Spencer's+Chicken+McNuggets

=**PHILOSOPHY BRAINSTORMING:**// Who am I? //// What do I believe about life, truth, my future? //// What do I believe is my purpose? //// How does the way I live and approach life reflect who I am and what I value? //= • Think about what texts that we’ve read specifically connect to me – Big ideas, images, lines, etc. I am Spencer, I am 15 years old and and I am a Christian. I believe life is about enjoying life while we're here and not worrying about what other people think or do. I think my purpose is to make people laugh and smile with my odd clothing and such. The way i live my life shows that I'm never worried about what other people think about what I do but I don't waste my time on people that can't appreciate wearing a dress for a class skit and wearing a fez to school because you feel like it.

"It's better than a big stick in the eye."

"It's better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission."

"You can wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first."

"You're about as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop."

"Does a bear poop in the woods?"

"Three may keep a secret if two are dead."

"God heals and the doctor takes the fee."

"Setting too good an example is a type of slander seldom forgiven."

"Laws too gentle seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed."

"A good conscience is like a continual Christmas."

"Rules were made to be broken."

My personal philosophy is that it's better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission. If we spend all our time worrying about what other people will say when we ask them, then we never get much done. I just do things then worry about the consequences when they come.

I've lost track of all the times I've thought //Oh God, oh God, she's finally going to let me,// only to be hit in the face with //Dear God, she wants me to stop NOW?// If anything matters than everything matters. It is impossible for you to take power over the future because it isn’t even real, nor will it ever be real be content with what you have, love is all you need. And why are you anxious about what to wear? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. Take me as I am, I know Saint Peter won't call my name. When things go wrong the people... just need somebody to blame for it. Things don't just happen for no reason. I'll not to be ordered... anymore. Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead,and shot her three times through the chest.

Works Cited:

Young, William P, //The Shack//. Newbury Park, CA: Windblown Media, 2007.

Gruen, Sara. //Water for elephants//. New York: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.

Coldply. "Viva la Vida." __Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends__. Parlophone, Capitol, 2008.

Lenon, John. McCartney, Paul. "Love is all you need." __All you need is Love. Baby you're a rich man.__ George Martin. 1967.

Miller, Arthur. __The Crucible.__ New York: Penguin Books, 1996.

O'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man is Hard to Find." 1955.

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__Poem Emulation:__

This is very disturbing though "We can create a better world" is all false and that "The world is going down" so In time I will tell those around me that, having nice things is more important than relationships, It is silly to think that people are worth a lot My friends will know, I don't really care about them. Nobody will think that, they don't mean much to me. nice things matter to some people but, They're everything to me. I'm telling everyone now Money is the most important thing in they're future. I don't think marriage and family are important. It is certain that, people won't care for others only things. It will be false that we will be self centered in the future. I know it is scary to think Money won't be important.

And all of this will come true unless we force it backwards.

Money won't be important. I know it is scary to think, we will be self centered in the future. It will be false that, people won't care for others only things. It is certain that, marriage and family are important. I don't think money is the most important thing in they're future. I'm telling everyone now, they're everything to me. Nice things matter to some people but, they don't mean much to me. Nobody will think that I don't really care about them. My friends will know, people are worth a lot. It is silly to think that having nice things is more important than relationships. So in time I will tell those around me that, "The world is going down", is all false and that, "We can create a better world".

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__Essay of Place:__

In the summer of 2009, right before my sophomore year I took a missions trip to Mexico. Our trip was to an orphanage in Juarez. 6 out of my 11 people in my family was there and we all slept, crammed in a room with all our food , at the orphanage. The room smelt like sweaty people at night and we weren ' t able to take a single warm shower. During the day the temperature was upwards of 80 degrees even if the wind was wailing and sailing by. The best day in Juarez was the day it rained for 5 minutes. It may not sound important, but the kids loved the rain. It ’ s cool touch on our skin. The pitter pattering sound of thousands of rain drops beating the dry gritty dirt. The taste of the natural rain water, wiping all the sweat off your body , was delicious when you can't drink any of the Mexican water unless it ' s been purified with nasty chemicals then bottled. The cutest little girl you ' ve ever seen, with a diamond shaped face and shoulder length dark hair. Dripping wet, standing in our doorway. She just looked at me and laughed with a soft yet coarse voice. This was the day I will always remember about my missions trip. We spent a full week sleeping in a small packed room, although the best day was a cool rainy day. I remember the way the little girl looked standing in our doorway laughing, the sound of rain smacking the ground. The taste of natural rain water. The feeling of your soaking clothes sticking to you, and the smell of new rain cooling everyone down. Wonderful cool rain washing away anything else from that day. __________________________________________________________________________________