Soul Searching
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Learning to UnplugMy mom is a hippie. Or better yet, a naturalist. At least that's how I define her. Since I was born, she has been a disciple for nature. My childhood was spent in the great outdoors: hiking, camping, fishing, going to the park. If it was outdoors-y, we were there. She wouldn't allow us to... <Category: Soul Search |
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Alaska 2012The moments I spent in Alaska are some to always be told but not always understood. I was emerged in an environment that brings out the beauty in the world. From mountain top to mountain top white snow lay refusing to melt under the eyes of the sun. The sun never left. From the moment I opened my... <Category: Soul Search |
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Building character through judoI stare with awe as I enter The Grand Amway Plaza Hotel with my dad and sister. As my eyes dart in all directions while I take in the hotel’s overwhelming size and grandeur, I laugh at how greatly it differs from the dull and interminable farmland we had driven alongside during our trip to... <Category: Soul Search |
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From Fear to Triumph: Cancer Stories from the Detroit RiverThis is not the story of a travel far from home, but of the journey to a new and improved spiritual state. Every year for the last thirteen years on the second Wednesday in July, the Lance Armstrong Foundation in association with Different Strokes Swim Shop puts on an open water swim in order to... <Category: Soul Search |
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My Soul Search in the Himalayan Mountain RangeThe benevolent and unselfish nature of Mother Earth has given every human being something to cherish and worship. In India, the concept of displaying one’s devotion to a natural force or existence symbolizes the harmony, connectivity, and unity between man and the wonderful world. It is said... <Category: Soul Search |
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High Stakes at StokesLiving a fast paced, new age life style is no easy task, and my family prides itself on our ability to keep up with the demands of everyday living. We own the carpool route like it’s nobody’s business, and school drop offs have developed into a work of art; ending with my sister and I... <Category: Soul Search |
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Becoming A Family Far From Home“She was right there.” The venerable old woman pointed a crooked finger toward the flowerbed in front of her. All four of us stared into the little bed that was brimming with golden chrysanthemums. The scene looked so mild and innocent, but in my mind I watched a young woman weave... <Category: Soul Search |
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With Travel It's Always a Surprise: A Camping Adventure in the Smokey MountainsThe senior project is a period before graduation that is allotted to the seniors of Columbus Academy to design a project, complete it, and reflect on it. Sitting in the chemistry room, we listened to a teacher drone on about the importance of taking advantage of it, and how our project, in that it... <Category: Soul Search |
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The Big Apple Break-UpMy oldest sister once told me that young women in Japan idealize France to such an extent that when they eventually visit, they are most disappointed since it could in no way live up to their expectations. This was what I thought of when I got to New York with my mother, my father and my... <Category: Soul Search |
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The Wholeness of PurposeIt was early spring of 2012 and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, the lawns were lush, and the sun was warm. We had traveled to D.C. for WAMUNC, a four-day Model United Nations conference at George Washington University with our high school and I was brimming with excitement. I was to... <Category: Soul Search |
