Joy

What brings me joy? The definition of joy is, pleasure caused by the acquisition or expectation of good; delight; exultation. My life is filled with great joy! I have a great family and friends, but the main thing that brings me joy is to make people feel happy and good about themselves. I even like to make people feel joyous. The reason this brings me joy is that seeing people laugh and feel good about themselves makes me feel proud of myself. I know if I bring joy to other people, then I have accomplished something that day. Just the other day I went to the children's home to see girl's who have gotten taken away from their homes for different reasons. When I got there and saw the joy on their faces, it almost made me cry. The reason is, those girl's were so glad to finally get a visitor, who took the time to come see them. And to know that I was the one to bring them joy, well, it brought me joy.
Who do I bring joy to? That is a tough question. First and foremost, I strive everyday to bring joy to the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the source of all my joy. I love my family and friends and through this love I hope I bring them joy. My youth minister at church says that the word joy can be taken apart like this, J-Jesus O- others Y- you.

What do you Value the Most?

What are three things I value the most? That's the question. First I value my relationship with the Lord. I go to church every chance I get. I go to my church camps ever chance that I get. I like church camp because Kaitlyn is there and she helps me with my faith. I love my relationship with the Lord because I never feel like I am alone. He is always standing near me and beside me. I can also go the Bible and get wisdom and knowledge from him. The second thing I value the most is friends. I value friends because they are always there for me. One friend that I can really highlight on is Jo Jo. She has always been there for me through the good and the absolute worst times of my life. I like friends because they are sort of like family. You know that you can trust them. You also know that you can depend on them. The third and final thing that I value the most is my family. I am the only child so all that I really have are my mom and my dad. I get mad at them sometimes and give them attitude but who doesn't ? I try to be nice and loving to them but it is so hard when you fight to just let it go. Mom is like my friend because I can tell her stuff and I know that she will not say a word. Dad is the most loving man in the world. He helps me with my softball and I am very thankful for that. I am thankful for another thing that I want to say. I am thankful for my teachers, and Mrs. C, I am not sucking up. If it wasn't for the teachers I would be dumb as a rock and could not write poems like these.

What do you value the most?

Are you scared to say?

It is ok

Is it family?

Is it friends?

Your dog?

Or cat?

It doesn't matter what others think

As long as it's your feelings

What do you value the most?

Are you afraid to say?

Thou Shalt Not Kill

In the poetry that I was reading today, it said that there is a time to die, a time to eat, and a time to kill. I thought about the phrase a time to kill and I started to ask some questions. Thou shalt not murder is one of the ten commandments so I originally thought that killing was wrong no matter what. Then I asked myself, is the war we are fighting today wrong? Are we actually murdering innocent people in the war? Is it necessary? I use to think that the war was very wrong but now I don't. Now I think that the war is very necessary. The reason that I do is because when the terrorist came to America my home country and tried to destroy it and kill a lot of our innocent people for no reason except the fact that they just plain out hated us is so stupid. That is when I think it is right to kill, when you are defending your own country. I also feel bad for the troops over seas that are having to kill those people and are going to have to live with that for the rest of there lives and I am very thankful for those men and women. Another time I think there is a time to kill is when a police officer has to shoot someone because they have no other choice. Especially when there is a hostage or another life at stake. Then the police has to make the choice and it was me I would hope that the police officer would shoot the man who is wanting to take my life so that I would live. If you think about it, back during Jesus' time they fought wars in order to save their country. So there is a certain time to kill. So I wrote this poem.

I looked at the brave man

He wanted to talk to me

I noticed he didn't have a leg

He said,

I once thought it wrong to kill

Until they came here without any will

They took my whole family down

In that air plane coming to that large town

My wife called for one last time.

I saw it on the news

And I cried

Then I knew what I had to do

I went to that terrible place

To do my job with no disgrace

I left my leg in that hell

Where I could tell

There was a time to kill

Talk to Someone

They is so many different kinds of people in this world today it is unreal. But I am not talking about the Chinese or Europeans, I am talking about people with problems. For instance the Virginia Tech massacre. The man who did that was a complete sociopath. He went in and just shot people for no reason. His family didn't even know that anything was wrong with him. The man just kept his problems bottled all up inside of him and his family couldn't help him because they didn't have a clue what was wrong with him. If you have a problem that is all bottled up inside of you , you have to just let them out before you hurt your family, friends , other people, and most of all, you. When ever I have a problem I talk to my best friend in the world and she helps me through it. And my friend will talk to me about the things that she has done and ask me to help her out with different thing and I do. So that gives me comfort to know that I am never alone. Talk to someone and don't get hurt!

Friends

Do you have friends? If you do, do you take advantage of them? I know this guy and he is very popular and he has a lot of friends. Or does he? I know for sure that he just lost a good friend. I know because that great friend is one of my best friends, I would trust him with my life! But, back to the popular one. He treated this one guy like dirt and took advantage of him and my friend finally realized that and said something. I am so glad that he did because it was making me mad the way this other guy was treated him. This is a example of how friends turn bad on each other and of how you shouldn't take any crap off your friends and shouldn't contribute any either. So be a good friend so you won't lose others.

My Favorite Books

My English teacher had asked us what our favorite books are. My first book choice would be The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks. It has a little romance and a little mystery my two favorite things in a book. My next choice would be Looking for Alaska . It also has a little romance too. The next one would have to be Nancy Drew by Karoleen Ceene. It has a lot of mystery and the kids are our age. The next one would be The Princess Academy. It is a great book about kids our age. My last choice would be Looking for Eden it was good but boring. These books are great and I hope that you have a chance to read them.

Critiquing My Teacher

My English teacher is asking us to critique her and her teachings. So in our English class we do a lot of assignments. She is tough and very hard. She is also a very good teacher. When she teaches she will explain them as she goes and she will try to make sure you understand it. We do more than just verbs and nouns. We read stories and poetry. She has weird teaching habits though. But I wouldn't change them if I had a chance to. The reason why is that I learn more in her class more than I do in any other class that I have taken. My English teacher has a great personality. She doesn't take people seriously like some teachers do. I trust my English teacher and would tell her anything and know that she would not tell anyone and she would try to help me. So my English teacher is a very good teacher!!!