sadness

Would I be different if my parent weren’t divorced?

 One topic I am interested in is how children are after their parents are divorced. My parents divorced when I was nine years old. Some of my friends have parents who have been divorced. I don’t know how other kids feel after their parents got divorced.

                             What is Happiness?

 Happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings you the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run. True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

I've been wonder how revenge can fix problems. I mean, like, why do people need to get revenge? How does it help people in life? What's good about it? What's bad about it? I have so many questions in my mind tha it makes me get confused!

So, while I was on AIM chatting online with one of my friends, Nishat, I asked her what's the big deal of a rumor? It might be gossip, but it might be true. She said that it's affecting her relationships with her family! The rumor was that she cursed at my best friend's sister, and I see her having a really good relationship with her. So, I know that she's lying. I know that my best friend, Mohammad, would never do that because he doesn't have the courage to spread a single rumor. So, she said that she's going to get revenge on him when we get to 7th grade! I keep telling her that violence will just make things worse for herself, but she doesn't believe that. She always thinks that she can have her own way forever. I can't believe I have such a friend!

Reading, "The Sister," by James Joyce, I was confused by it because it was so random when i first picked it up and started to read it, for example it starts off with "There was no hope for him" and reading this sentence gave me no will to continue reading because of the lack of explanation to who had no hope.

One line from The Sister that stands out for me is: "Well, so your old friend is gone, you'll be sorry to hear." I think this is cruel because of the way he just say it so plainly and how it was more of a jeer than a reminder, another that about this sentence that was cruel was how he tried to imply how the boy would feel when he heard this sentence.

Another line that I Disliked was: "I would'nt like children of mine," he said "to have too much to say to a man like that." This stood out for me because that sentence shows that he didn't like the man that died and he did'nt like the fact the young boy had feelings for the old man.

The flare that was meant to keep me alive and happy only turned out to be a fireball filled with anger and resentment unto those who have done physical, emotional, and mental damage to me.The light

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley: Malcolms discusses his relationship with this guy named Elijah and he sees him as a god more than a huma

Still the only girl in school
Who gets that stupid pain.
Whenever something happens,
People say she is to blame.
She has that strong pain,
That no one else has felt.
She has to lay down,
To get that stupid belt.
Marks across her back,
That goes away in weeks.
She wish she wouldn't be so scared,
To have to fall asleep.

If I could rewind back time
Or just push rewind
I would do it in the
Blink of  an eye
You would not wonder why
You just can not cry
To show your pain held deep inside
You would have never been hurt
Feel like an empty desert
Or feel ashamed with no sense or pride
Wouldn't want to run away
Ask for your friends to pray

Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been why people get depressed (what is the most affective way that teenagers get stressed). One of the many forms of depression comes in the form of a disorder called bipolar disorder.

Dear Wen Ou

Dear Wen

What I noticed most about, "Losing Home http://www.wnyc.org/radiorookies/Elmhurst/Wen.html," was how much u were affected afterwards when you found out that your grandfather died and how difficult it was for any of your family members to talk about him.

What is my purpose?
Why is my life like this?
Why doesn't my father
Give me that kiss?
On the head like he used to
When I was just 6
But now all I get is
Beatings and hits...
Quick to smack me
In my face
And to call me a disgrace
But not to give me a hug
Then sits here and tells me
I don't show him love?!