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    The Next Step In life, there is one question we will all ask ourselves: “What is my purpose in life?” Some spend their whole lives searching. While others knew from the minute they were able to speak. I have a purpose,I believe my purpose is enlisting into the military.The Military is Powerful,Worthy, and Dedicated. Those are qualities I see within myself. During the last few years in high school, a variety of people struggle debating on what they'd like to do. A fighter, after my high school

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    Gallup Ceremony

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    Culture is one of the most important parts of the life as spirituality. Native American, people practice many different ceremonies as a ritual, which represent their culture, such as, Sun Dance, healing ceremony, and Gallup ceremony, etc. The first ceremony that Native American celebrates the Sun Dance

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    literature. Their views of the purpose of life in the present world and man's place in the world was, perhaps, the greatest contrast. However, their views on politics, religion, and education were very different as well. The purpose of life and man's place in the world was viewed differently during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. During the Middle Ages, also known as "The Age of Faith," man's purpose was to serve God. Life was looked upon as a journey. The focus of life was on the afterlife

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    of living. “Disaster Is in the Eye of the Beholder” by David A. Pickett in 2021 is a poem about the reality of living in a Mobile Home Court and its struggles, Pickett also explains how he wants a disaster to occur in the court to have a restarted life. These two poems share the elements of the perspective of living with economic struggle. Both “section eight” and “Disaster Is in the Eye of the Beholder” examine the reality of the effects of poverty; however, Wilkerson

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    Everything that exists has a purpose, and that purpose is the reason that thing is the way it is. For example, all the substances that make up a seed are there because the way those particular substances interact with each other causes that seed to grow. When the seed grows, it reaches its full potential as a plant. Humans are the same. Human beings have a potential to live up to, which is finding true happiness by living an honorable life. One lives an honorable life by complying with societal standards

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    The Meaning Of Life

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    fashion, has a desire to understand and question the purpose and meaning of their life. In fact, it’s important for people to understand the true meaning of the purpose they have in life so that they may live well here on Earth. Philosophers, such as Socrates, Aristotle, and Confucius began to question the life of a human being and what it meant to be a human being. Each of these philosophers has their own philosophy or worldview of the best life a human being can live, with the concept of having wisdom

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    dog makes your life happier. Adopt.” Pedigree, a dog food company, created this advertisement to bring awareness to the dogs that need adoption. Instead of creating an advertisement with bright colors and idealized settings, they approached this advertisement from the angle of the fears humans have. This Pedigree advertisement tries to convince people to adopt a dog by

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    while Grendel quests for purpose and connection in the hostile and indifferent world. According to Sartre, the individual is isolated and disconnected from society, which creates a sense of

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    faith into its followers, thus granting both purpose and meaning as a Muslim's entire life is lived with the mission to submit to Allah's divine intendment therefore providing such regulation and guidance. (Al-Hariri – Wendel, 2002 pg. 79). Submission to Allah's plan thus gives recognition to God's absolute authority, and reaches a conviction that God alone possesses all power. The natural effect of such a realisation is to devote one's worship and one's life absolutely to God alone. According to al-Faruqi

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    The Alchemist Themes

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    Personal legend and dreams are primary themes for Santiago, the main character in the novel, The Alchemist. Throughout the book these themes are represented in his quest to find his purpose in life, achieving his personal legend, and learning to do what he loves. In Santiago’s quest for his purpose in life he discovered some life lessons. He found it is important to follow your dreams, but along the way your plan may turn out different then you thought it would. In The Alchemist the King says, “When you

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