On How Life Is

to a good life and describes the most pleasant sort of life as one that is moderate and not filled with excess. While Epicurus says that it is pleasure that dictates whether a person has a blessed life or not, to him, pleasure means to be lacking needs. Furthermore, he considers pleasure to being in a state free of pain and fear in both mind and body. One of the biggest things that Epicurus says to not fear is death. If a person does not fear death, then they will have a more joyful life. Furthermore

uncles didn’t even finish high school. Because my mother was the only one that went to college I was expected to go to college, not only from my mom, but also my family was expecting me to. I truly believe that the community around us affects our life. My mom had me in the best private school in our town; I grew up with just girls at my school and with a strict enforcement. If you were failing a class you would get expelled from the school. In just first grade I was awake at two in the morning studying

Since the age of 4, playing sports has been apart of my life. I started out as a young boy playing soccer, and then transitioned to swimming year around. I started swimming around eight years old, and currently still swimming now. More specifically, I am in my last swim season of my life, as I am writing this paper. Because of swimming for such a long time, the sport has influenced me to work hard in and out the pool in order to be successful in anything I do. Swimming has taught me to never be satisfied

It can be speculated that Poe's diligent attitude at his University, before he ran into financial issues, contributed to Poe's writing by making said style elegant. The higher level of education taught him how to write intelligently. One could infer that Poe's interest in the fictional detective genre sparked because his father abandoned him. Henceforth, without knowing where his biological father was, Poe probably became interested in mysteries and the solutions

Spiegelman had a son named Richieu with his first wife, Anja - the love of his life- and another son: Artie, the author and illustrator of Maus which details the story of Vladek’s survival. Unfortunately, Richieu passed away during the Holocaust; Anja committed suicide when Artie Spiegelman was in his early twenties. Due to these events and what he’s been through, throughout the Holocaust, Vladek’s views on life and how he makes relationships with people changed. On page 6 of Maus, Artie was crying

There are a few books I have read that have impacted my life. Although, I think Tuesdays with Morrie had great impact in my life. This book touched my heart by the way the words were wrote and how it was introduced to me. It changed how I looked at life and touched me because I had experienced a similar situation. This book made me realize that I should not taking anything or anyone for granted. In Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz had a student-teacher relationship while Mitch

changed my life. This happened while I was new to Boy Scouts. It started off with me at my house and my parents wanting me to go camping. The problem was that I did not want to go to camp and be by myself for a week. In this, even me and I was extremely shy, nervous, and, dependent. My friend was about the same at that time. There was a leader that was kind, caring and understanding. The mood went from sad to happy and the tone went from depressing to exciting. This event changed my life for the good

Every single day in my life I think about the person who has probably changed my life completely: my brother. I can truly say that if he had not been around this whole time, I would probably have been a totally different person that I am today. I believe having a relative who has autism can really change your perspective about life. My whole life I have asked myself what would have been of this life if he had the chance of having one, how could he maybe behave differently, communicate, socialize

research the different ways OCD affects people and their lives. My first article looks into how OCD affects children and their quality of life.The children assessed are 52% male 48% female from age 7-17.Overall quality of life was less for children who suffered from OCD depending on the severity of the sufferers specific obsessive compulsive disorder. This was monitored through the children's caregiver. Quality of life has to do with a person's general well being this can range from a person's physical

Life skills play an important role for becoming successful professionally and improving our personal lives. Oprah, in her lifeclass video, talks about being responsible for yourself and not waiting for anyone else to change the circumstances around you as a way to develop the skills necessary to flourish. The story of Robert Sherfields first experience at community college, “How Community College Changed My Life” tells of how Mr. Sherfield let go of his past failures and worked toward a better future