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Holding anger is posion. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
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| First person to commence me on my articles. T-H-X! Darren.
Hello Elisa,
I read two of your articles. I read the one on Iraq in the opinions section from March and the feature on the Holocaust surivivor from May.You certainly have a style worth recognizing. Who knows? You might win the journalism award next spring, depending on what you do from this point forth. You do how to entice the reader with the tone you tend to use. Keep it up.
In the Iraq article, I found that you held a position that not many San Francisco liberals hold. I am not sure if I have it right, but were you justifying the reasons we are there? "Iraq's future is in America's hands" seems to be a defense for why the US is in Iraq, of course I know Jennifer Kwong wrote that headline. I think you defended your position with excellent poise. I think your counterargument or concession could have stronger. I know what I would have said if I had to denigrate and discredit the prejudiced cynicism that accompanies the left liberal point of view of what Bush has planned there. A portion of that view (that the US in Iraq for mostly imperialist reasons) it seems to be speculation because there is no evidence, and adequate criterions, to support it. I liked your ending. It was an appropriate way to include both polarized ends on some level. Please forgive me though, I don't have the article with me as I write this message. I read this one and the other one last night.
My time is almost up, so I will include some thoughts on the other article in the next e-mail when there is time later. Keep up the good work.
Tell me how things are going as your junior year is ending.
~Darren O.~
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on to other things, spotted this cutie at the beach ;)
half chihuaha & dachsund? 
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well.. ive slacked off and turn in my summer school applications late.. there wasnt a deadline.. but its a first come, first serve policy.. and i needed to make up 2 classes - one to make up a D and another for university requirements & eligibility reasons.. i went down to the office and they told me the classes were full and they didnt know whether they were goin to open another class... i was devastated.. if i didnt make up those clases i wouldnt be able to go to a good 4 yr college- state/univ. i prayed to god he help me pull through this.. cause what can i do? human will? i cant change the board of education to sponsor me.. i was vulnerable. But god pulled through the next two days.. i had a feeling of calmness over me.. something tellin me everythings gonna be ok.. and then my dad calls and tells me they saved a seat for me. now i have a chance to go to college..and achieve my goals.
hes provided so many chances and opportunities i could of benefited from..but i was too egotistical and blind to take those opps. instead i waited out..and now i know the consequences of waiting out.. i could be at the brink of loosin it all
when people pray they want the big things to happen in their life...but really god has been providing for them in the most simplest possible ways..
it takes one to slow down the pace, observe and enjoy life to understand the meaning of life.
i do believe everything happens for a reason because at the brink of my emotional breakdown..i pulled out a fortune from lastweeks fortune cookie,
that read.. "The will of education is the proof of existence."
Thank you God. You have provided me well...the only way i can return this affection is to work hard and use your offerings to the best of my usage. GOD IS GOOD!!! | | |
| at 6th period journalism we had a sub, Mr. Lepon. Very chill guy and great conversationalist. Ben and Rach were talking to him earlier about birth dates, and i eaves dropped in on the conversation. He was guessing their birth dates and he got the dates pretty close to the actual. i wondered if he was the real deal, so i asked him when was my bday. He guessed pretty closed too! he said april 25th. I asked how he formulated the dates in his head.. he said he blanks out for a moment and his mind transmit waves from a source..and dates would just pop up in his head in short elapsed time periods. (Interesting). i wanted to further the conversation..so i questioned his belief in psyshics and this psycopathic forces as signs of demonic/heavenly powers. He didnt really believe in heaven/demonic presences..he was mutual. and then we got deeper into this topic about religion, spirituality and faith. I found out he was a very spiritual guy. he has studied abit of osteric christianity, Thaoism and buddhism in his past. we discussed about levels of mentality. and the different representations of heaven and hell. He made an extremeelly important point of perspective.. he said heaven can be represented as a state of mind where one finds purpose and peace in doing good in life and living life with satisfaction with what one has been given in life.. or hell.. one can suffer/complain about the lack of happiness and peace he recieves and expects from the world and linger with an emotional discontent..
and the moral of that statement.. is we can wake up one morning and decide whether we want to have a good day or a bad day.. and by that i mean when were in a tough distressing situation we can either get into a fit about it or smile and try to make the best of the situation. Definitely, life is all about choices and decisions..These choices and decisions will later shape and develop our characters and maturity levels. Without the counters of adversity life would be motionless, with a lack of purpose. The shit in life is what helps us move forward, discover ourselves, our needs, desires, temptations and most important the changes we need to make to find our piece of heaven. | | |
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