Read Between the Lines

They say

"You Should Never Judge a Book by its Cover"

Well you shouldn't. You never know what people had been through. You never know what obstacles they have faced. All you know is what they tell you, and it's up to you to believe it or not. The books with the ugliest covers can have the most beautifully descriptive sentences and the most fluent diction. You wouldn't know unless you gave it a chance. Give some books a chance, and those books will be the ones who motivate you to living a better life.



TRUTH OR SCARE?

WARNING: This is my opinion. If I offend you I am very SORRY!


My friend and I stumbled into this conversation. We heard this weird quote . . .

IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, ANGELS, AND HEAVEN, YOU MUST BELIEVE IN THE DEVIL, DEMONS, AND HELL. 

My world history teacher who has some kind of degree in the study of world religions was fascninated with religion when he first started his study. He taught us the basics of each and asked us if we believed and which one did we believe. At the end of the year, we asked him the question. He put his head down and said "I do not know the truth, but once I learned it, it became more confusing. It wasn't about learning it anymore, it's about believing it. Some things people do not need to know. My facsination became a disappointment." This threw me way off! Never did I truely question my own religion until this day.

I am Christian, BUT have you ever questioned religion?

DID YOU KNOW thre are more than 40 organized forms of Religion.

NOT to mention, there are different branches of the same Religion.!!!

So how do we know what to believe?



Some theories include that the GOVERNMENT created religion to give people a form of SANITY, HOPE, FAITH, and MORALITY.

Although the assignment asks us to defend a side, this argument is something I question heavily but refuse to take a matter on.

It's amazing how ignorant people can be on Religion including myself. ONE thing I find people tripping over the most nowadays is this whole 2012 shindig. DID YOU KNOW that Christian Religion does not support that belief? Christians do mention the world coming to an end but "from what I know" you have to read between the lines and TRUELY anaylize the content of the Bible to form a theory of the date.

Matthew 25: 13, "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes."

It is the distinct beliefs of the MAYANS. Now they were smart people. Up until this day they have not been WRONG about their solar calender including elipses and ecplipses. LETS remember when they were killed off so was much of there work. Their calender is one of the ONLY things we have left. THANK YOU, they might have had all the answers to life but  OF COURSE all the smart people died early.  I think of them more as SCIENTIST. I am not going to go in much depth because I do not want the "Well actually" some people will post as comments.

Which brings me to another agruement.

Religion vs. Evolution? Science vs. Religion?

Science has facts. true. But religion has foundation.

I am just confused as anybody else. Jsut because I do not know the answers do not mean I will give up on religion. Even if it was just made up, It gives people something worth living for and pride for the afterlife.

 SO my whole paper is full of random questions.

1)Do you believe in Angels or in Demons?

2)Do you sometimes question Religion and which one is the Truth?

3)Have yur been in a situation where you felt presence?

4)Science vs Religion?

5) What do you think will happen in 2012? and Do you think the world will end eventually?

6) Is casper really a friendly ghost?

I WANTS ANSWERS



REAL?

Not having I? No silly, Not having my iPad

MISERABLE MISERABLE MISERABLE!

NO acess to Netflix where ever whenever!
FACEBOOK = GONE :(
no quick google searches = THE END OF THE WORLD!
I am a very curious person. When I question myself I MUST figure out the answer. IT kills me not too.
Honestly, I am ove exaggerating. When it first started, it was, hard. But once after an hour or two I forgot it existed. In fact, since that day, it has been dead laying in my car. Now that I remember, I will grab it. Thanks BLog!

Can I Live?

What If? . . .

Going to school 14 credit hours. Freshman, constantly being targeted and labeled as the usual stereotype. Fingers pointing, gossip, and professors shaking their heads. Falling under a statistic of an African American female. Random trips to the ladies room for the *butterfly in my tummy.* Throwing up. .Scared to eat due to the terrible consequences. The non-stop worrying about what our future will hold. Tired, although I have been sleep all night and half the day. Working 40 hours a week knowing that my brain is not fully there. The constant battle between my clothes and I. Bra is too small and pants won't zip. Back pain, chest hurts, and feet are soar. 9 months of stress, discomforts, and regrets.

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Life?

          WHO?                                    WHO?

                                 WHO?                                         WHO?

WHO HAS THE POWER TO SAY WHO DESERVES TO LIVE?

MY BABY. MY PRECIOUS LITTLE GIFT. DO MOMMY WANT TO GIVE YOU A NON-PROMISING GOOD LIFE? OR NOT RISK IT AT ALL? BABY JUST UNDERSTAND. I AM ONLY 18. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. I'M SORRY YOUR BEING PUNISHED FOR IT. TRUST ME, I CAN'T GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT AND NEED. TRUE, ADOPTION IS AN ANSWER. WELFARE? WIC? THOSE ARE OPTIONS BUT MOMMY IS SCARED. I DON'T WANT TO RAISE YOU LIKE THIS. BABY YOUR DADDY ISN'T EVEN PROMISING. HE MIGHT GET SCARED AND RUN OFF. WHAT IF HE LEAVES US AFTER YOU ARE HERE? I DON'T WANT YOU TO SUFFER FROM A BROKEN FAMILY LIKE ME. WHAT IF I DON'T FIND A REPLACEMENT? IT WILL JUST BE YOU AND ME. ME AND YOU. 





PICTURE THIS BABY.

Mommy finishes school. Graduate on top. Successful. Making mucho money. hanging out with my friends. Partyinjg. No kids, no stress, no responsibilites. Living Free. Doing things the right way. Faliing in love. Then getting married. Then having you siblings. Baby, can mommy live?

Anything is possible baby but do you know how hard it will be for mommy? Going to school, trying to provide a good life for you. My life will be devoted to you. i might not have lived like I wanted to but baby your life . . . you can do anything. you can be anything. Mommy will give you whatever you need. How could someone be so selfish? I would miss your little face, You gripping my fingers for the first time. Your first step. Your first time saying "ma ma." You graduating from preschool, then elementary, then middle, highschool, then college.

The ? here is baby is "To be or not to be."

I wish Iwould have let you be . . . .



LOVE IS COCAINE?

DID YOU KNOW

Cocaine and being in love create the same chemical flow through your brain?

Dopamine. It is called dopamine. Being high off cocaine increases your amount of dopamine in the synapse. Being in love causes your critical thinking parts of the brain shut down and the chemical dopamine runs freely through your mind. So is being high off Cocaine the same thing as being in love????

So I know we all heard the quote, "love is blind." Well . . . . is it? It doesn't literally make you blind, but sense your thinking part of your brain supresses, we can say you simply do not think straight while we are in love. So no it's not blind in a literal aspect, but in a weird awkward different kind of way.

Have you ever heard an older person say "you are high off of love?" Well my moms throws me that line everytime I talk about my boyfriend aka baby aka boo boo chicken. My Pysch class is really taking a toll on me. I never took that saying literally but I guess I am "high off of love."

Being away from my boo boo does feel like, at least to me, withdrawals. I never felt the withdrawals of a person addicted to cocaine of couse but I do feel withdrawals. When he is away I do feel lonely and depressed. I try to do things to keep me busy and keeo my mind off of him. Of course it doesn't work. I can't stop my brain from thinking. Or can I?

SO back to the topic. So if I am in love am I addicted to cocaine? Wait that doesn't make sense because I never had cocaine. BUT am I feeling the same high as they feel? I mean its the same chemical roaming through our heads. Well love does feel good. I only want to be with him and only him. I do have withdrawals when I am not with him but am I actually high off of love?And siince cocaine is not good for you, is being in love bad?  ANSWERS PLEASE :)

I hate you White People

Racism is something we all still may encounter til this day. Whether it's race, gender, sexuality, religion, weight, or even height. One thing I know for a fact, never judge a book by it's cover. It's weird how much you learn about someone and know how much you have in common with one conversation. An event in history that I believe is a huge misconception is slavery.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mowarren/schake/slavery.html

Ok ok so African Americans are quick to blame whites for slavery. I beg to differ. From my own knowledge black people were sold and paid for. Who did the whites pay to own us? Our own people. Africans of higher power. Maybe the whites told the Africans that our labor wouldn't be too bad but it still doesn't change the fact that our own people put a price tag on us. I mean history could have turned out differently. I could understand if Africans refused to sell us and then the whites killed them off and stole us, but it didn't happened like that; at least not to my knowledge. I never blamed whites for slavery. I believe our struggle was, not worth it, but a sacrifice.

http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/precious-the-new-movie-by.php

All the slaves that died to set the stone for Africans in the U.S, I thank them. Also, African Americans did not free themselves. With the help of many white people we made freedom possible. White Helpers for the underground railroad, Abraham Lincoln, abolitionist in the north, and even the union soldiers put there life on the line to help us become free. Of course the main goal of the Civil War was to save the Uninity of the U.S but the 13th Amendment was a huge outcome.

Now talking to a guy friend of mine, with possibly at little less knowledge on slavery than me, automatically pointed fingers to the whites. I questioned him on his knowledge of Africans being paid for us. He said it didn't matter! That white men didn't pay enough and took advantage of the Africans because they knew they needed money. To me this sounds like "a lady sold her baby for crack and it's ok because she needed it bad." It's nonsense and rather ignorant. I blame nobody. It just something that happened. Oh well. Get over it. It's the past.

Does racism still exist? Of course, but who cares. One person can think what they want but it doesn't change the fact that we are free and equal now.

Do I wanna b a sailor or a pilot????

It seems like my life is at a standstill. I go to work, go to school, and go back home. There is no excitement. It is like a routine. I want something adventerous. . . more exciting!

My friend brought up a suggestion; join the Military! "Whaaaa, no I am a girly girl. I wouldnt last a day!" He told me to look into it. I talked to some people, mostly females and I was suprised at how many girls are in it and love it!

I talked to a recruiter and I asked him "will I die or have to go to Iraq?" He looked at me like I was crazy. He told me that certain branches only set out for war. He explained to me the misconceptions of the Armed Forces. At the end of the meeting I was equally in love with the Navy and Air Force.

Decisions Decisions. Do I want to sign my life away? Do I want to leave my family? and most importanly am I prepared to do all neccessary, even die for my Country? But do I want free education? A chance to explore the world? A chance to make my own decision for once?

It is so much to think about, but I think it is the excitement I have been missing in my life.