Ruthless+Ruthie

Life is a valuable journey and is too short for things to go [|unnoticed], we should live every﻿ day to the fullest extent, striving to make a difference, no matter how big or small. Instead of wishing away bad times, we should live and experience them, because without darkness there is no light.
 * My Philosophy Statement: **

Life is a journey Go forth under the open sky Or lose thyself in continuous woods Escape and break free Lay aside the black veil Don’t hide behind <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">lies <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">glorify <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">imperfections, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Push forward and learn from <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">mistakes

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Live like <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">you’re <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">dying <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life means <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">discovering <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">and learning <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life is <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">a <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">guessing <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">game <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Live <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">in the moment <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">taking <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">anything for granted <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And the truth, you know <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">love <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">is all we need <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I love you <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">with <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">all my heart media type="youtube" key="g8csr68LjUM?fs=1" height="356" width="441" align="right" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">you <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">and me

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is the lesson I was supposed to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">learn <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The tide rises, the tide falls, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">The <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">little waves with their soft white hands <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">efface the <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">footprints <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the sands <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Look at the hand <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">of <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">the time we’ve been given here <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">To life, to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">life <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">, l’chai-im <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I can’t keep waiting to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">live

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’ve been given <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">this <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">one <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">world <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can we wish others <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">indulge <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">While we refuse it ourselves <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Think <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">innocently and justly <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Let <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">all things have their places <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Be <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">not <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">controlled by <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">fear

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Let the sun <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">shine <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">behind the cloud <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is an hour to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">come <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">When <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">all of us shall cast aside our veils <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">All <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">secrets revealed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">do not judge <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">you <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The magistrate that sits in your heart judges you <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="Glny4jSciVI?fs=1" height="271" width="415" align="right"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s time to lend a hand to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">life <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">When hardship <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">must <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">be faced <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">When the world must <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">come <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">together as one <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">With faith <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">and heaven below <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Behold <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">a pink ribon. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here is <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">my <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">staff, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Trust <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">thyself <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">And <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">turn hate into love and impact the world

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Right in front of me there is an entirely different world, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">It just takes different eyes to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">see <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">This <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">time, like all times <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">is <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">a very good one <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">If I <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">but <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">know what to do with it. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life is <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">a journey

<span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Works Cited ** <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allen, Kris. "Live Like We"re Dying." Rec. 21 Sept. 2009. Kris Allen. Steve Kipner, 2009. MP3. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bareilles, Sara. "Many the Miles." Little Voice. Sony BMG Music, 2007. CD.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cliff Diving. Photograph. Jeremy Scheller. Http:jeremyscheller.com/. Web. 8 Dec. 2010. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:jeremyscheller.com/wp- content/uploads/2009/02/cliff.jpg&imgrefurl=http://jeremyscheller.com/2009/02/&usg=_ _29dZGRy_rjzVtSdrcoWTCESxzpc=&h=424&w=283&sz=79&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1 &tbnid=CtBBwh9Ju0_uFM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=76&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddiving%2B off%2Ba%2Bcliff%2Bwith%2Barms%2Bspread%2Bout%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26 sa%3DX%26biw%3D1547%26bih%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1,ic:gray&um=1&itbs=1&i act=rc&dur=206&ei=2DAATbf8JZLCsAPGjPmrCw&oei=2DAATbf8JZLCsAPGjPmrC w&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:22,s:0&tx=38&ty=49>. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Clouds. Photograph. Water at Leeds. University of Leeds, 2007. Web. 8 Dec. 2010. [and-sunbeams.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wateratleeds.org/contact- us.php&usg=el8eV60qkrAuqS7rl8SPyaxQa8s=&h=270&w=355&sz=10&hl=en&start =9&zoom=1&tbnid=CldTf2wBA9w39M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3 Dsunbeams%2Bthrough%2Bclouds%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1547%26bi h%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1,ic:specific,isc:teal&um=1&itbs=1|http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:www.wateratleeds.org/images/clouds- and-sunbeams.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wateratleeds.org/contact- us.php&usg=[[http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:www.wateratleeds.org/images/clouds- and-sunbeams.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wateratleeds.org/contact- us.php&usg=el8eV60qkrAuqS7rl8SPyaxQa8s=&h=270&w=355&sz=10&hl=en&start =9&zoom=1&tbnid=CldTf2wBA9w39M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3 Dsunbeams%2Bthrough%2Bclouds%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1547%26bi h%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1,ic:specific,isc:teal&um=1&itbs=1|el8eV60qkrAuqS7rl8SPyaxQa8s=&h=270&w=355&sz=10&hl=en&start =9&zoom=1&tbnid=CldTf2wBA9w39M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3 Dsunbeams%2Bthrough%2Bclouds%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1547%26bi h%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1,ic:specific,isc:teal&um=1&itbs=1]]]//__.__//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eat Pray Love. Perf. Julia Roberts. YouTube. Web. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8csr68LjUM>.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Emerson's Aphorisms." (2003). Print.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fiddler on the Roof Cast. "To Life." Rec. 1971. Fiddler on the Roof. John Williams. MP3.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Franklin’s Autobiography. [] Database: Archiving Early America. Copyright 1996-2008 [|Archiving Early America]®.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gertz, Ruthie. American Literature Notes (2010). Print

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gertz, Ruthie. "ALIS Annotations." The Color Purple (2010). Print.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Happy Sign. Photograph. MySpace.com. Caitlin Just. Web. 8 Dec. 2010. //[cket2/happysign.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.myspace.com/cjust2007&usg=4Wjd45D2 809rg5ZChC_kepa4E0s=&h=345&w=300&sz=33&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=3u5 E4Y2UJcUzXM:&tbnh=149&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droad%2Bsign%2Bwit h%2Bhappy%2Bpointing%2Bup%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1 547%26bih%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=219&ei=ETAATd n9EoT2swPTlqGwCw&oei=8y8ATfWjIJD6swONwaGsCw&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=21 &ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=15&ty=30|http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:]//__[cket2/happysign.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.myspace.com/cjust2007&usg=4Wjd45D2 809rg5ZChC_kepa4E0s=&h=345&w=300&sz=33&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=3u5 E4Y2UJcUzXM:&tbnh=149&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droad%2Bsign%2Bwit h%2Bhappy%2Bpointing%2Bup%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1 547%26bih%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=219&ei=ETAATd n9EoT2swPTlqGwCw&oei=8y8ATfWjIJD6swONwaGsCw&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=21 &ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=15&ty=30|i68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/stickywi cket2/happysign.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.myspace.com/cjust2007&usg=]__4Wjd45D2 809rg5ZChC_kepa4E0s=&h=345&w=300&sz=33&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=3u5 E4Y2UJcUzXM:&tbnh=149&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droad%2Bsign%2Bwit h%2Bhappy%2Bpointing%2Bup%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1 547%26bih%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=219&ei=ETAATd n9EoT2swPTlqGwCw&oei=8y8ATfWjIJD6swONwaGsCw&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=21 &ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=15&ty=30.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Minister’s Black Veil” From [|Twice-Told Tales], [|1837], [|1851]. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Young Goodman Brown. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1993. Print.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Miller, Arthur, and Gerald Clifford Weales. The Crucible. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin, 1977. Print

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Query 17” by Thomas Jefferson. The Founders' Constitution <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Volume 5, Amendment I (Religion), Document 40 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions40.html <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The University of Chicago Press Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Edited by William Peden. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1954. © 1987 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2000 [|http://press- pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. [|Texts] : [|Essays: First Series] : SELF-RELIANCE Database: Emerson Central. Page: Ralph Waldo Emerson—Texts from [|Essays: First Series] (1841)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant. Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. [] Database: Bartleby: Great Books Online.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Database: The Literature Network. [] Site Copyright © [|Jalic Inc]. 2000 - 2008. All Rights Reserved.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. New York: Pocket, 1985. Print.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We Are the World 25 for Haiti. Dir. Paul Haggis. YouTube. 1 Feb. 2010. Web. 8 Dec. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glny4jSciVI>.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We Are the World 25 for Haiti. "We Are the World." Rec. Jan.-Feb. 2010. Quincy Jones, 2010. MP3.

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