Finding the Anchor for the Storms of Life

I agree with this article and I think it is an amazing article. I agree and think we have our ups and downs in life but throught it all we need to have our "anchor" which is hope. Hope can get us through alot of things and it can also help us do alot of things. The article said that the waves were gonna be tough, but he believed that his anchor would with hold the storms. That is what we need to do the wave are like the rough times in life they are going to be there to try to knock us off course, but we all need to have an anchor "hope" and just believe that we will be able to handle it. The bigger the anchor the more it will be able to whith hold so if you have alot of hope then there will be little doubt in you that you will be knocked off course. This article talks alot about hope and if you are ever having a tough time or just doubt yourself you need to look at this article.


Hope. March 10 2009 cbn.com. march 22 2009 .

Religion

Religion is stated in this article as "an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendent quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth". This is true but religion is also about more than you can speak in words. I think religion has alot to do with what do you believe , if you do, is the higher power. Your riligion is going to rely on what you think that higher power is. I also believe religion has alot to do with faith. Most of the religions believe in a higher power they cannot see. Yes, that takes alot of guts, but that is faith. Most religions are full of people with alot of faith in thier higher power. Religion is something you need to decide for yourself and if you believe there is a higher power.

Ryan, John. Religion. September 2008 Wikipedia. march 22 2009 .

Gender roles in Islam

In Islam women are suppose to be home makers and caregivers. Thier role is to take care of the kids , take care of the home, and cook food. The wives are to look after thier homes. The men are supposed to support thier wives and do the labor. They are to bring home the money or food for the wife to cook. In Islam the men and women each have a role for thier family. I understand that that is the way that it has been for thier culture for a long time, and that is what they are used to. I on the other hand don't like how each person has a certain role in the family. That defeats any purpose of being or doing something different. I think any man, woman, or child should be able to do what they want and not have a certain role. If they like the ways they are doing things that is fine, buy i don't think it is fair to the others that don't like doing the same thing all the time. Dont be afraid to change things. this was a very good article.


lionel, Hessini. Gender roles in Islam. june 15 2007 Wikipedia. march 22 2009 .

Lunar New Year a time to reconnect with Asian homeland

A girl who was adopted at a very young age is trying to reconnect with her culture. I think it is very cool of her to do such a thing. She is showing alot of faith and alot of respect for her culture by doing her cultural things without livng where it is majority ruled. Her decorating her room and wearing certain clothes for such a special occasion is very brave of her, it is showing that she doesn't care about what others think . She is going to do whatever she feels is culturally right. I think it is very cool of her adoptive parents to her too. Most people would probably try to get her to be more like thier culture, but they are just letting her choose what she wants to do which is stick with her heritage. I think this is a very good article and it shows that no matter where you are or what you are doing you should just be you at all times. I reccomend this article to anyone and everyone.


Tran, My-thuan . Lunar New Year a time to reconnect with Asian homeland. January 26 2009 Los Angles Times. march 22 2009 .

overcoming challenges and struggles in life

I read an article about a butterfly needing to overcome struggles. The butterfly is suppose to struggle to get out of the cacoon , so it can develop wing strength. The butterfly was helped by a kid then died later. I think this is a really cool article because it applies to people and not only butterflies. We need to endure struggles throughlife to become stronger, we might not die , but if we struggle we come back stronger. I think alot of people grow up not struggling and having everything given to the and not having to struggle for certain things. I think that ends up hurting them in the long run someone who has dealt with more struggles tends to be more experienced and a tougher person. I think this article was really cool and thoughtful . I would reccomend this article to anyone.


jones, mike. Overcoming Challenges And Struggle In Life. February 16 2008 google. march 22 2009 .