What is a good excerpt from "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"?
Sacrifice, the captain said. You made one. I made one. We all make them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. I didn’t die for nothing, either. That night, we might have all driven over that land mine. Then the four of us would have been gone. Eddie shook his head. “but you…you lost your life.” The captain smacked his tongue on his teeth. “That’s the thing. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.”
What is the Name of this Rock Band "So Whenever You Want Me I'll Be There"?
Drive by Incubus Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear. And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer. It's driven me before, and it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal. But lately I'm beginning to find I should be the one behind the wheel. Chorus Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there with open arms and open eyes. yeah. Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there, I'll be there. So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive? oh oh oooh. It's driven me before and it seems to be the way that everyone else gets around. But lately I'm beginning to find that when I drive myself my light is found. Chorus Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there with open arms and open eyes. Yeah. Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there, I'll be there... Would you choose water over wine.... hold the wheel and drive? Chorus Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there with open arms and open eyes. Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there I'll be there Dududuu Dududu Dududududu Tomorrow Dududududuu Dududuuu Dududu Dududududu Tomorrow...
Whats your philosophy of older brothers? Are they helpful or just plain vile?
Older brothers are definitely the coolest thing that could ever happen to you. Who else would put up with your garbage without punching you in the head?
Who names thier child shithead?
Shithead, pronounced Shi-theed, is a middle-eastern name, my friend is from Pakistan and she knows three boys with this name in her village, the word sh*t has no meaning in Arabic, Shithead is neither a curse word nor an insult there, so they were probably completely unaware that it was a cruel thing to do to a child when they were naming him, its not they know every languages curse words. for example, Boji, it sounds normal, almost like it could be used as a name right? its actually Korean for pus*y. Merde, also sounds like it could be used as a name, is french for sh*t. Connord is french for idiot. often things get lost in translation so they dont realize they are naming their child an inappropriate word in another language.
Why are names so important?
People give certain names to their children for various reasons - to honor someone, like a favored relative or famous person (like your uncle Michael, or John F. Kennedy); because the name itself translates to something special (like my name, Timothy, translates to "serving God"), to provide a sense of uniqueness in the world (like the name of someone I knew in college gave to her daughter - Tanji), or to be frivolous (as in the case of parents who might name their child "Lucifer" or "Messiah" or "23"). In some cultures which use descriptive phrases or nouns for names, as in some Native American tribes, it is seen as bestowing the gifts or talents described in the phrase, such as Running Rabbit or Flying Arrow. In any case, the name a person bears through life is something he or she must carry, and it is sometimes the only thing others have to judge you by before they meet you. Your name travels ahead of you like a portent of things to come, a thing from which others make assumptions about people.For instance, because of trends in naming children, you expect people (in the US, anyway) named Caden and Olivia to be children, Travis and Zoey to be in their 20s or 30s, Mark and Michelle to be in their 40s, etc. Surnames also say something about a person's heritage. O'Donnelly would be an Irish name, Bellini would be Italian, Hernandez would be Spanish, etc. And by knowing a person's heritage, one makes certain assumptions about the values they hold or do not hold, about the foods they prefer, and about how they raise their children.Are these assumptions always fair or accurate? Of course not, but people continue to make assumptions, regardless. That is why, when naming a child, one must take things like this into consideration. That's what makes it such a horrible forehead-slapping what-were-they-thinking thing to discover another human being has been named something frivolous like "Satan" or "Candlestick". It already proves the parents were frivolous, and by extension the children are assumed to have been raised to be just as frivolous as the parents, and thus are irrelevant as people.