Student Choice Week 2

choice 1.

1. Blessedness is an inward fountain of joy in the soul itself, which no outward circumstances can seriously affect.
2.  A. Blessed are the peacemakers-  I am three years younger than my older brother and three years older than my younger sister.  The three of us aren't too too far apart in age, but we aren't terribly close either.  There have been times growing up where my siblings and I would find something to argue about, and when I was younger I fully participated in these bickerings.  But as I grew older I started dropping arguments because I didn't like fighting.  Now that my brother and I are in college, the main problem is between my sister and my mom.  I hate it when my sister and mom argue, so I am usually the one telling both of them to calm down and wait until they are both under control before they try to talk something out.
     B.  Blessed are the meek-  This is one that I could personally work on.  I have a hot temper.  Very hot.  To be short, I am probably easily provoked.  I need to work on being calm and being less irritated.  
     C.  Blessed are they which are persecuted-  High school was not fun for me, at all.  It was hard, and because of my religion I didn't have many friends outside of church.  Let me take that back, it wasn't because of my religion.  It was because I chose to not compromise those standards which my church teaches.  I remember specifically one friend who during my sophomore year, was a very good friend of mine.  She wasn't a member but we had a lot of similar standards.  Junior year came along and during that year she started hanging out with this other group of people that I didn't really get a long with.  I thought it was maybe because I didn't shop at American Eagle, or Aeropostale, or stores like that.  I wasn't concerned with wearing name brand things.  I realized during my senior year that the reason why Laura and I gradually stopped being friends, and talking was because she started doing things that I would not do.  I would not change my standards, and because of that I didn't fit in.  Oh well.  I am a happier person because of my choice.