I have always been an obedient and patient child.  As much as I can, I treat people with kindness and respect.  But then as they say, bad things happen to good people.  

So now I’ve got no choice but to hold on to my faith as tight as I could.  Keep on believing that everything will be alright.  All is well, all is well.

To help myself get through this, I compiled a few sayings about faith which I hope can also give hope to those who feel like they are so messed up with life they want to give up.  May you find hope in every situation you encounter no matter how tough.  

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods. — C.S. Lewis

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. —Benjamin Franklin

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog. — Corrie Ten Boom

Faith is a passionate intuition. —William Wordsworth

Faith: belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.  — Ambrose Bierce

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. —Mahatma Gandhi

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. —Khalil Gibran

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. —Voltaire

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.—Hebrews 11:1

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. — Ephesians 6:16

A farmer understands the need to separate animals to prevent violence and competition in the ranks, especially among males. Those who spend time observing creatures in the wild can also relate tales of sudden violent actions among animals that would be bereft of moral sanction in many human communities.

Selfish behavior is rampant in the animal kingdom as, in the wild, selfishness can often be a survival trait. Without the intellectual capacity to make a decision to share learning and training with others of a kind, self-preservation manifests as survival of the fittest and, most often, the strongest. Among insects, we can observe social structure dictated by chemical influence during the larval stage. In the herd and flocking structure of more advanced species like mammals and birds, we can see the evolutionary development of protected, if often exclusionary, societies.

We observe competition within herd and flock structures, as members chose mates, struggle for food, move up the ranks and eliminate competition. Research justifies this animal behavior as a method of eliminating the weak (burdens to the society) and insuring that only the most fit can breed. It is considered nature’s way of guaranteeing survival of species.

Following evolutionary principles, in which successful survival traits are passed onto the young and to new species, we can understand how the desire to bully enters the human framework. It is a 100% natural tendency that, in the wild, guarantees survival of the fittest.

Yet in human beings, nature also provided the intellectual capacity to survive without resorting to bullying. This is a learned trait characterized by the rationale that there are less barbaric ways to ensure survival of the masses.

Since control of the need to bully is a learned, and not instinctive trait, it becomes imperative that parents understand that the natural propensity of the young is to try to control the world around them. Bullying is one external manifestation of this desire. All humans are capable of bullying, not just those who show certain traits. Therefore, one does not have to wait for evidence that a child is on the path to becoming a bully to act proactively against that child becoming a bully.

Before a child is even born, it is receiving communications from the outside world. Conveying from the beginning, in not just words but also actions, that forcibly exerting one’s will upon others is wrong becomes the best weapon in combating the reality that all children are born capable of bullying. It is dangerous to conclude that your sweet and innocent new-born cannot be a bully or be the victim of bullying. Assume that both possibilities are true throughout life.

A conversational comfort zone must be established between child and parent from the beginning. Recall what it was like for you to be a child, to have questions, to have no comprehension of why certain things are right and other things are wrong. Adults are easily capable of overlooking the fact that socially acceptable behavior is not known to the young. Conveying an awareness and full comprehension of why certain things are right and wrong must be done before a child encounters a situation in which an action hinges upon a moral decision or impulsive behavior.

Therefore, the subject of bullying needs to come up frequently in household conversation during a child’s growth. Both sides of the issue need to discussed. Make the child aware of what constitutes bullying behavior. Additionally, make your child comfortable enough with you to talk about even small incidents during their day that may indicate that your child is a victim of bullying.

The chief weapon of bullies is fear and intimidation. A bully can become a more powerful influence than parents in a child’s life because of this fear. There is a lot of pressure on a child not to report or ‘rat out’ a bully. This pressure can come in many forms including:

• 1) A feeling of helplessness in that reporting a bully will result in bully retaliation;

• 2) A fear of not being believed by adults and/or that nothing can or will be done;

• 3) A fear that adult intervention further lowers the child’s standing in society because that child is weak enough to require adult (ie: ‘outsider’) protection…the fear of being labeled a wimp

• 4) Fear of disappointing parents (and in abusive households, fear of being punished for being weak).

We live in an intellectual society where physical prowess is no longer a major component of survival or even of finding a mate. Social reasoning has been the means through which humans have developed a more comfortable, healthy and protected society than has ever been observed in nature. Our intellect, combined with empathy for others, has made human beings fit to become the dominant life force on the planet. Physical strength no longer holds sway as our dominant survival strategy, but the instinct to use that strength has not dissipated. We still often tend to perceive weaker individuals as not being up to par.

If we instill a recognition in our young that all people have feelings, emotions and desires similar to theirs, it may affect a change in their behavior. The concept of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is one that every child should be educated about from the moment they become capable of oral communication. Bullying is 100% natural but is also 100% unacceptable in human society.

While next to her, he slept

Despite knowing of the pain

He caused to her each day

She loves him yet she hates

Can’t stand when he berates

She prays it ends, and soon

With hopes he’ll change his ways

She knows he cannot change

It’s just how life’s arranged

She knows she’ll have to leave him

The choice is hers to make

He’ll force her then to stay

If she leaves him in the day

So night time’s when she’ll leave

To insure she gets away

She goes

Not wanting to look back

But knows

She’s wary of attack

She hopes

That one day it will cease

She prays

That she will find some peace

Her morning starts with sunshine

Though clouds aren’t far behind

She lives in fear, but moves ahead

To secure a life of hope

Her work and life progressing

Though fears are hers, repressing

She does what she must do

Just so that she can cope

She goes

Not wanting to look back

But knows

She’s wary of attack

She hopes

That one day it will cease

She prays

That she will find some peace

It’s 2 in the morning and the world has already been made to sleep by the sweet and mesmerizing lullaby that this breeze of the mountain brings along with it. The whole world is sleeping without any fear of being disturbed or attacked by any intruders from the border where our very brave soldiers are awake and protecting us sacrificing their sleep, family life, staying away from their loved ones, where many patriots have shed their life to save our motherland from the various threats at frequent intervals; just like the very brave soldier; there are few more of them who are constantly awake fighting the dreaded human beings, more dreadful and more torment people of the world. I can have a million dollar bet that half of the world will agree with me that teachers are the one more dreadful than terrorists and eve teasers.

They are the one who give a NC and put an YB on our future. It’s not the terrorists who put an yb, they just press the trigger and we are finished; no yb, no debar, no anguish, the game’s over with just the push of the trigger. And I said that I can have a bet, because half of the world is students and they are the one who have to face this. Working on my assignment of English, it’s just the gush of letters and alphabets that have forced me to put these words into paper. There is a world far away from the border line that remains awake the whole night and works on projects much bigger than the Kargil and even denser than the Hiroshima explosion. These brave fighters are none other than the “Students” who are awake the whole night completing their assignments and projects which they have been given long back but to prove their strength and power and to disprove the mighty Ceaser; Rome can be built in just 6 hours, with only one condition being apt- you provide the dead-line for construction and we, the great students can pass the exams even by studying just 6 hours of the night and that too with some time to quench our thirst for food, and some extra dose of fun; although it is only of a very short while as it used to be as compared from the post-exam days. With books all around and almost touching those front cover for the first time, one can imagine what it takes to fight for three long hours in the designated rooms along with many other like me and few studious one, well they are present in each and every nook and corner of this world, obviously it will sound pretty much stupid on the part of those guys to call this world as having corners.

It’s always good to face challenges and go by the saying that a brave is a person who fights the dragon just for two more minutes than everyone else, but before going by the above saying only one thing that has to be kept in mind; that you have sufficient back-up during those dreadful three long hours to pass the exam with the average marks so that no one else has the mouth to say later that why did you follow what some magazine said or some stupid fellow like me has manipulated you. Just keep off the back and enjoy the greenery of the college and have fun.

        Take clothing for example: A group of brands have cornered the market on fashion for the teenage generation. Why? “Everyone else is wearing it!” A statement so simple; yet at the same time: so fueled and injected with underlying meaning. Granted that the innocent remark  may very well be true, the real problem is in its significance. Those wearing brands A,B, and C are “cool” , as some say: the “in crowd”; while those wearing D, E, F are “poor”, or “losers”  or any one of a dozen other labels. Parents, supportive of their child’s desire to fit in, are inadvertently supporting the crippling of our culture, our morality, and our nation. How? We are degrading them to a simple list of labels. Driving full speed into a society  where character ceases to exist. Honesty, Dignity, Bravery, Humility; all set away on a shelf to be forgotten at the replacement of what? 

Appearance. 

Disregard who you are; your goals, your dreams, your visions, your morals. Replace them with society’s warm, welcoming stamp of approval. What are we teaching our kids?

 Wait in line with everyone else getting on a train headed straight for failure. 

           The same culture that teaches America’s youth to buy brand name, over-priced clothing on Mom and Dads dollar taught them this: a good education is unnecessary. They’ve glamorized the party-hard, care free, work-free lifestyle as much as they possibly can. Why? It dramatically boosts the sales in the alcohol, tobacco, clothing  and cosmetic industries. But all they’ve done is spoon feed lies to an unsuspecting generation. They’ve baited our youth right into the office of a taxpayers worst nightmare: the United States Deparment of Health and Welfare. 

           Does it come as a shock that the grandiose, multimillion dollar  companies who advertise this unsustainable lifestyle refuse to hire the careless individuals it took part in shaping? It shouldnt. Those that sit in corporate offices with executive titles got there through hard work, determination, and education. The marketing ploys they design for society are concocted by elaborate minds who, themselves, would never fall for it themselves. But the victims of it schemes are left struggling.

          We, as one of the few surviving, self-sufficient generations, can reverse the grim future of our culture, our economy, our nation, and our world. It starts with an individual decision to do exactly what we ars Americans are expected not to do; rebel against rebellion. 

       IF WE DONT TAKE A STAND, HERE AND NOW, WHO WILL?

We are fighting a battle that doesn’t need to be won.

Our hearts are burning hotter than our Earth’s sun.

We need to face our fears with love, not hide and run,

Because there is no need for anger and regret,

So just learn to let yourself forgive and forget,

Don’t fill those eyes with hurtful neglect.

All this hate will do, is make the world upset.

Rainbows weren’t made for gold, they were made to reflect.

Now transform those souls into a greenhouse affect,

And forgive all those who showed you respect.

Give your peace out to the world, and let God do the rest.

 i dont know if i can, til i became a man, ill show u how good i am,

when you sitdown i’ll stand, i just got a cramp, we’re in a line your last, ouch i stepped on glass, it hurt, i just blew my nose in my shirt, no fun, im done, dont stare into the sun, it always won, i got crunk and the whole world sunk, good thing ur drunk, ….im wasted lets go face it, not mace it! theres a squirrel, go chase it! next time get one more case of it, thats how i take it, lets see who will make it, i broke my knee, i never heard a worse scream, why u gotta be so mean, at least im clean, im a mean riding machine, i got no dreams, u got half a dream.

‘Parents will never understand what their kids want,

until they become open minded and help them with life instead of controlling it.’

They hide their hate with love and a front,

They don’t know how to find it, because life is a cloud and they can’t stop rolling it.

We’d find peace if we all smoked a blunt,

But judgement crowds inside it, and their bodies become so cold to it,

This is a race, yet we are the runts,

Surrounded in a world that is too old for this,

We are too bold for this. But just hold for this,

If we wait we can mold to this, meaningful purpose,

You know all they wanna do is diss us,

Dismiss us, piss, and sit on us,

And its only because they can’t find away to resist us,

One day we will all be gone, and all they can do is miss us.

Sometimes, you have to take it as it is, and move on,

Put the headphones in as you listen closer to the song,

Exhale the inhale, and tell yourself nothing can go wrong,

This fight may be a struggle, but it won’t last long, 

and if it lasts long, tell yourself it’s simple, and it will be easy,

There is nothing wrong with you! You are just lost and need direction.

Train your mind to fly and your life will be breezy,

We all fall and stumble sometimes, and land in the helpless section,

We just need guidance and people who care to see the connection, 

But when we don’t try to care, or care to try, we often need a resurrection,

Let it be born again so we can live a better life,

Put to work the first good thing that comes to mind,

Let optimism become our future, as our vision meets our eyes,

Learn the things not taught and experience those lies,

If you are lost, maybe its the good you must find.

You can’t credit yourself as a failure if you never tried.