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Not for me!

I do what do because I was placed here for a purpose.  Every detail is planned out in, what I like to call, the Story of My Life.  Sometimes this story sucks.  I’m sitting here thinking, this is a horrible story! I want a new one.  Other times, I’m l

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I do what I do because I love

 

I love life so much that I want to enjoy every bit of it. Life is too precious to be wasted, and that’s why I strive to find out what makes me truly passionate, because I know that the knowledge of my true passion will direct me through life in a tr

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I found creativity, at its best

“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear for the future.” - Fulton Oursler

When I was younger, I had an immense interest in art—sketching, painting, anything of the sort. Creativity defined me. Canvases and acr
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Seize the Day

In August of 1972 my father boarded an airplane for the first time in his life.  He was an alone eighteen year old, did not know anything about the place he was going, and did not have anyone waiting for him at his destination.  He was leaving India

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The power of the Internet

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matthew 7:12 NIV). Sometimes called the golden rule, it is one of the most known sayings/rules of our time, but what does it mean and how should I apply it to my daily life?  Isn’t

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acting is easy.

everyone can put on an act. some to entertain, some to get people to like them. but mine is to show people that i'm happy, when i just want to cry on the inside
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To Expand My World

I'm from a small community in Los Angeles. Of my 18 years of living, I have never encountered so many white people until I entered UCLA. I've always seen my world "colored". I grew up and am still growing up with a non-English speaking father whose i

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IN DEFENSE OF MY PICTURE

My first challenge in isolating my motivation for doing what I do, was to figure out what I do. I know what I don't do: I don't travel to foreign countries and help the impoverished and down-trodden, on the other hand I don't exploit my fellow human.
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because if i don't...

why do i do what i do? because if i don't then everyone will know how truly down i am all the time. i never feel as though i fit in. i'm an outsider to this world and i want to be happy, but i'm not happy. hardly ever. i want one day to be normal aga
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The Lift Off

The abrupt rumble of the wheels prepared me once more for takeoff as I leaned back on my seat, waiting for that moment. I felt the rapid acceleration of the plane. Then suddenly, the rumble ceased and silence ensued.  I was in the sky. Since my knowl

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To fight for something right

I do what I do because I want a better life. My parents instilled with me, ever since I was young, that passion to strive to be the best I can be, to get the best grades I can get, to earn the most awards I can earn, to get into the best college I ca
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Finals?

I have finals this week.

Stressed out to the max.

I don't really know what else to say...

OH! I love this site a lot. (: It's amazing and an awesome idea.

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