Life Lessons Learned

Summer camp is a time to create memories of laughter, friendship, and new adventures. It is a time to get away for a week, and experience new adventures with familiar and fresh faces. It is a chance to experience the sound of crickets at night while lying awake in the bunk, wondering what kind of excitement the next day will bring. Camp is where friendships are created that last a lifetime.

In the article, “6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You A Better Person” by David Wong, He speaks about the six ways that can adapt him or her into a superior individual. In addition, these six ways occur in six harsh truths that depending on the person may be difficult to digest. The author of this piece says that few may not need to hear these truths, while the majority of people need to. First, “The World Only Cares about What It can get from you”. In this step, if a situation occurs and he or she needs something, and another person has it and gives it to him or her, at the moment he or she is helping somebody in need. For example, if a person happens to get shot in the street and somebody is calling for somebody to extract the bullet out, at the moment that person

Thus starting the best summer of my life, I grew closer to God then ever before, made life long friendships, and saw God work in amazing ways in the hearts of kids. This summer was the most productive summer, spiritually, I’ve ever had all because I followed the call. Following the call was not an easy thing to do, I had to quit my current job which was a great Job with a nice big paycheck every week, and leave home for two months, all to take up a job that didn’t pay well and that didn’t have the most comfortable sleeping quarters, but it was well worth it and I am planning to return to the camp next

Last summer I volunteered to be a camp counselor at a camp in Blowing Rock, North Carolina called Camp Sonshine. This camp is different from others in that they bring children ages 5 to 18 from inner city Memphis, Tennessee to the Appalachian Mountains. This

Sometimes life lessons are learned the hard way. Unfortunately for me, this is how I learned mine. I do not mean to make this sad and depressing, but this is the truth.

I attend my church's fifth and sixth grade summer camp as a teen counselor, and have done so for three summers. This experience is very special every year because as I grow in my own faith and knowledge, the experiences I see my campers undergoing in just a weekend means more and more

When I was 9 years old, I attended Dallas Valley Ranch Camp. I was a camper for 7 years and every year I looked forward to going back. Dallas Valley embodies similar values and principles as to Conexus such as concern for community, meaningful difference and integrity. This camp has truly changed my life and made me who I am today. Their staff inspired me, made me feel welcome and believed in me. Dallas Valley is a place where I could be myself, have fun and grow. When I was 16, I jumped at the chance to become staff. I have volunteer for two summers and this year I will be back as paid staff. As staff, I quickly learned that I am now a role model and kids are watching my every move at all times. Additionally, I found out that kids are a challenge!

In one to two sentences, what is the single most important thing you learned from this week's reading?

The edge has extremely beneficial messages in the film. These messages can help us as students throughout college. We can carry these lessons to help our relationships with others and our study habits. “Just because you’re lost doesn’t mean your compass is broken” (Evans).I interpret this quote as we may be lost while were doing our study but we need to focus on the bigger picture. A number of people focus on extra activities and work during their course of high school. They get behind on the school work, work that they are paying thousands and thousands of dollars on. I want to mainly focus on my school work, which is what I am trying to achieve during the summer. I never focused on my school work during high school. I realized that it was

The rest of the week went extremely quickly; I’ve never learned more about my spiritual relationship with God. Not a single day at Gull Lake Ministries was the same. There was always a new adventure to discover. Whether it was making friends, playing games, or jumping off a one-hundred-foot tower, camp was always entertaining and fun. I found that the “camp high” that my friends had told me about was real, and it changed me for the better. My first year at camp had been made a success through the combined efforts of the counselors, the staff, and my newfound friends. I have returned to Gull Lake six times since my first year, and

For my service hours, I volunteered at St. John’s Vacation Bible School. Vacation Bible School took place in the basement of St. John’s Catholic Church during the week of June 15 - 19th. It was actually four days long because on Tuesday night the basement flooded, so Wednesday class was cancelled. I volunteered alone, but made many friends that week. The reason I volunteered for Vacation Bible School is because Mrs. Bronder told me about it and I was interested in doing it. This was my second summer volunteering at Vacation Bible School; the summer before I volunteered at LCC’s Vacation Bible School. The theme this year was Hometown Nazareth. The groups were named after the twelve tribes of Israel and the activities were based on what Jesus

In the novel life lessons:two experts on death and dying teach us the mysteries of life and living. The novel talks about many lessons such as

Throughout our life we will always meet many people that teach us major life lessons,

These experiences had taught me a lot of things. For one, i learned that a small mistake in our path could lead to a huge catastrophe at the end. And remorse or guilt alone is not going to change anything. We have to stand up, face the truth, and stay strong. Be a man made of steel. Have a will stronger than iron. Do not let anyone get you down, because they don't control your life. You do. And I learned that making fun of others' appearances is not funny. It is mean, intolerant and cruel. For we never know what kind of things they are going through and the last thing they need is to receive another cynical stare filled with one-sided judgment. And to be honest, I'm glad that God struck me with this obstacle. Without it, i would never learn to appreciate myself and the others. For i believe that failing once does not mean I’m going to fail

All through life, we experience various occasions when decision-making become necessary. A number of them present themselves in difficult forms and at crucial points. Most of the verdict we take will eventually figure and describe our track of lives. These are what we refer to as lessons of life. Choices never present themselves in an easy way. In some instance we are always forced to pay a price to achieve something. This implies that we are trading for an outcome we are seeking.