The only problem is that we argue a lot and I think it's from lack of communication and also some of the stuff I do. Well one of the main things that I do that I HATE is that I always think things that I shouldn't and that will never happen.
A couple years back a friend told me that there is no such thing as "good and bad"... I never quite found the logic or sense in this, but because it was so confusing and unconventional, i immediately took it to heart for serious consideration... This is my general reflection on the subject now:
How do you view yourself? Are you happy with what you see?
Though he has issued a formal apology for his use of the n-word, Reverend Jesse Jackson’s actions were irresponsible, incomprehensible, and reflect poorly upon him as a supposed role model for today’s African American youth. And to compound this issue even more, Whoopi Goldberg sang praises to the n-word before a national television audience of millions of people.
