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How does one win a battle where your greatest adversary is your own mind? How can you tell what is true and what is real, when the reasoning behind those thoughts are as corrupt as the thoughts themselves? Pondering upon these questions is enough to drive someone of sane mind crazy, but luckily I have experience. For a long time these thoughts, which I now know are a result of Depression, OCD, and Anxiety, have run rampant in my head. They’ve fogged up my eyes and put a dark vail over my reality. I had convinced myself that was how my life was destined to be. I thought that maybe those anxious intrusive thoughts, of which would convince me of irrational things were a part of daily life. Sometimes they still succeed in convincing me, but only

“I got up and pretended to study the pictures on the walls like I was a lover of religious art. When I got to the Merciful Mother right above Sinita’s head, I reached in my pocket and pulled out the bottom I’d found on the train. It was sparkly like a diamond and had a little hole in back so you could thread a ribbon through it and wear it like a romantic lady’s choker necklace. It wasn’t something I’d do, but I could see the button would make a good trade with someone inclined in that direction.

1. Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support.

The party in government is made up of ___________ and has direct impact on governmental policy; it is largely independent of ___________________.

Writing has many tools and devices that can be used to influence the purpose and meaning of the a piece of work. In the two pieces of work, "Private License Plate Scanners Amassing Vast Databases Open to Highest Bidders-which is written in a way that it is anti-license plate tracking- and "Who Has the Right to Track You?'-which is written to be for license plate tracking- many different tools and devices are used by the authors. These pieces of work describe the benefits and drawbacks of collecting data and tracking fellow citizens, but use different forms of pathos, ethos, and logos to portray what they are trying to say. Also, both articles state how many are opposed to this tracking, arguing that it is against the First Amendment,

“Attention, soldiers of the Continental army, the patriots of our colonies!” George Washington shouted, drawing attention to himself as he stood. The whispers along with mumbles stopped, every person bringing their attention to the general as he stood from top to bottom as well as proud. “I will explain quickly what the plan of action is before I separate you. One through five-thousand, you will be going with Lafayette, blocking their escape from Yorktown, waiting in the Chesapeake Bay! Alexander, I believe you had something to say to our people of the colonies?”

What's going on in your head? Until you know, there can be all sorts of issues of which you are unaware. Issues that run your life, partnerships, work, and play. If you are unaware of a problem, you can't do anything to fix it, right? This is where mindfulness comes in. Mindfulness and present moment living are intimately interconnected.

According to Henderson, “Historians of the new imperialism have tended to ignore the parallel histories of empire in nineteenth-century British North America”. He argues that in recent years, an increasing number of corresponding and connective histories have had the desire to locate early Canada as one site of an empire among others. He stresses how republicanism and a responsible government rely almost exclusively on published archival materials that have been used for a very long period (at least in Canada) by those who are interested in the history of the struggle for a responsible government.

I’m trying to help find Jillian as well. I just need to talk to a friend again.

Compartmentalizing many different aspects of my life is one characteristic about myself that I absolutely love. Before, would allow my emotions to get the best of me. I would act out which in turn, hurt my grades and relationships with people. I decided that I wanted to become a better person, so I made that one of my 2014 New Year’s Resolutions. I reflected on myself and realized that one my biggest character flaws were that I was an extremely emotional and reactive person. To combat this, made it my mission to find ways to express my emotions where they can no longer negatively affect my life. I researched and found that meditation is an extremely good way to keep a person in control of their emotions and life, in general. Including meditation along with prayer in my daily routine tremendously helped me to overcome my explosive

This is all how I changed myself and became who I am. To this day, even if that self-doubt comes back, or my anger rises, I find something to do, and just think about how my future can and will be. No matter how hard life gets, I won't give up. It's all because I'm actually doing something about my life, and not just waiting for it to change. I want to be a role model for people and my future family, because if anyone goes through the same things as me, I can help, so that they may endure in the

Well, we can begin to dying to our ignorant, selfish, and vindictive selves by facing our fears. The more we expose ourselves to the stuff we fear the closer we will become to conquer those fears. For instance, I’m very resistant to life changes primarily because I unsure of what outcome they will bring. Like many of people, I often detain myself back from experiencing new things merely because I’m too scared to detach myself from old experiences that bring me comfort and security. However, the right Zen mind and practice is about finding value in any inflexible path, which includes my own. I have currently come to the realization that I will lose control from time to time, but there is nothing wrong with that. I suppose that is the beauty I have been holding myself back from seeing. Additionally, I believe it’s necessary that we clear our minds frequently so that we can see everything with a clean mind and heart. Zen practice requires us to not only forget troublesome events, but it also requires us to start our following day fresh and new. I find this to be the most challenging aspect of Zen practice because I find it extremely difficult to free myself from things that disturb me. However, I have also come to understand that bottling up these negative emotions is not helping me grow as an individual and it actually requires more energy of me. And for that reason I have recently decided to communicate my feeling to individuals

My personality has been constructed by components from the experiences i’ve had over the course of my life, some amazing and others downright awful. Either by providence and or my will; these experiences always give parts that always have a hand in forming something greater than the last. One of these experiences, however, was of paramount importance in the conception of my personality by providing a critical component of whom I am. As a child, I was subject to torment from a teacher who hated me for my condition that I grew out of known as ADHD, this had dampened my ability to focus. Consequently They committed a plethora of malignant actions in an attempt to break my spirits. Such as pinning me against a locker to intimidate me and berating

Journeys throughout life are inevitable; we all grow and we all change. Nothing is suspended in time no matter how hard we try to preserve it. Yet one individual doesn’t have just one journey. Humans are dynamic, complicated creatures. We bend, break, and mold continuously into different components of ourselves. One of my journeys, as many as I have gone through, is self acceptance. It began when I started 6th grade, when the anger started to settle in. I had no reason to be angry, I didn’t have a perfect sunshine life but I definitely had it better than most. All of this anger was deep inside me, but I hadn’t the slightest of ideas where it was coming from. Logically, I knew that it was irrational and there was some hidden problem that wasn’t coming to light. Until one late

I will not let this take my life away from me, i wont let it win. I have thoughts that are powerful and sometimes little thoughts can be big worries and before you know it, they’re controlling the way you feel and the things you do. But throughout those little worries come my big thoughts and life experiances. Throughout highschool ive realized that i can’t have this control me, i can’t sit and worry my whole life. What fun would that be right? Ive learned to cope and deal and i really hope people will be able to start to understand it and see what alot of people go through