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The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost * Majority of us know about the poem, The Road Not Taken by American poet, Robert Frost. The poem is about choice. How one decision can change a person’s entire life. Frost, himse...

Do you know Peter Pan? A mischievous young boy that never grow up. He spends his life on the Neverland, an imaginary faraway place. Aside of Peter Pan, there are also Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys and other mythical creatures. Together they are having adventures. Peter Pan is cultural icon created by J.M Barrie. He lived in our childhood memories. * What the things that we can learn from Peter Pan? There will be a lot of things we can learn. As long as we open ourselves to learn. “It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.” The secret of happiness is to love what you are doing right now. You won’t be content if you constantly think the past and wonder what it will be if you take another road. Instead you need to focus your choice and love the present. Then, you can find the happiness. “Just think of happy things and your heart will fly on wings forever in never never land.” Peter Pan told Wendy, for her to fl...

Do you ever wondering that you are actually expensive. You are wearing good branded clothes that cost a lot of money. Your shirt, pant, shoes and not to mention the accessories like belt, watch, glasses and others. Not all are wearing expensive clothes, but most of us wore nice clothes when we need to go to work and other activities. People will bad mouth us if we go to work with cheap and untidy clothes. That will be unethical to do that. Let us do some simple calculation. How much your clothes cost? * Expensive cloth is a symbolization for great fortune and possession. We have tendency to wear good expensive clothes when we have the ability doing it. Every month, most of us want to buy new clothes to catch up with the trend. It is shameful to wear the same clothes every day. Don’t we? * People forget an important thing. They want and buy expensive clothes. But they tend to forget how to behave expensively. Not in a bad way, but in a good way. It is common for us t...

Depression is a medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. It is severe condition and need to be treated as an illness. People who are depressed cannot to be told to just fight their depression alone. They need someone who can be their listener and helper. People with a depressed mood may be notably sad, anxious, or empty. They may also feel hopeless, helpless, dejected, or worthless. Their daily life will be a mess. They lost interest to do something that they always did before. They distance themselves from others and just sat alone waiting for time to pass. They have their own world. * People always mistaken the ways to deal with the depressed person. They thought that depression is not an illness. It is just an emotional scratch, which will disappear after a short time. Thus, they always said to pray and reciting Quran. Later, your depression will be gone. That is not necessarily true. And also is not necessarily false....

What is marriage? Marriage is a socially or ritually recognized union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage). * Desire to follow the trend It is normal for us to have desire for marriage in one point of our life. We want to have someone, that we can share stories and doing many great things before we die. The desire becomes stronger when our friends get married. Thus, we also want to get married quickly so that we will not lose to others. It is becoming a trend for teenagers today to get married quickly. Although most of them successfully withstand with the burdensome of marriage, there is still an alarming rate of divorce among them. Why did they divorce? They get married because they love each other. They should live together till deaths do them apart. We can say the problems are coming fro...