Thomas Reflection

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

After watching the Eric Thomas video, My initial impact was feeling a great deal of disappointment in myself. The reason for this disappointment, was because I felt like his words were directed towards me. There are times when you realize you fail, but you cannot bring yourself to admit that it was your fault and your fault alone. And I tend to blame my failures on the circumstances surrounding me, rather than my incapability in putting one hundred percent of my effort in what I want to accomplish.

Reading Oliver story gave me a wealth of insight as to how someone diagnosed with a learning disability is viewed, treated and more importantly how Society treats them along with the emotional battles he faced trying to cope with his emotions. I found it interesting that Oliver’s most fierce advocate and the one person he admired so much for sticking up for him he was not close to. I was also intrigued by Oliver and his friends who never discussed there learning disabilities. I found Oliver to be a strong kid he was scared but did not back down when his best friend Karl was being attacked with verbal insults and shoving. However, I was left curious as to why the two did not discuss the altercation after it was all said and done. Oliver had such an amazing insight on how he viewed his surroundings and the people he encountered. It helped me to understand that just because someone has a learning disability does not mean that they do not fully understand what is going on around them and with them.

Since I have been reading the life of Marc Lewis I find myself always becoming more and more excited about what is going to happen next. So far it has been filled with ups and down and me trying to predict what will happen next on his journey. While reading chapter 6 I was so elated that Marc had gotten accepted to college, it seems as though he actually has a plan for himself and is determined to exceed every goal. But normally good things don't always last for a time and for some reason I could sense that something was about to happen.

That experience, and the unique way that it was conducted, helped instill in him a love for learning by asking questions. The texts Thomas’ father taught him introduced him to life’s big questions – “What is the purpose of life? What is mortality? – in the context of other children my age, and with the help of my father, I began his journey to try and answer some of

2. The author’s main purpose in writing this book is to present some lies or myths that some people might believe concerning Christianity, and show them the truth of what the Bible says about those topics.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

David Williams works with a group of human service workers that provides a preventive program to youth in the community through a child and family service center (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2012, pp.6). At this time David and his colleagues have been told that the program may be cut in the next year or two due to a financial situation that the center is currently facing (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2012, pp.6).

Thomas’s knew that his friendship with the king was over. He also understood what King Henry VIII will do when he refuses to support and agree with him. He was greatly saddened because he realized how difficult life would be for him and his family. Yet, in his heart, he knew that he must do God’s will rather than the King’s.

Thomas often was in a debate with himself whenever committed a murder. How would he kill them? Would he make them suffer? How would Thomas end a person's life? How would Thomas make that person feel every inch of pain he had felt when he was a little boy? Thomas never found

Thomas decided that reason can help the believer in understanding God, an idea he used in many of his later writings. But despite this new conviction, he still saw reason secondary to faith (Knight 351-352). With new conviction, and

He employed skepticism as a method of achieving certainty. “I will doubt everything that can possibly be doubted and if anything is left, and then it will be absolutely certain.” Then I will consider what it is about this certainty that places it beyond doubt and that will provide me with a criterion of truth and knowledge.

On August 4, 2016, at 1:45 p.m., this Field Representative arrived at the Motel 6, 72562 29 Palms Highway, 29 Palms, CA 92277 to conduct alive and well check on Thomas Hauser to ascertain his whereabouts. During that time, we met with the Manager on Duty at the Motel 6, who identified herself with a business card as Shaniqua Avery.

Thomas Hardy thus abandoned his devout faith in God and began his search to find meaning in life without an acknowledgment of his previous Christian beliefs. once said, "I have been looking for God for 50 years, and I think that if he had existed I should have discovered him. As an external personality - of course- the only true meaning of the word" (Dave, 5). In the later years of his life, Hardy felt that his faith in Christianity had been badly shaken by what he experienced and learned from the new scientific advancements in his century. He became an agnostic; however, he continued his search for the purpose and meaning of human existence. He longed to discover some divine being or Creator, but his acceptance of scientific theories like Charles Darwin's weakened his faith and strengthened his spiritual doubt. Hardy felt that if, in fact, there was a God, he could only be vengeful and indifferent to the pain and struggle of mankind. Critics have labeled him anything from a heretic to an atheist, but his position seems to be that of a man who could not hold on to his faith in God because of his need to have logical reason to

I’ve grown up learning about Jesus’ twelve disciples. I know all of their life stories (those that we know about), occupations, what they did when Jesus was crucified, and how they died. But I always found myself wanting to know more about Thomas. He always interested me. I thought that maybe it was because we don’t know much of his background or because he’s known to be the bravest, but he also had his doubts. But now I believe this is because I can completely relate to him. The more that I look at his other qualities besides being doubtful, the more that I realize we’re a lot alike.