Belongings

            Do people have any right to take things that do not belong to them?  A person may think that taking these belonging back would right the wrong done, right? I see it differently.  The people in South Africa who have had their homes demolished because they were built on stolen land had some form of ownership of these homes and were in no way at fault for buying these homes.  Taking these homes back would not make the problem go away or rectify what has already been done.  It simply returns the stolen goods to the rightful owner without giving help to the families displaced.  Once the homes are returned or destroyed, the families had no place to turn and were left homeless.  The homeless families were left abandoned in the street as if it was their fault for buying the homes.  They were, from my understanding, previously unaware of the circumstances in which their homes were built and were therefore not at fault for the occurrence.  In conclusion, it does not make the problem disappear or rectify the wrong done by returning the stolen goods.

Heroes and Villians

People are a selfish bunch.  They choose to do a lot of things to benefit themselves and not the people around them.  Even when they care deeply about somebody else, they cannot risk their lives for others.  It takes a very special person to risk their own well being in order to protect that of another.

These people are the heroes every person knows.  They are firefighters, policemen, and paramedics.  They save life and run into the face of danger to save strangers that they have never met.  They are the true heroes and always will be.  Keeping the public safe is their main goal when they wake up and go into work.

Why do these people do what they do? How do they go to work knowing they may never come home?  This is because they know that even if they parish, they will be remember and forever loved by the family and friends of those that they saved.  The work that they do is so amazing that they do not need to worry about being forgotten after they die, or fear that their loved ones will have no way of moving on. They know that their family will move on with the honor that their relative saved a person's life without hesitating; knowing that they themselves may not come out.

On the other hand, some people (most people) could not imagine running into danger to defend their country.  They could never, in a million years, go into a life threatening situation for the sake of the country that they call home. Looking out for themselves is the natural way.  Ensure that they themselves are safe and cared for before looking for the others.  It is human instinct to protect one's own body and only a few people can really go against that in reality. These people are the heroes, while the others might as well be the villains.

Meeting in History

            If I could meet anybody in the universe and do anything I wanted to with them, I would want to meet John Lennon and just talk to him.  His message of peace and forgiving still stands today and we all hope for the future that he imagined.  If I could meet him, I think I would like to go get some coffee or out to dinner and talk to him about what he really thought on a bunch of issues. I am very curious as to his inspiration to write many of his songs including the most famous one, “Imagine.”  John Lennon has influenced my life greatly as I grew up listening to him and the rest of The Beatles.  I learned to be a love my fellow man and gained an understanding of the world around me.  The man was truly amazing and did not deserve the cruel ending he received at all.

Winter Break 2012

Over winter break this year, I did quite a lot.  I went sledding, saw a few movies, and went to some parties. One of my favorite days of break was the day Cody, Mike, and I went sledding.  We went to Fox Creek Gold Club and slid down a hill on one of the back nine holes.  The only problem was, that right about the same time that we arrived, three or four families arrived with a bunch of little kids.  This kind of scared me because we were sliding all over the place and flipping off the sleds trying to slide down them standing up and attempting crazy stunts.  I was a bit worried that I would hit one of the kids, and I was not alone in this thought as Mike announced that he did not want to go down the hill and possibly kill a small child.  We ended up leaving having only sled maybe ten times.  It was pretty lame that we did not get to sled that many times, but I had a ton of fun and I only injured myself a few times which, of course, was an added benefit.