#26

For my reseach report I choose to write about Cherie Blair because she is a supports many causes and is an inspiration for many people to follow.

#23

Randy Pausch's talk is very inspirational for all people. I think that he related happiness to Winne the Pooh because many people have read the stories and it is a easy way for people to realize which one they are more alike. Also I enjoyed that Pausch had fun his whole life what ever he was doing as that kept him young and able to love life to the fullest. His having fun look out on life could help other people realize how unhappy other people are with their jobs, friends or even family and how they could change that. I will remember many things about Randy Paunch's talk but most of all I will remember how he inspired he was to live his life and though he was in an awful situation, he made sure to keep living.

#24

I think that the couple that gave away $11.2 million are very interesting. They didn't care that they could make their dreams come true and travel, they wanted to ensure that their family was taken care of and then return favors to those that had helped them throughout their life. What the Large's did was amazing as they showed that no matter who you are you can make a difference.

#18

I found Tim's Story to show the truth about many peoples' point of view on life. Many people that we walk past every day are very self-absorbed and are only worried about how they look or how others think of them. I think that it is important to realize that we, that live in North America, are very lucky to have the life that we do. Though there are some people in Canada suffering from mental or physical disabilities that are pushed aside because able-bodied people believe that they are better. This is absolutely wrong. All these people want its to be noticed and treat like adults instead of children their whole lives. Tim was able to see past their disability and in the end he found his true calling in life and led a happier life because of it.

The rain in Kenya is the most incredible thing. When you are little, you run out in the rain and just love the feeling of the rain on your skin. Though now people worry about their hair, make-up, clothes, etc. We let the media get in the way of our innocence and freedom to run in the rain like when we are children. North Americans need to gain back their freedom and stop dwelling about what others think. The people of Kenya live life to the fullest even though they have much less in material things than we do. They believe that one day their life will improve, though along the way they don't sulk about the things they do have, they celebrate what they do have. Sometimes we all need to drop anything that we are doing to just run in the rain. 

The man that escaped North America as he was tired of living in the game of Survivor was a very moving story. He realized how cut - throat North America really was. People in North America are always trying get ahead of one another and think about themselves before they think of others. This is a sad way of living, but because of all of the competitions that we have in our society, we are all raised to try to get a head of of each other instead of getting along with our neighbours.

#21

We can apply the lessons of the zebras to our own lives here at home  to learn to accept other people's help and to be open to living as a community rather than an individual. If we stick together throughout the good and the bad then we will become one unit and be one large family.

#22

Other than my family, I feel the most connected to the amazing people that I work with during the summer at Camp Bimini. I have been going to Camp Bimini as a camper since I was five and over the last two years I have been able to work there as a counselor, kitchen assistant and a floater. This connection with these people is very important to me as they are like a second family to me. While you are at camp, no one cares what you look like, who you hangout with or how  much money your family has. Everyone is friends and accepts each other for who they are. Over the last two years I have become closer and closer with the Bimini family and it has already had a large impact on my life. As of right now, it has given me the confidence to speak in front of a large group of people, shown me how to deal with different types of children and given me a more positive out look on life. In the future, I know that I will continue learning from the campers that I meet and the other staff members that I am lucky enough to work with. I wouldn't even be able to guess what I may learn in the future as I know every time I go there I am blown away by the caring, loving sense of family. 

#16

I think that happiness can is one word, but has a different meaning to everyone. To some it may to be always around people, though to others it could be to always be alone. To me, happiness means to be living life to the fullest, being surrounded by people I love and to be free. Many believe that happiness comes to you and that if it was meant to be then it will happen, though I think that we have to want to be happy and put an effort forward in order to reach our goal to be perfectly happy with our life. I think that we can recognize being happy by realizing what things we enjoy spending time on, and trying to do those things often so that we can continue living life to the fullest.