TOTWYWTBT!

Treat Others The Way You Want To Be Treated.

"See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people." 

(1 Thessalonians 5:15 NLT)

As a child, we are told by our elders to be nice to others and treat them the way we want to be treated. When we do something wrong, such as hitting or biting or yelling angry words at each other, we come home and tell our parents and they ask what we did to receive those acts of violence or what we did in return. We tend to do the same thing that the other kids do and our parents tell us, "two wrongs don't make a right!" and once again, "you should treat others the way you want to be treated". As we get older, we all need to learn how to think before we speak and act out to others. When you do so, you will gradually grow closer to the phrase, "treat others the way you want to be treated". 

Summer

Summer is coming. As high school students, we tend to wish all year for Summer. The end of the school year used to be so exciting, but as we get older the end of the school year gets more and more stressful. Final Tests, EOCTs, and that average you magically think will go up to an "A" just because you believe and want it to. School is stressful and as it comes to a close students get excited to be done for two months; to be able to go out and have fun with friends during the day and sleep in superrrrrr late and be able to wear whatever the heck you feel like wearing. BUT, if you have been persuaded or pushed into taking Honors and then AP, you have now entered into a brand new experience of "Summer Break" or "Summer Vacation" as in a break or vacation from SCHOOL! This is sadly not true once you've crossed over. On the other side of this line is not only extra and more accelerated work during those ten months you're in school, but also additional work to do during the "break or vacation" away from school. Now, if you know how to manage your time and have self discipline, then you will not have much trouble with completing the summer work and you will be able to have fun with your friends and family, but if you are lazy and do not contain the qualities mentioned, you will stress and struggle. You must want to learn and improve yourself intellectually. 

Choices

While everything in life has a consequence, there is also a choice.

That is the beauty of living in America; you have the ability to choose.

Many Americans take this ability for granted.

We, as American citizens, have an abundance of choices that we make daily without even realizing it.

The ability of choice came from our founding fathers when they wrote and added the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution.

The choices one makes today can and will influence their life in the future, some sooner than later.

Choices of what to wear, what and when to eat, whether to wake up for school or work, whether you will be obedient and study hard in school; will you do the chores your parents asked you to do? Will you go home and do your homework? What time will you decide to go to sleep?

One’s choices can be as simple as that, or one can make a bigger more powerful impact in the world, nation, state, region, community or home.

By making the choice to do good for others and/or making a positive impact on someone else’s life, may also change yours for the better. Good choices make good people. Good people make a great body. Good choices do not have to be as complex as traveling around the world and helping the less fortunate in second and third world countries. Good choices can be as easy as saying “Hi” to someone in the hallway or simply smiling at them. That one random act of kindness can make someone’s day brighter and them happier.

What choice will you make?