Sunday, January 29, 2017

Worst Argument I've Had

     Arguments are a thing that everyone has, even those who are super nice and don't have drama. They happen for various reasons and can be about almost anything you can think of. Everyone has that one argument that was so bad, and now they don't like talking about it. I haven't had a super horrible argument with anyone, the ones I have had are just average. An argument that sparked a lot of controversy is one that I had with my friends. One of my friends, we are going to call her Steve, decided to tell me and my two other friends, we are going to call them Tony and Clint, a scenario. She asked us what we would do if someone, who was an atheist and hated those who believed in any god, was holding a gun to our heads and he asked us if we believed in God. If we said yes, we died and so did our families. If we said no, he would let us and our families live. Tony, Clint, and I all said yes, Steve said that was good because we would be let into Heaven since we got killed. This is the moment where everything went south.
      Steve was saying that if we said no and survived, when we died God would not let us into Heaven because we weren't being faithful to him. All three of us, Tony, Clint, and I, tried to explain to her that's not how it works. We told her that if you said no, you could still be let into Heaven. I go to a Catholic church, so I don't know how it works in Christian churches but in Catholic Churches there is a thing called confessing. You can go and confess to the priest about your sins or just pray to God asking for forgiveness. Steve wasn't understanding this and was being extremely stubborn. In the end, we all learned that we may all be in the same religion but it all is about how you interpret things. We also learned not discuss about religion because we start yelling and it just isn't good.




Sunday, January 22, 2017

'Fake It Until You Become It'

     In a TED talk video, a lady talks about how the way you position yourself can portray how much confidence you have. If you stand/sit very openly with your legs spread out or  your arms out, you have more confidence. If you slouch or wrap your arms around yourself, you have less confidence. Even though this describes how much confidence you have, this can also relate to how much confidence you have in some aspects of your life.
     One aspect of my life that I feel most confident about is health. I think that I take pretty good care of myself. I try to eat healthy by not eating so much junk food. I have gym at school every other day and I do several sports, right now I am on the volleyball team. Another aspect of my life that I feel really confident about is education or development of myself. I learn new things everyday, and I am not just talking about academic related things. I make mistakes everyday and I learn from them. I think that my mind is developing very well.
     The part that I think I need to improve on is social. I can be very talkative with my friends but once someone else or a stranger is put into the picture I turn shy. I want to be able to not be shy around strangers and try to start a conversation with them to break the ice. I also want to better the relationships I have with the people around me. Right now they are good but I feel like they can become better.


Acts of Kindness Over Winter Break

     This winter break I didn't really do many acts of kindness. In fact I didn't do anything in general, unless watching Netflix and YouTube all day counts. To many, the holiday times are when people get a break and are with their families. To others, the holidays are very stressful, that is why it's important to do acts of kindness in these times. They make those who are stressed out or can't spend time with their families feel better. Over winter break, an act of kindness I did was help my brother come home. I brother came home for Christmas and I helped him with his luggage and stuff like that. I also helped my parents prepare the food for Christmas and New Years, and attend the guest we had over. Overall, winter break was a fun time for me.