What is the mission of your life? Have you ever thought of it at all? Last week, through a training I had with Americorps, I really sat down and thought more seriously about why and how I should continue living in this world. Most of us do not live; we just continue our lives with a set of routines and actions; we are only awake enough to function and accomplish tasks; we are not aware enough to think through the value (or the lack of) in each action that supports our lives. Sit down and spend some time to think about the mission of your life. Why are you here and how is your existence meaningful to others?
- Phy
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The Purpose of Your Life
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Tigers should be left alone…
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
There was a news article awhile back on Yahoo stating that tigers are in risk for extinction. Their population rate has been steadily declining since the century. Now the numbers are drastically low and it will continue to decline if nothing is done to stop it. China and other countries hunt tigers to use parts of their body. Tigers should be left in the wild or in zoos and not be hunted down for pleasure purposes. When the population does become extinct the whole food chain will be messed up. The food that tigers eat will increase and the food system won’t be equalized. The same goes for other animals too. People hunt animals such as foxes or minks and kill them. They use them for fur to make fur coats and other necessities. People who wear real fur coats not seem to care about what happened to the animal but only their warmth. This is wrong, the tigers are examples of what could happen if we keep using real fur for warmth.
–Tatiana
Holiday Scams
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Black Friday is coming up soon and many people are probably excited about the deals. However, this is also a time when unethical ‘merchants’ may try to sneak scams in. People, especially kids and teens whose parents don’t buy them everything they want, are likely to fall for those pages that say “free ____ (insert electronic name or product name here)” for filling out some surveys. It’s the holiday season, they may think, oh even with the discounts I can’t afford this but I really want it; so maybe I should give a shot in this, there’s no harm — or so you think. These scams take your information, but people rarely win anything, and even if they are informed that they did, it is often near impossible to claim the prizes. Therefore, the next time you see this kind of page, you should take extra caution not to let your information be taken as they may use it for something that may wreck your credit or cause you to be swamped with spam.
–Vivian
Dead beat dads…a trend that needs to end
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
For much of the U.S. population, absentee fathers is the most significant family or social problem facing America. There is a trend sweeping the nation. No, it’s not a fashion trend, but it seems to be a growing trend in the United States. Absent parents, but more specifically, absent fathers. Many teens in the U.S. have been victimized by this trend. Unlike other trends, this one shows no signs of going out of style. At such a fragile age, children and teens are being deprived of vital bonding with their father. Many men have many excuses for abandoning their children. Many argue that they are not fit to be a parent, and they don’t want to ruin the life of their child. If they only knew how their absence would affect their child and his/her growth, maybe they would stay. Many children with absent fathers look to fill that void in all the wrong places, and with all the wrong things. An estimated 24.7 million children (36.3%) live absent from their biological father. Children with absent fathers, on average, are more likely to be poor, experience educational, health, emotional, and psychological problems, be victims of child abuse, and engage in criminal behavior than those children with both a mother and a father in the household. This trend needs to go out of style soon, before it becomes an epidemic.
–Elijah X