Liz looked at Sarah, regretting she had come along with them in the first place. “Relax, Liz.” she said. “I really shouldn’t be here, Sarah. Can’t I go home?” Liz said. John smiled. “He’s not gonna bite. He’s really nice. You know he is, he’s been at your place a billion times.” He said. Liz nodded, but looked pleadingly at Sarah. “We’ll be right back. Hold him here when he arrives.” Sarah said and John nodded. “Can do!” he said, and she smiled at him as she grabbed Liz’ arm and dragged her along into the toilets. “You are not going home.” Sarah said, turning to look at her. “But... I don’t belong here. Me and love... we’re incomparable.” Liz said. Sarah smiled at her. “You are not!” she said. Liz sighed and turned to the mirror to make sure the bruise wasn’t showing. She bit her lip, and Sarah placed her hand on her shoulder. “Lizzy...” she said softly, and Liz turned to her with teary eyes. “Sorry.” She said quietly and smiled a little. Sarah smiled back as she hugged her. “Don’t be.” She said. “It wasn’t your fault. Besides, he was an idiot and you were far too good for him anyway.” Liz laughed a little and looked at her. “Yeah?” she said. “Yeah.” Sarah said smiling. “Now, will you stay? John is right, you know. Mark is really nice, and John should know. You know he is too. They’ve been best mates for ages. They moved here together like you and me.” Sarah said. “Really?” Liz asked. Sarah nodded. “Yeah. And you wanna know a little secret?” she asked. “Go on.” Liz said smiling. “He told John that he thinks you’re really nice.” Sarah said and grinned when Liz blushed. “He did not!” Liz said. “Did too! Will you stay?” she asked. Liz shrugged. “It’s just a movie, then we can go home ... with company.” Sarah said. “And it’s not like you’ll be alone. John and I are here.” Liz nodded. “All right.” She said. “I’ll stay.” Sarah cheered. “Yay!” she said, making Liz laugh. “Come on, bet they’re waiting.” They walked back out, finding Mark had showed up and he and John were stood talking when they walked over. “Hey babe. You okay?” John said, placing his arms around Sarah. “Hello. Yeah, fine. Hi Mark.” She said. Mark smiled at her.
“Sure. Thank you,” Mrs. Whitmore said. She waved good-bye and shut the door, then listened. When she heard only giggles, she relaxed her shoulders, and went into the kitchen to start on the cookies. When they were finished, she brought the plate up with two glasses of milk to Lucy-Lou’s room. The girls had stopped giggling, and Sarah was sitting across from Lucy-Lou on the other side of the room.
...a seat next to me on the soft, blue rug. “It’s okay, I know how you feel. I felt the same way when I was forced out of my book and left in a new world”, Abby said sympathetically. “You mean I was right?” I said, slowly lifting my face to the light, my cheeks red and my face damp from my salty tears. “Yes, and you must help me get out of this place. I don’t belong here. It’s just that every time somebody reads my book, I am forced out of it. You see, my book wants me to leave for a while. That reason I do not know why. But I do know that you are the only one that can help me back to my home. I will need three stars, four tears of a puppy and a monkey’s paw. That is what my book requires from me at this dimension. So will you help me?” Abby says, her eyes glittering of hope. “Sure,” I say. After all, she is now my friend and she did confess so I see no problem there.
Happiness is a feeling adults experience when they receive a gift, win something, and various other reasons, but does money buy this happiness everyone experiences? Don Peck and Ross Douthat claim money does buy happiness, but only to a point in their article which originally appeared in the Atlantic Monthly (252). Throughout their article, reasons on why money can sometimes buy happiness are explained. While some of the reasons given are effective, not all are satisfying answers for adults working diligently to make a living. Money is a part of everyone’s life, yet it is not always the cause of happiness.
How dangerous is high school football? How dangerous is high school football? That’s a question that a lot of coaches get asked. In reality, they can not give a correct answer. Personally I believe that every sport is dangerous but, if you play the correct way it could be safe.
In the story The Most Dangerous Game a character named General Zaroff has a passion for hunting. He has been hunting since he was born. He has hunted every animal known to man, but, then he gets tried of hunting the same animal over and over. So he discovers a new animal human flesh. General Zaroff is person of bad character because he is cruel, cowardly, and untrustworthy.
Oliver, H. (2014, February 24). A new context for Coping in sport: Age related issues. - The Sport In Mind – Sport Psychology. Retrieved April 1, 2014, from http://www.thesportinmind.com/articles/a-new-context-for-coping-in-sport-age-related-issues/
Happiness is a universal feeling and it is most commonly associated with a smile. In many countries there are different levels of happiness, in our country happiness is a goal that we all have. The obstacle to achieving this goal is “finding” happiness, which is an idea, not an object, and it can be hard to find. Many people try to find happiness by using books, videos, or listening to motivational speakers. The argument about money and if it can bring happiness is prevalent today and can be an engaging topic.
Brooke had long blonde hair, and eyes that looked almost gold if you stared at them for a second longer than normal. “Hi.” I said. I walked up to the circle. “Okay there are a lot of people so do we wanna group into teams of two?” Heather asked. Everyone agreed and sooner or later everyone had a partner. Well, except for Brooke and I. Heather started to count and Brooke looked at me. “Where do you wanna hide?” I whispered. “I don’t know this is my first time here..” She said sheepishly. “Oh okay, come on.” I said. I ran off across the yard. Everyone was out of sight and Heather was almost done counting. I stopped at the back of a red truck and started to climb in the back with Brooke. We layed down, knowing that we would have leaves in our hair before long. After a moment of silence I spoke up. “So, tell me your life story.” I said. “Well, I’m 13, and I have a lot of siblings. I love 5 seconds of summer and I am very busy a lot of the time.” She said. I liked this girl. I could already tell I wanted to keep her around, until she said something that immediately made my heart drop. “Also my dad is in the military, so I move around a lot.” She said. I knew how this story would go
It is easier for wealthy people to pay for their needs, such as health care and dental care. If any abrupt situation approaches dealing with their health, a wealthy person will be financially stable to pay and fix it. According to an article, "Happiness Around The World: Is There More To It Than Money?" by Bozionelos, Nikos, and Ioannis Nikolaou, “One would expect that money is more important when it helps meet basic needs, and this should be especially true in poorer nations. However, as already seen, the relationship between income and general life satisfaction was mainly explained by whether material aspirations (such as buying luxury goods) could be fulfilled.” In other words, one’s concept of happiness can vary from nation to nation. For example, people living in poor nations and having a low income tend to be satisfied by having just enough to meet their necessities. While, on the other hand, people with higher income tend to be satisfied if they have enough to buy luxury goods. Being wealthy does not lead one to happiness; it can help some people to obtain happiness, but it can also lead others to have unwanted experiences. Having a minimum amount of money is necessary to be happy. Having the minimum amount of money to pay bills, have medical assistance, buy groceries, and clothing is considered as the basics needed for one to be happy. Money is a tool that can help a person obtain objects that can help him or her to have a comfortable life. However, money should not become the reason why a person is happy. Happiness comes within a person as a human being and money will never replace a friend, nor a loved
As money can be really important, alongside to food to eat, a house to live in, and places to go from here to there, but for all of those things, you need money. So that’s when “money can buy happiness” expression comes in because many people think that since money can buy everything they want in life, then it can easily buy happiness. My parents lived a decent life style, they had the amount of an average person in Amman Jordan. Meaning that we weren 't filthy rich, but we also weren 't poor either. The amount of money we had was enough to make us happy. We didn’t struggle with anything like food or other necessities we needed. My parents always say that "it’s better than nothing" because looking at others who don’t have much money makes me
Words are very powerful, and sometimes the words we use offend people. Freedom of speech is highly valued but what happens when your freedom becomes hurtful or disrespectful to someone else? There are so many different kinds of people and different things that offend each person. In this day where we are more inclined to say whatever we want, we see more and more offense being taken to the words that get said. It's hard to understand why certain words can be insulting to someone when it may not seem that way to you. We have to ask ourselves, why do we care what other people say and should we censer everything that goes into the public just so people don't get offended?
It was a dreadful afternoon, big droplets of rain fell directly on my face and clothes. I tasted the droplets that mixed with my tears, the tears I cried after the incident. The pain in my foot was excruciating. It caused me to make a big decision of whether I should visit you or not. I decided I would. I limped towards my bright, blue car where my bony, body collapsed onto the seat. I started the engine up but at the same time being cautious of my bleeding foot. I then drove to the destination where I was bound to meet you. I was bound to meet you after three years of counselling from my last appearance with you. I guess all I can remember is the scarring....
Well that answer could not be so far from the truth, money can 't buy happiness. Sound like a contradiction? Did I get your attention?... According to Gregory Karp, money can make a person happy. In his article “Money CAN buy happiness,” Karp believes that money can bring happiness to acquire basic life needs but once those basic needs are met discretionary use of money will also bring happiness. He continues later on in the article to explain some suggestions on how to spend for happinessKarp’s first point in his article is that happiness needs to be bought to some degree. In order to have the ability to be happy you need to have the ability to pay for basic necessities such as food and shelter. In studies it can be seen that, “…once people had enough to meet their basic needs, somewhere between $8,000 and $25,000 or the equivalent of that in various spots around the world, happiness leveled out.” (). I agree with this statement because any person that is homeless, does not have adequate shelter, or the money for food and water has survival in mind. The mind is consumed with the need to live another day it does not have time to waste energy on obtaing happiness. Happiness is a balance between being physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually (Life of
Some people believe that happiness has to do with and an emotional state of being or with a mental state of richness or ownership. While people believe happiness is an end of an achievement others say that it is a start of a great future. Happiness can be categorized in several ways but the three common are in the state of well-being, ownership/richness, or accomplishment. Sam Wren Lewis mentions in his article, “ How Successfully Can We Measure Well-Being through Measuring Happiness?”, that there are two types of happiness for well being, a short term and a long term to defining it. Another author, Dwight R. Lee, states that money does indeed by happiness but to an extent in his “ Who Says Money Cannot Buy Happiness?”. Then
Imagine, someone losing a close love one; they are already grieving but also their love one had a large amount of debt and lived an unhappy life with no exposure to new experiences. Happiness is the state of being joyful; it’s the feeling that comes when one knows life is good. However, the question is can money really buy happiness? According to Gretchen Rubin, “No money cannot buy happiness, but money can buy a lot of things that will contribute mightily to happiness.” Money can buy happiness when one wisely uses it for experience’s, helping others, and investing in life.