My Aha Moment!
Every day we seem to fall into routine, get up, cook breakfast, get dress and for those that have kids get the kids ready, go to work, come home, cook dinner, watch television, ago to bed. The next day the cycle repeats itself. Throughout this whole day I failed to mention spend time with our creator. Then we wonder why nothing ever seems to go in our favor.
Well one day I had an aha moment, that I don’t spend any time with God, So I started getting up 30minutes earlier just to spend time with God. When I wake up the first thing I do is turn on my favorite worship music. Then I proceed to wash my face to take away the sleepiness. I then turn my toilet into my couch and begin to pray. I find this daily
The bravest moment I have ever had is when I quit putting up with people's crap and took a stand. The person at the time happen to be Davis Paul. Davis was always trying to stir problems in P.E. with me. He would push me and say hateful things everyday and one day enough was enough. He tool Axe and sprayed it in my eyes. I pushed him, he turned around to fight. Then he tried to pick me up and we both fell to the ground. When he missed I picked him up and body slammed him into the locker room floor, busting his head on concrete. He got chocked out in the moment I was brave and will no longer take anything off
A hero can be defined as a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. That definition is a perfect description of Adam and his wife, Kelley. The whole book Fearless is about Adam being a hero for his country and also himself. Kelley played a big part in the book also. She pretty much saved Adam’s life.
I was reading an article from NSW Criminology apparently "youth gangs" are becoming popular in Australia with the First Nations. They are thinking this has to do with the overrepresentation in the criminology system. I am leaning more towards this topic finding out the correlation of overrepresentation and the possibility of joining or having gang membership.
In MoveMe, Marcal Grahaman states, “Many of us have spent precious time on earth by working incessantly rather focusing on what really matters. We cannot get life back. We must reflect on family and friends and think about how we are spending our precious commodity. We must be intentional about time we have with one another and take advantage of every moment that we are afforded” (23). I agree totally with her statement due to the fact that we only have one chance at life and time waits for absolutely no one. The way life should be lived is as if the next day isn’t promised.
Sometimes you can think my life is meaningless. What I mean by this is our everyday lives. An average person's everyday life feels like a routine unless you make it a routine. If you’re an adult, your routine would be to wake up, eat, go to work, and do it all over again. You can change your life, though we can do activities that entertain us, like playing video games.
It happens when you least expect it, psychologists refer to it as the “aha moment”. After working for hours on a mathematical problem with no success, then after taking a brief hiatus, you return to the problem and almost instantaneously it makes complete sense. There have been several instances where I was given a problem and with no explanation of how, I knew the answer. It is interesting to me because the down time or technically, the incubation time tends to be the key to problem solving. Studies have been conducted among gifted children and whether or not insight plays a significant role in their superior learning abilities. It was noted that the incubation time was more often a factor in their decision making. While we researched
Adam, was a great husband, father, and SEAL. He loved his wife and children so much. He enjoyed his time with Kelly and loved her unconditionally, even when they were going through hard times. He loved his kids and would do anything for them and was a great father to Savannah and Nathan. And last of all he was a great SEAL, who would do anything to protect his country and his brothers in arms, he was fearless.
Day to day life as a human is pretty much the same as any other day. We follow the same schedules and repetitive patterns everyday as life goes on. In the morning you wake up, brush your teeth, take a shower, get dressed and go to work. After that, you come home from work, go to sleep, wake up , and do it all over again the next day . Many humans repeat this cycle at least five days out of the week whether it's to go to school or work.
Each night, there is a point where the day falls to silence, a silence that encloses you in your own thoughts and reflections. For as long as I can remember, my dad always told me "that is when you pray." His words matched the ones of every Sunday school teacher, but their voices faded as my worries grew. It seemed there were some stresses a man on a cross could not eliminate. Bible stories where Jesus cures people from their pain and problems appeared no different from the storybooks I stopped reading years ago, unrealistic and improbable. I vacillated between the faith instilled in me and the plausibility of things occurring by chance, not by Christ. As each day came to a close, I struggled to thank a voiceless God for a day I wasn’t grateful
In (Matthew 6:6 NIV), Jesus explains the merits of praying to the lord God and the reward of inner peace, “But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret: and your father who sees in secret will reward you.” It is through this conversation with God that Christians pursue peace in their lives. Prayer can either be private or communal, spontaneous prayer is one way that charismatic communities can come closer to God. The act of prayer allows believers to have a personal conversation with God; it alleviates stress attributed to the monotony of everyday life. Besides prayer, meditation is another way of attaining inner peace, it is an ancient practice within the Christian tradition, which has undertaken a recent revival, a global group that reaffirms the concept of praying and meditating for inner peace is Taizé. Not as popular as prayer and meditation, Lectio Divina, generally known as bible studies is a way for Christians to feel connected to God and to finally attain inner peace. The studying of the sacred scriptures on a day to day basis and reflecting on prayers also maintain a continual connection with God. It is vital to maintain equilibrium between prayer and service, whereby an individual fathoms the notion ‘ora et labora’, in order to equally partake in both prayer, and the concept of action whereby ora develops inner peace, which is mirrored through the
It’s a crisp, clear skies kind of Monday morning. I awoke earlier than usual to spend quiet time, in the early morning light, in the hot tub, with God before I write and before I meditate. The initial moments of the day are somehow much richer in solitude and inspiration comes more succinctly than mid and late day moments. A plausible explanation may be: I am rested, and there’s a lack of human-made energy buzzing around me or it could simply be that my mind isn’t buzzing because it’s not yet fully awakened. When my mind is buzzing, my entire body follows suit. Perhaps, the buzzing racing mind is part of what separates me from God. The irony of being in my headspace is that the body is always in the present moment, connected to the earth. The breath can serve as a reminder; for when I focus my attention on inhaling and exhaling, my thoughts slow down, my mind stops buzzing about, and for brief, fleeting moments, I am fully in the present. Being fully present is where the mysteries of life dance, my intuition picks up on subtle energy, words and emotions of others float in. When I am present for others, I am transformed as if I am infused with and transferring love, compassion, hope, empathy, and kindness to others. These are the moments that I live for, the random coincidences where God puts another in my path. A path on which I am never sure if I am the teacher or the student and therefore, I become aware of humility that most often likes to hide underneath false notions of
When I was 10, my parents wanted me to get a glimpse of their old life. Jordan, a place my mom was born and raised, grew up in the middle of the once-was main town of Jordan, now known locally as the "old city". Palestine is home to my father. Before he met my mom, he traveled the world with his job maintaining the engine of a cargo ship. Despite my parents grew up very poor, they made it work. While my childhood was full of getting in trouble for not following very cultural guidelines, It was just as full of lectures that felt like Sunday paper. Neither my parents speak perfect English, so when talking, very often they switch back and forth between Arabic and English, (which fascinated my white American friends.) Nevertheless, you didn't have to be fluent in Arabic to tell when they were angry with me, or any of my 5 siblings. If I had a dollar for every time I've been embarrassed by my parents in public, whether it's in parent-teacher conferences, at stores when we mess around, or worst of all, when I have friends over.
Have you ever sat down and just thought about life and how we just keep going everyday ? Well I have , In fact I’ve looked up things and asked questions on how we continue everyday . I’ve been told that there are many reasons why we keep going everyday. For instance you must know what the difference between a non-living thing and a dead thing is . And how non-living factors affect living factors . As well as knowing what a living thing is and what the characteristics are to make a living thing up . In addition to that you must also understand what a molecule is and how there are different types of molecules that we need on a daily basis to keep going. All in all this information is going to hopefully help you get a better understanding about the things we need to keep doing .
Life has no meaning if you don't have the urge to wake up the next morning to see the next day. Many people live their lives unhappy since they have no purpose or meaning to fulfill or satisfy their needs. Purpose to me is something to live for and something to look forward to in life. Without purpose and meaning in life there is no point of living at all. Recently in the existentialism unit we’ve been reading, I learned that without a passion to live, one’s life means nothing and is a waste of a soul. Based on the previous books I’ve read, I learned I am happy because I have things to look forward to in life and to wake up the next morning to enjoy the new day. Three elements that give me purpose and meaning in my life are my family, my
It can be assumed that everyone has a moment that defines them and is bound to affect the path of life they’re bound to endure—whether it be for the better or worse. The event that I could honestly say changed my life is when I decided to move out of my mother’s house to pursue a high school education. I eventually had more control over my life because of my choice; I found my true passion, high school was easier for me to attend, and I learned that the concept of family isn’t only determined by birth.