What Is My Kindest Heart Essay

A powerful quote said by pre-socratic philosopher named Democritus says “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul”. In other words, happiness does not come from materialism but instead from the things money can’t buy. In the article The Secret of Happiness the author David Myers writes directly to Americans about how he believes we need to obtain a new “American Dream” that emphasizes personal happiness instead of materialistic happiness. Myers also believes happiness resides in the soul and he says people that think money is the key to happiness are actually less content with themselves and he uses various ways to prove this point. With that being said materialistic happiness vs personal happiness is an important issue, and Myers made a strong use of Logos by showing surveys and studies, Ethos by showing credibility in his argument but he could have used more Pathos by using more emotion and enthusiasm in his argument.

At church, in addition to my participation in the worship services, I volunteered at our church’s soup kitchen, medical camps and elementary school for underprivileged children. These experiences opened my eyes to the deprivation of love and care in the world and a dire need of God’s grace for people at large so they could receive forgiveness, healing and restoration in their lives.

There is no correct way to live life. There cannot be one approach to life, because there are multitudes of contrasting varieties of people walking the Earth. Although, a technique that can be applied individually to anyone’s life is balance. Like my dad says, too much of anything isn’t a good thing, everything is good in moderation. Everyone needs to find harmony in their lives between family, friends, love, hate, work, play, healthy food, junk food. Anytime that there is contrasting ways to live life, there needs to be balance. I do not know of anyone who has ever enacted a perfect balance of everything in life for longer than a day. Day to day, life changes and we cannot be so focused on one goal, whether the goal be complete fun all the time or working day in and day out, because we will miss the beauty of life. I believe to be successful, we need to find a balance that works for our life, and a person whose balance is compatible with ours. Having tunnel vision gets us nowhere. We need to see all aspects of life, the good, the bad, the fun, the unpleasant, the work and the pastime and work them together into a suitable

In the short story "The Guest" by Albert Camus, Daru's predicament goes hand in hand with France's difficulties and Camus' self-appreciation. In the short story “The Guest” we are introduced to see Daru’s concern to attend the political situation in the French North

A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash definitely fits the category of “grit lit.” It is a novel about the Hall’s, a family who is wracked with grief, anxiety, and guilt after the ‘mysterious’ death of one of their sons, Christopher or Stump. The story encompasses more than just the story of the family though as it is told from the perspective of Adelaide Lyle, an old wise woman from the town, Jess Hall the youngest son of the family, and Clem Barefield, the sheriff of Marshall who also had heartache of his own that is intertwined with this families story in more ways than one. The novel incorporates most if not all of the features that is “grit lit” including: an element of crime, a focus on the bleakness of life, lyrical language, and a central character who wishes to escape their environment or get peace inside it.

The undying will of friendship can be seen as more powerful than love, but Finny and Gene base this powerful connection for their own benefit instead. A Separate Peace begins with Gene and Phineas attending a private school called Devon in 1942. Gene lacks self fulfillment and looks to Finny for help. John Knowles presents Gene as a symbol of struggle of emotions because he is affected by the war. Gene uses Finny as a way to subside his upsetting past, and thinks of everything as a competition. Because of this thriving passion to have Finny's instincts, their relations are based on a friendship at which only Gene will benefit from. This takes their friendship to a complex level, as there are not only one but two wars. World War 2 and Gene's war with himself show how the turmoil of war destroys relationships.

Love may blind some but for others it opens eyes. In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Kneale Hurston, the main character Janie, lives an arduous life of trying to find what love really is. Throughout her three marriages, Janie develops into a strong woman due to her own ignorance, being submissive, and love.

In the autobiography of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates explains how the education system shackled him, instead of empowering him to liberate his soul and mind. It wasn’t until he was enrolled in Howard University, where he found comfort in an educational system. Before attending Howard University, Coates was blinded by society’s view of the “black body”, and what it was capable of accomplishing. The limitations and lack of support on their side, bounded African Americans and made them feel insecure. The discrimination African Americans faced in their daily lives was no different in an educational environment.

As human beings we are naturally wired to seek happiness wherever we can find it. When we don’t, we may enter a stage of anger, anxiety, or distress. That’s why it is our personal goal to look for happiness and preserve it once we acquire it. Many have explored ways to find what triggers this feeling of “happiness” and what we can do to keep it; nonetheless, the evidence found is hardly sufficient to make a public statement on how to find happiness. For this reason, most of the time we speculate what might provoke this feeling of contentment. “Happiness is a glass half empty,” an essay written by Oliver Burkeman, highlights the importance of happiness and discloses how we can find delight through unorthodox methods. The prime objective of this piece of writing is to inform the audience about the effect of happiness on their lives and how their usual attempts of becoming happier can sabotage achieving this feeling. Furthermore, he wants to promote the benefits of pessimism and describe how it can help us in the long run. The author utilizes pronouns, logos, and pathos in order to prove his point and draw the audience into his essay, in an attempt of making them reconsider the way they live their lives and adopt this new pessimistic way that would greatly boost their level of happiness.

“First of All, Treat Them with Hope” is a program directed towards the immigrant population in the state of Utah. According to the Center for Immigration Studies (2014), there is an estimated 41.3 million immigrants (documented and undocumented) living in the United States. In Utah alone, the estimate is approximately 236,954 immigrants (Center for Immigration Studies, 2014). These numbers, however, are approximated due to the fact that many immigrants who are undocumented are not involved in social systems which allow for them to be counted due to fear and discrimination. Thus the estimates provided are most likely lower than what is actual fact. With the assistance of Family Counseling Services of Northern Utah, an agency who works closely with the immigrant community in Ogden, Utah, we will be able to help immigrant families adapt to and deal with their everyday cultural challenges. By doing so, it will provide them with the tools and education needed to better succeed in life. One of the long term goals is to be able to expand this program from a local beginning to a national market. By expanding this program and creating educational conscience throughout our nation, we will create a more accepting and informed community that promotes equality and inclusion instead of fear and negativity.

The Spirit that Catches you and you fall was written in the year of 1997 by Anne Fadiman. The novel describes how the struggles experienced by an immigrant family who were from, Sinyabull Province in Asia during their time at a medical center in California. Fadiman narrates about a young child named Lia. Lia is the second born in her family and is suffering from epilepsy and causes her to have seizures. The novel exemplifies the cultures differences and clashes that are interfering with her regarding the treatment she is to receive. Fadiman also describes the miscommunications of the necessary medical treatment requirements with Lia's family and their denial of accepting the treatment because of spiritual values and including distrust. Fadiman shows the medical providers lack of sympathy towards Lia's family cultural practices as their daughter’s illness.

Unwise Passions by Alan Pell Crawford, first starts by introducing the issue that this novel is centered around, Richard Randolph and Nancy Randolph. Who were accused of killing “their” child in the middle of the night, a child created out of wedlock who was buried in the backyard. As the novel opens up, it introduces the two families caught in the middle of this controversy. Nancy Randolph was born Anne Cary Randolph, named after her mother and was born on September 16, 1774 at her family’s plantations. Colonel Thomas Mann Randolph and his wife had a total of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls. The Randolph family were great friends with the Jefferson family because of Nancy’s grandfather who implored his good friend Peter Jefferson to assist his son with the plantation upon his death; this resulted in the Jefferson family living on the plantation for seven years. The Randolph family descended from the John Rolfe and Pocahontas relationship which is something that they took great pride in. Around the summer of 1788, Judith and Richard fell in love leading Richard to ask for Judith’s hand in marriage. The couple simply waited for Judith’s mother to change her mind of her disapproval on the marriage, however; Ann Carry died before this could happen and the couple married at the age of seventeen and nineteen.

Professor Paul Bloom states he is against empathy. He believes it is wrongfully used in our society and should not be used in certain situations. He still thinks it is important sometimes, but should not be primarily used as a result of anger, depression or retaliation. He believes compassion is the solution to empathy. In the long run, Bloom states that empathy will fail or burnout in a person. Hannah the extremely empathic person will eventually burnout according to Bloom. The use of empathy everyday as a core moral code will eventually be overwhelming and burned out and used up. The person will change direction and use empathy less in their lifetime. This essay will explore Paul Bloms opinion of empathy in his article, “Against

Care for others. The way this will help you achieve happiness is that when you help others it gives you a warm feeling inside. It makes you feel as if you have done something right. This feeling is almost unexplainable. Helping others is one of the best things you can do. For example, when you complement someone the best feeling is when you see the look on that persons face and see how happy you made them. Also, if you do not care for others you will live a lonely life. Without care for others no one will want to be around you. So, if you care for others you will have a joyous life.

In our world organisms occupy a sliding scale of complexity. On one hand we have the single cell organisms, where all necessary functions for their life are carried out within that one cell. At the other extreme we have extremely complex multicellular organisms, of which humans are perhaps the cardinal member. Obviously, with increased capacity comes increased abilities. Complex organisms are able to manipulate their environment to a greater extent then their simpler cousins. While this has a lot of advantages, it also presents interesting biological problems. With the increased complexity multicellular organisms must have systems to deliver nutrients, signaling molecules, and biochemical building blocks to every cell. In