My Life Story
Ashley Willis

Sometimes the people, who tell you they love you, really don’t love you. I thought that my stepfather loved me, but I found out that he didn’t. When I was about four years old my brother Chad bought a guy with him when he came to see my mom and me. The guy’s name was Sam Haygood. I thought that Sam was a nice guy. He played with me, he spend me around in circles. I liked him a lot. When I turned five years old he came to move in with my mom and me. I was excited to have someone who would be like a father to me. At first everything was okay, we had fun everynight. We would go to the movies, go to the mall, and we would travel on the holidays. It was a good life until I turned seven. At seven things started to turn down hill. My stepfather became abuse towards me. He started doing drugs, and drinking everyday and everyrnight.
There was a night that I could never forget even if I wanted to. It was a rainy and stormy night, and my mother was at work working late. It was just me and my stepfather at the house. I was upstairs sleeping in my bed waiting for my mom to come home. There was a bang outside that woke me up. Same came upstairs to see if I was okay. I replied "NO"; I’m scared, I want my mother. He took me by the hand and he hug me and said, "everything will be okay". I believed him. I got back in bed and went back to sleep. Sam stayed in my room to make sure that nothing would happen to me. He got in the bed with me, and he pulled me towards him. He whispered in my ear that this night would change my life forever. I was scared, I didn’t know what he was talking about.
He started hitting me, and beating me, then he started ripping my clothes off. It was cold, I was afraid that he would kill me. He started touching me, and then he started fingering me. I was crying for my mom asking where she is. All he did was told me to shut up, and take the pain that I’m about to give you. As he was rapping me the phone rang. He got up to answer it; it was my mom calling me to see how we were. He told her that everything was fine, knowing that everything wasn’t fine. He told me that if I told anyone that he would kill me. She came home that night, I was crying she ask what was wrong, I said nothing I fell down on the floor. She ask if I was okay, I wanted to say no, but I didn’t want to die if I had of told her what happened while she was gone.
That next day I had turned eight and I remember that I was angry with my stepfather. For that whole day I was mad and upset, I didn’t want to do nothing but cry. Later on that day my stepfather took me to the mall while he was driving he told me that he was sorry and that he’ll never do what he did to me again. I wanted to believe him, but something in my heart told not to.
The more I wanted to tell my mom I couldn’t. I ask one of my pastors when someone puts their hands on you and you were scared and didn’t know what was happening what does that mean? He told me that if someone puts their hands on you without your permission that means it’s called rape.
I asked him what if someone that is close to you, that’s your stepfather, and he does the touching and fingering, what does that mean? He said that no one is suppose to put their hands on you unless you say they can, and if you’re a child and anyone puts their hands on you, it called child molestation, or rape. I said okay, thank you for your time. As I was leaving h ask me if anything like that happened to me, I said no I just saw it on t.v. That’s why I asked. I got a clearer understanding about what was going on, but I was still scare for my life.
For that whole year while I was eight nothing happened, everything was fine. When I turned nine things started back going down hill; he started rapping, molesting, and beating me. Threating to kill me and my family if I ever told anyone what was going on. The more he started beating and doing whatever to me, the more anger I grew and hatred came into my heart. Everyday me and him would fight over something stupid, we would argue over anything, and we would threaten each other. On June 12, 1998 I became a member of the crypts. My brother was the leader of the crypts at that time since he was the leader. I didn’t have to do that much, accept get the beating. I was used to get beatings I took it and I got in. He asked me what was my point of being a member when I see what he go through each and everyday. I told him that there was something’s going on that, and that I needed to be tougher than I was. On my eleventh birthday my brother and the gang took me out to eat and we all hung out together. Not knowing that day would be the last my brother lives. It was around 12:00 o clock and I was at home sleeping, all of a sudden the phone rang. It was the Dr. Johnson; he told my mom that my brother had just been shot.
We rushed to the hospital to see him, when we got there the gang was already there with their heads down, tears coming from theirs eyes. I didn’t want to hear what the doctor even had to say, accept that Craig will live. My brother was close to me, he knew lots about me accept the abuse. A few months later my grand died of cancer, I felt like there was nothing for me to live for now. That’s when I told my mom about the man she loved was beating, molesting, and rapping me. When I told her that she didn’t believe me, she had my therapist send me to a mental institution. I stayed in laurel wood for about two weeks. Since I waited so long to tell DFCS couldn’t do anything.
While I was in the mental hospital I felt safe, and I knew that he couldn’t hurt me any longer. I kept telling people that I was homicidal, suicidal, and depressed. I kept getting put back in the hospital. The first two times I went in and came out, my stepfather beat, beat, and beat me. Them were the two worse beatens I got from him. When I turned twelve I started skipping school, doing drugs, and threating people. I became more devilish than ever. I loved having the hate for people in my heart. I felt like the world was against me. Especially the one person who I thought would believe of all would be there, but she turned her back on me to.
I wanted everyone to suffer what I had to suffer, I decided to make everyone’s life a living hell. I hurt people, I betrayed my family and friends, and I even help planned a murder, but it didn’t work the way I wanted it to. On my thirteenth birthday I was in and out of the hospital for that whole year. Missing school and fighting people. I had stopped writing poetry about love, and I started writing poetry about hate, stepfather, rape, and everything that was evil to me. In my head there was nothing good about the world, or the people in it. I hoped that there would be an ending to this pain, but I see it will never be.
At the age of fourteen on March 3, 2003 I found out that I was pregnant. I knew who the father was the minute I found out. Everyone kept asking who was the father; I kept lying saying I don’t know. Until finally I got tired of lying and I told them who the father was. I remember the cops coming out to talk to me; DFCS came to talk to me, and the deceptive. My mom was in court for something that happened back in December. She was upset that this was coming back up again after two years of it keeping closed. That night I stayed in the hospital scared, pissed off, hurt, betrayed, and other things. She went home apologizing to Sam asking him to forgive me for the truth that I was telling and the things he was lying about. I didn’t want anything to do with him or her at the time. Even now I still don’t want anything to do with my mom, but I can’t make it if I don’t have her. I’m still making her pay for the pain I’m going through. On March 30, 2003 I was planning on having an abortion, I went in the doctor’s office ready for this to get over with. I was ready to kill the ones that had nothing to do with this, blaming them for something that wasn’t even their fault. When I went into the room, the doctor put this jelly stuff on me, then he look to see how far a long I was. The minute I heard my children heart beat I knew I couldn’t kill them. It wasn’t their fault how they were conceived; all that matter was that they would come out off me in nine months with no conditions and they were healthy.
I told the doctor and my lawyer that I would have them instead of aborting them. Everyone was happy to hear that I was keeping them, but some of my family was disappointed because they didn’t want me to have them. I called the ones that didn’t want to have them and I told them that this isn’t your decision that it was mines, live with it, or get the hell on. We talked about it for about two days and they accepted it. Now they love my kids to death and happy that I did keep them.
Until July 7, 2003 I stayed in the mental hospital to keep my anger undercontrol and my depression. On July 8th of 3003 I went to Athens Regional and I stayed there for a week I kept having contractions so they kept me to make sure I was okay. Then I went back on July 20, 2003 and stayed there until I had my kids which was on September 20, 2003. I went in labor at about 11:45pm on September 19, 2003. At seven 7:50 am and 8:00 am on September 20, 2003 I had my kids.
I left the hospital on the 30th of September along with my kids. We had to go to court on November the 12, 2003 for my mom to get custody back of me. We also got the DNA results to prove that I was telling the truth the whole time. The test came back positive and my mom got custody back of me. Now we still have a lot to do, but things are better than what they were before.

Transcendentalism

When you are through reading, post a 1-2 paragraph response to your blog. Be sure to consentrate more on what you thought of each piece of writing. Try to include at least one piece of direct evidence with each response. This should be something that stuck out to you about the particular piece of writing.

Nature
I thought that the writer of this story,Ralph Waldo Emerson told the truth about how some people take nature for granted.In one part of the story he talked about a woodcutter and a poet."It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the woodcutter,from the tree of the poet".That's saying,a woodcutter is only looking at trees for money,but a poet will see a tree and can tell a tree from other tree.The poet will listen to the sounds around him,as far as a woodcutter,he will only look at a tree as a living by making money off of it.

Self-Reliance
This story talks more about God speaking through a person's mind."There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance;that imitation is suicide".This means that;when you try to copy somebody or be somebody your not,your only killing yourself.You're not trying to be who you are instead you want to be something or somebody you're not.Before you try to act like somebody think about it first,because the person you act like might not be the person who you really want to be.

Resistance To Civil Government
In this story,there is a man whose is Thoreau and he's goes to jail for night all because he didn't want to pay taxes.At this time there was slavery and a war with the State and Mexico,everybody's taxes were going to help the war so that slavery could still be.Thoreau was against slavery and helping the war.The police arrested him for refusing to pay his taxes."I have paid no poll tax for six years.I was put into a jail once on this account,for one night".Why arrest Thoreau now instead of waiting six years?When you strongly believe in something,don't let no one come between your choice.Make your own decisions and don't let anyone tell you other wise.

Next, write explain how each piece is a good example of Transcendentalism. Use what you read above, and prove that each piece is a good example with a paragraph supported with direct evidence (one paragraph each).

Nature

"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber [room] as from society".Transcendentalism believed in taking time to yourself.Going far and deep into the woods as possible,where it's just you and the trees.Even though your by yourself,but then you're not because you have the dead that turned back into the trees,the streams,and the ground.When you think that you're alone,really stop and think,you're really not.There are more dead people under the ground than there are people that's living on the ground.When you're deep in the woods you can hear your thoughts and listen to the sounds of nature,but you can also hear God speaking to you through your thoughts.If you ever want to hear God speak to you,go away from society as far as possible and just listen to what your mind is really telling you,I promise that thought in your head will be God speaking to you.

Self-Reliance

"These voices which we hear in solitude,but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world.Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members".When you're alone all by yourself,it's easier to listen and think for yourself,but when you're with society it's harder for a person to think for his/her self.Everyone will try to think for you and tell you how to be.Society wants to make choices for each other,but themself,when you're alone you can think for you and be who you want to be without somebody telling you,that you're wrong for being you.

Resistance To Civil Government

"It is not a man's duty,as a matter of course,to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong;he may still properly have other concerns to engage him;but it is his duty,at least,to wash his hands of it,and,if he gives it no thought longer,not to give it practically his support".When you make a choice make sure it's a choice you made, and not the help of the government,even if it's a major choice.If you feel strongly about the way something is going and you stand up to it,keep standing,don't let nothing break you.Fight for your belief,don't let others fight for you."I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations,I must first see,at least,that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders".Stay true to yourself and don't let others talk you into doing something that you feel is wrong,even if it's going against your government.Transcentalist wouldn't care what the result were of a bad decision,they were going to do what they thought was right.

. Susan and David planned to marry as soon as they graduated high school. David's father owns a small grocery store, and he has promised David a full-time managerial position once he graduates high school. During their senior year, Susan begins to think she would like to go to school hundreds of miles away. In the Spring, Susan recieves a full scholarship to this far-off school, and she has also continued making wedding plans with David.

. Chris, a college senior, has just been accepted to the best law school in the country. His parents, Sheila, his wife, and his brothers and sisters are very excited for Chris since he has wanted to become a lawyer for his entire life. Chris isn't so excited though. He has realized that he would rather be a high school teacher than be a lawyer. Chris would have to go back to school to get his teaching certificate.
Chirs' wife is not exactly thrilled with this idea since she has been looking forward to the salary Chris would make as a lawyer. With Chris' new plan, she would have to pay for Chris' additional schooling.

Choose one of the scenarios and explain how you would do in this situation, and then explain how a Transcendentalist would feel about it. You should provide direct evidence from one of the texts you have read to support what you say a Transcendentalist would feel.

I would have to say the second one,because it's his choice.If going to school for teaching would make Chris happy then he should do it.His wife is just mad because she only wants the money,if he goes to school for teaching he wouldn't make as much money as he would if he was a lawyer.Chris should do what Chris wants to do,don't let his wife choose for him.If she can't accept her husband decision,then she's not the one for him.If that were me,I would do what makes me happy,not worry about if my wife will accept it or not.I wouldn't let nobody tell me what I should and should not do,especially if there only after my money.Transcendentalist they would be mader than mad about this.They believed that you should listen to your own thoughts and make your own choice."If you would be a man,speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again,though it contradict every thing you said today".Even though Chris wanted to be a lawyer one day,but change his mind later on,he should do what he wants to do.Even if it means leaving his wife.

Ashley Stephens

I Have a Dream

"I Have A Dream"
By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1963 one of America’s most powerful figures wrote a speech named "I Have A Dream". In this powerful speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talks about the future with black and white coming together to make a whole. That was one of his most important dreams to see everyone come together as one. Everything about the speech "I Have A Dream" is exciting and very unique. Dr. King gave this speech in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 in front of 250,000 people. I feel he gave the speech to show everyone that no matter what color you are, and no matter what background you come from, you are who you are and nothing can change. Most importantly it’s the inside of you that counts the most.

When he gave the speech, it was more powerful than anything before because Dr. King finally accomplished his dream. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men were created equal." Even though whites and blacks still argue and disagree, there is much less hatred for one another. We have learned how to come together; not all of us have learned that, but most of us have. Another reason why this speech is unique is that there hasn’t been anyone else to come up with a speech like that and give it in front of thousands and thousands of people.

After a while some white people started to see that the way life was going back then was crazy and insane. They wanted what Dr. King wanted, a world a peace. Not all white people felt like that; some didn’t want black and white together at all, but some just wanted to be free of hatred and racism. "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". Martin Luther King Jr. did accomplish his dream even though he wasn’t alive to see it happen, but it did. I’m not saying that there’s no racism, but whites and blacks have come a long way in life because of Dr. King.

"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last". In my opinion this means that slavery has ended and soon we as different races and as different skin will come together as a whole. We will join hands, and finally be able to love who we want, be friends with who we want and be free to walk into a restaurant and not have to go to the back. Yes! Yes we are free last, just like Martin Luther King Jr. said

IN MEMORY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS FIGURE TO LIVE

Romanticism

1. Write a 2-3 paragraph response to the story you chose. Please be sure to focus more on your feelings about the story than simply summarizing what happens.
At first I wasn't all into the story like that,but as I started to read,I found out that the story was very intersting.I'm a person who just don't like reading because I'm not that good of a reader. "Rip Van Winkle" was intersting because you really had to use your imgination to see how the story was written.Even though pictures was use to help you see the story,but it took all of you thoughts and imgination just too see the full story.That's the most important thing in life,for someone to see a story by using their imgination.I never thought that a story could take someone's full thoughts and mind to come up with a story in your head.I see why people use their minds over logic.





2. What about the story did you find particularly Romantic? You may want to reread the section on Romanticism again to refresh your memory. Give at least two examples with direct evidence for each.
In the story "Rip Van Winkle", the thing that I found that was Romanticism. Rip Van Winlke was a lazy old man who never did his chores at home, but he did them for other women. His wife Dame Van Winkle would always nag at Rip Van Winkle about his dog Wolf and about him doing his chores for other women. He would never do his chorse at home and that made his wife mad.One day he got tired of her nagging,he and his dog Wolf went for a walk in the woods,in the woods Rip Van Winkle met a trole who was carrying some liquor.After they drank Rip Van Winkle felled asleep, and when he awoken it was early in the morning, the birds were singing, and the sun was shinning brightly. Rip thought to himself, "what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle".Not knowing that he has been asleep for twenty years.That's what I found most Romanticism about the story.You use your imgination to see how the story was written.





3. Read “Thanatopsis” here. Then write a summary of what you think this poem is saying. What is Romantic about this poem?
"Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around-- Earth and her waters, and the depths of air,-- Comes a still voice--".Instead of thinking about death in a bad way,here's another you can think about it.Romantics used their imginations to see death as a good thing.They see death as nature,when you die,you will become apart of nature.When you start thinking about death,take some time to yourself,listen to nature.Even though you can't really here voices,the sounds around you will speak to you.By the Romanticism using their imgination,they made the worse thing in the world seem to be the best thing in the world.





4. Read “The Ropewalk” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow here. What is the point of this poem? What images stand out to you? How is “The Ropewalk” a good example of Romanticism?
The poem is saying that there is a man who work in a building that makes ropes.Making ropes by hand is very boring.In order for the man to keep his mind on his work, he comes up with different ways how people use a rope and makes stories out of them."And a girl poised high in air On a cord, in spangled dress,".Here he's talking about a little girl who is swinging on a swing and the other girl is braiding her hair."Then a school-boy, with his kiteGleaming in a sky of light,".In this line he's talking about a little boy who's flying his kite after school.How this is Romanticism,the ropemaker is coming up with all these different stories about rope to make his job more fun.He's using his imgination to help him create fun stories so that his job won't seem boring.





5. Look at this painting. How could a piece of visual art like this be considered Romanticism? When you are through responding, upload an image to your post that you consider a good example of Romanticism, and then explain why you chose it. HINT: don’t fall into the present-day definition of “romantic”. When I look at this painting the first thing that comes to my mind is a little girl and father. The little girl's father brought her to his favorite spot when he was a child. The both of them are looking at the deer, antalopes,and the rest of nature that's around them.It's peaceful and relaxing a time for a dather and daughter to spend time together,for that little girl to know that her father will always be there for her no matter what. Like me I never had a father to take me somewhere like that and when I thought I had a father he was just another lie.When I see a painting like this it's makes me think of my past.



The reason I have always like this painting,because when I look at it,I don't see that much good.I look at and see a village that's being punished by God for disobeying Him.This is suppose to be one of God's loyal people,but the people have turn their backs on God and now He's going to punish them.He sent fireballs to destroy their homes,He doesn't mean to hurt them,He's just punishing them for what they did.Everytime I look at this painting that's the story I have always told myself ever since I was little.That's one of the reasons I don't go to church and follow God,because I know for a fact I'll turn my back on Him.I don't want Him to make my family suffer because of me.That's why I say I don't go to church,I don't ask God for anything,because if I do and I make Him mad.He'll make me pay hard.By getting to me,He'll go for the one thing that He knows will kill me.That's my family.

Puritans

1. Briefly summarize the Puritans' beliefs. This should be a paragraph or two. Do to Adam and eve's sin, everyone must suffer because of their sin. There are only a few who God selected that will be given salvation. Those who God have choosen, will Jesus die for. Also they will have salvation, and be free to live uprightly. You must earned God's forgiveness.
2. Write a 4-5 paragraph response to the Puritan texts. Explain your thoughts about how these people lived. Better responses will have some direct textual evidence to support what you say.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God .

In both of the readings I was having a little trouble understanding what it was saying. I was able to figure out somethings like, in the first reading the person was showing alot of anger and telling people that they were going to burn in hell. Because of Adam and Eve's sins God was mad at the whole world.
Of Plymouth Plantation
In the second reading it was telling people that God was mad at the world to, but in a more calmer way. They were more understanding about the way God works. They knew He was a forgiving God, but they would also have to forgive others. They also were trying to live God's way of life, by making peace with the Indians and trying to do what's right.
Treaty with the Indians (1621)
This was saying how they met the Indians and had their first harvest together as one. When the Pilgrims first met the Indians they thought the Indians couldn't speak English, but one Indian who came from London, England spoke English well,that surprised the Pilgrims. The Indian's name was Samoset and the other Indian's name was Sguanto, Sguanto could speak better English that Samoset.
Perseverance of the "saints" - those elected by God have full power to interpret the will of God, and to live uprightly. If anyone rejects grace after feeling its power in his life, he will be going against the will of God - something impossible in Puritanism.
Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the fast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element. And no marvel if they were thus joyful, seeing wise Seneca was so affected with sailing a few miles on the coast of his own Italy, as he affirmed, that he had rather remain twenty years on his way by land than pass by sea to any place in a short time, so tedious and dreadful was the same unto him.
Explain how it match
They Praised God and thanked Him for His blessing. They were following the rules of God's way. They could have the upright power and Glory. To them following God's way was the only way to get forgiveness and give respect to god for all He has done for them.
Total Depravity - through Adam and Eve's fall, every person is born sinful - concept of Original Sin.

The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow...

Explain how it match

Because of Adam and Eve every person was born with sin, and because of that it also means that we can burn in hell. Every person born after Adam and Eve was not born to be perfect, they were burn to make a chioce between Heaven and hell.

Irresistible Grace - God's grace is freely given, it cannot be earned or denied. Grace is defined as the saving and transfiguring power of God.

What could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace? May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity," etc. "Let them therefore praise the Lord, because He is good: and his mercies endure forever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, show how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them." "Let them confess before the Lord His lovingkindness and His wonderful works before the sons of men."

Explain how it match

Show God and thank Him for his loveingkindness and His hard work. Don't take it upon yourself to thank yourself, because without God you wouldn't be able to do the things that you do now. Let Him know that you're thankful for everything that He has given you and more.

Rationalist

Breifly describe the differencences between the Puritans and the Rationalists. Please be careful not to repeat the same words you have read in this entry. Then give an example of something going on today that would be a good illustration of Puritan thought, and one that would be a good example of Rationalist thought.
The Puritans believe that God was all powerful and mighty. That He controlled the world and everybody in it. The Rationalist believed that God was powerful and mighty, but that He didn't have control over the world. The world was controlled by the natural laws and people were there to figure out the natural laws. An example of the Puritans belief today is the thunderstorm that's suppose to happen, they feel as if God has control over if it be a thunderstorm or not. The Rationalist beliefs they feel as if science have to do with the thunderstorm happening.
Read the excerpt from The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin in the red American Literature book. Pay special attention to the efforts Franklin made to improve his life.You can read the entire autobiography here. This may be interesting to browse through.
He made thirteen names that he wanted to change about himself. He also made a chart for hisself to make sure that he did what he said he was going to do. By the time he finish his goals, he would have no marks in his chart because he completed his tasks. Temperance comes first which means, eat not to dullness. Drink not to elevation. Don't drink or eat til you over feed yourself. Industry means lose no time. Bealways employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions. Keep yourself busy and stop all the non sense. Oder let all your things have their places . Let each part of your business have its time. Be more oderly and more cleaner.
Give one example from The Autobiography of how Franklin is a good example of a rationalist. Make sure you explain why, and provide an example straight from the text.
He used science to help him with making changes in his life. With the chart, he said, " I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively. Thus in the first week my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against temperance. He believed that science was the only way to help him achieve his goals.
If you were to make a list of thirteen virtues to improve upon in your life, what would they be? List them the way Franklin did. Do you think you could reach moral perfection in this way? Explain how you feel. This should be a paragraph or two.
1. Hurtful: Don't blame others and make them suffer for what someone else did to you.
2. Honest: Even if you do something to someone and you know you're going to have to pay, don't lie to make it worse. Just be honest and tell the truth.
3. Hate: Learn to let go of the pain and suffering. You're only making yourself hurt more than you think.
4. Forgiveness: Forgive everyone, even when the person you hurts you in the worse way ever.
5. Pain: Don't let pain enterfere with your career. Learn to move on and let go of the past, even when its hard and you don't think you can.
6. Anger: Don't be controlled by anger. Let anger show in a way that isn't rough.
7. Kindness: Learn to be kind-hearted to others. No matter what they might say or do to you.
8. Blame: Don't blame yourself for everything that happens to you. For you have done nothing wrong.
9. Shameful: Don't be ashamed for what happens to you in life. Be stronger and learn from it, even if it wasn't your fault.
10. Drinking: Drink in a normal way. Don't drink to the point where you black-out and can't remember.
11. Problems: Learn to deal with problems for yourself. Don't let drugs be the solution for you.
12. Friends: Pick and choose who your real friends are. Don't just pick and say who they are.
13. Family: Don't let family tell you how to live your life. Live the way you want to, even if you choose to go down the wrong path.
Yes, I know I can reach these goals, because I do them everyday. To say that it will help me to be perfect, I can't. I know I'm not perfect and I won't ever be perfect. Trying to do these goals aren't as easy as they seem, it takes time and a lot of effort to get this done. Learning about yourself more and what you need to do to accomplish this.
I feel as if that you can do whatever it is you want. You have to put your all into it. You just can't say you're going to do something and not put nothing into it.
Read The Declaration of Independence. Provide at least three examples of Rationalist thought. You should explain each, and provide the example straight form the text.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
You can't mix church and state together, because you have two different kinds of belifes. Church believe in God's law and state believe you should follow only their laws. It helps people don't get judge because of their religious beliefs.
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Everyone is coming together for political reasons, not religious reasons. They're trying to form a society where everyone has their own rights and should be treated equally. No matter how they live.
For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:
The King is braking the Rationlist laws because he trying to change their beliefs. The British was controling the colonist because they lost there legislative rights and their judicial rights, which in terms cause them to loose their Rationlist beliefs. Because everything was taking from them.
The King of England thought that his powers were given to him by God and God was the most important person in the world. The King was working through in what he did because he thought that's what God would do. The king also thought he was under God and that he knew just as much as God did.