Usually what I do in my blog is I talk a bit about different topics that I find interesting that relate to people and in the third week I do an interview with another person about what they think about the topic. This month is different. Because it is my birthday month, I decided about six months ago that I wanted to chose a topic that I was really fascinated about and hopefully people would enjoy it as well. I then choose faith. But after I choose the topic of faith, my mind kept spinning on how I would write that month and what I could do to make it…
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Why We Need Teachers
I have always had a respect for teachers. They gain new students every year, go through the pain of trying to help them to learn, and yet they still call their students “their kids”. With all that I know of teachers, I really wanted to interview a teacher. As it so happens, my roommate, Julia, is a music education major. When I was thinking of who I would interview for the month, I asked her what she thought about education and when she answered, I knew that I had to ask her to be my interviewee. I first asked her why she chose to be a teacher. She said, “I…
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How Can We Help Others With Depression?
I asked my followers on Instagram what they would like to know about depression before I started my interview for the month and I received a response that really stood out to me- “How can someone without depression understand what it feels like?” Because I have been living with depression my whole life, it never occurred to me that other people didn’t know what it was like. I felt like it was the easiest concept in the world when it is probably the hardest. So, when I started my interview with Kerri. I kept in mind that I should ask her about what others could do to understand depression more…
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The Real Truth About Determination
When I first met Katie we were in the same class. Even though, I haven’t had many face to face interactions with her, I decided that today I would like to talk to her. Ever since we became friends we both have shared with each other things about ourselves that can be difficult. I thought that with our difficulties, she could share with me her own stories about determination. We first caught up on life. While we sat under a blossomed tree on a bench, Katie told me about her own fears and how she is getting over them by doing what she loves. She is going to school to…
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How to Be Authentic
As people, we are afraid of what people think. When we live our day to day lives we might wonder if someone may be judging us or if they think that we are doing something weird or wrong. But we are not the only ones who are worried about this, Rebekah has thought the same thing. “I feel like I am shy at first and I’m worried about people pretending to be my friends because I think people are being my friends because they don’t want to hurt my feelings,” Rebekah shared with me. She has been deaf since birth so she knows what it is like for people to…
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It Must Be True Love
Who do we fall in love with? Why do we start to love them in the first place? These are just some questions I have about the person we are trying to find. Some people call them soulmates, others kindred spirits, but when it all comes down to it, it is the person we want to spend the rest of our lives with. Something that both of my grandparents have taught me is that the people we are going to spend our lives with can be anyone. My grandmother and grandfather, Joan and Robert, had known each other for two years before they started dating. They were on a double…
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The Secret of Succesful Change
Have you ever played a sport? One that required teamwork and perseverance in order to do well. When playing on that team, did you ever take over for a more experienced player? That change is exactly what Jarod felt when he moved from junior varsity to varsity for lacrosse. At the same time, he replaced the school’s star player, who had just graduated. When Jarod joined the new team, he found that his fear of failure was constantly running through the back of his mind. “The fear of failing with everyone’s expectations kind of got inside my head,” Jarod said. “I think at first [people’s] expectations pushed me to…
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Hugs From Heaven
Becky is a woman who lives with a sparkle in her eyes and a laugh at the tip of her tongue. I’ve known her since I was twelve and she has always been a light in any darkness, that can fill up a room. “I feel that hope is to view the world with eyeglasses of gratitude.” She said thoughtfully. Becky is the type of woman who already has those eyeglasses of gratitude. She has gone through many trials herself and has seen others go through some as well. “My husband and I, we had served as ARP (Addiction Recovery Program) missionaries for a couple of years, and there was…
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How Do You Define Gratitude?
“It was on the second of January and we wanted to go back and return our printer.” That’s how this story starts: in a new year, on slick roads. Carolyn was driving with her husband after a new year had started. To her, it probably seemed as though they were just doing a task, but an accident was about to happen. “We were heading to Salt Lake. We were in the middle of nowhere. I was told that a bicycle came and swung into my lane of traffic and I swerved to get out of his way. I swerved into traffic and then I swerved to get back in my…
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It’s Not the Same For Everyone
This month we have been talking about creativity. Last week we talked about how to use creativity for ourselves and be able to do things that can help us work on the projects that we want to work on. Today, I think that all that I said last week, may not all be the same for everyone. Creativity can sometimes be easy for people to get. Some people work every day, sometimes putting their own needs until after they are finished, and that works for them. Other’s can work every day, and when they need to, they can be creative in a whim. For others, including myself, creativity can be…