Stars and Stepping Stones

Here we all are, in this school, to take the succeed in first step to being an adult, plausibly due to the high expectations of friends, family and ourselves to be advanced. “Oh, the places you’ll go,” this famous Dr. Seuss quote will now stick with us and give us a motto to reference on mnay occasions. Whether the occasion is great or tragic, we will remember it shows the strong opinion that we all have a purpose and a plan for our lives and we are where we need to be. As well as, there is no time superior to the present to pursue my future. Now you tell me, against the stress of all these things, do we

The proverb “All roads lead to Rome” refers to the fact that many different routes can lead to the same result. Likewise, the path to one’s destiny depends on the person. For example, Tony’s journey to his destiny in Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima is different than Paikea’s in Witi Ihimaera’s Whale Rider. Their destinies are different, but their destinies are inevitable events, regardless of the path they take to achieve it. However different their journeys may be, there are always certain elements that are universal among all journeys to destiny.

That one little step down the wrong path can set you back forever, and the person who doesn’t take that step already has a head start.

This shows us that it isn’t easy to achieve goals. It’s actually really hard, but we should never give up because every time we fail to achieve our goal, we still learn something new. As, all of us are capable of doing lots of things that we might not be aware of yet. Now, moving on to spending time with your family and friends. On average, families only spend about 8 hours together in a week. Which sounds odd to me because right now I spend more than 20 hours with my family and friends each week. For example, my dad didn’t used to care about his studies or anything and just wanted to have fun when he was younger. But as he got to university, he realized that he has to be serious in life to get somewhere. So, he got serious with his studies and he got a rank on #1 out of twenty one collages, which I think is really hard, since before that he was almost failing. So, my point is that you can do whatever you want when you set your mind to it. Moving on to my third meaning of being human, which is learning from your mistakes: “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” ―Dale Carnegie. This quote reflects on my meaning of being human because I think that learning from your mistakes is something that we all do. I have made numerous mistakes since I was born, and I can say

William F Buckley quoted “If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey most of us would never start at all”. This quote relates to journeys, specifically to inner journeys with the intention that many journeys are difficult and if individuals knew how difficult the journey was going to be, then most of us would not even commence the journey. A journey is simply a movement from one place to another. Physical journeys are gateways to inner journeys, which is a journey of the mind and spirit. Inner journeys take place when an individual experiences events or is involved in relationships that act as a catalyst to gain greater understanding about themselves and the world. Inner journeys can be

In the book called, “Oh the Places You’ll Go!” Written by Dr. Suess; the message he is trying to explain is that we have to make it our day to shine, you might not find a path right away that you're supposed to go on, but you will make your own special path that's fit just for you. However, there's going to be bumps in that path; people will leave you when they see you struggle. Sometimes, you will not want to get back up again.You will be frustrated and you’ll be in dark places that you won't ever want to be in, but, you have to keep pushing forward. You must push forward in order to get out. In the end it all works out, everything happens for a reason and it's your time to go move mountains, inspire others, inspire the world!

worthier and successful paths. If one has the courage to venture outside of this realm of

Often times when trying to find a simple way to depict our existence, we come across such sayings as “the river of life” or “the path of life.” These are not accurate depictions, however, due to the fact that we are not on a set course to a set destination. Rather, we roam about existence like sheep in a pasture with no specific destination or means of arriving there. In many books such as The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, the main character’s very identity is shaped by the choices of their past, but that is not who they have to be.

Showcasing that the journey of each human being is not as important as the final goal God had in place when he first put people with each other on Earth (Ronblue99, 2008). In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a short video based off the book series from Douglas Adams the people shown in the clip spend their already ephemeral lives relying on the hope that one day the Supercomputer will inform them what the meaning of life is. Centuries pass and they do not learn anything, never allowing themselves to experience any of life's trials and victories because they are so absorbed in the need for knowledge and nirvana they believe will be gained from the answer to “The Question” (warmandreal, 2010). In The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost the speaker is experiencing the vicissitudes of human emotion as they stand at the fork in the forest, attempting to make the right choice to go down the better path. This poem symbolizes how a person can have the goal in mind of getting to their destination and therefore choose a path that they believe is better and claiming to desire to come again in the future to find out what the other path held and stating that the path he choice was the least traveled to justify the speaker’s actions (Frost, 1916).

On every journey that has ever been taken by anyone must start from the same point. This is the point in life where a choice needs to be made. By choosing to go down certain paths you can find your way to success. However, the choice must first be made.

In order for someone to reach their destination they have to go on a trip or journey. One question that has been debated is if the journey is more important than the destination. Some people say that there is no point in going on a journey if someone doesn’t have a destination. The idea that the journey is more important than the destination is true because in the journey it is possible to meet new people, view new things, and make friends.

After 40, many people begin to look at life differently which they often begin to feel that life really is too short to be stuck in a dead-end or unsatisfying job. In this middle age situation, it is a time in which adults take on new responsibilities at the workplace and therefore, people of this age often feel a need to reappraise previous life structures with an

explains how there are different paths in life one can take, but one can only take one at a

is that there is no Right path, just a chosen path and the other path

The STARS program is a process that most students have not even heard about, as a first time student myself, I was not even aware that the program existed. Most people might wonder what STARS is, for instance, STARS, however, stands for “Statewide Transfer and Articulation Reporting System.” It is an agreement that mostly a two-year college and most public four-year colleges in Alabama has that give all the transferring of courses taken to a public university in Alabama. In addition, most student wonder how to connect to STARS through their school site, it is an easy process; most colleges will have a link at the top of their website that will lead straight to the STARS site. However, from there STARS will give student instructions on how