God

God is a really touchy subject to many people. There are so many conflicts and wars all started by religion. One terrible tragedy was the Holocaust. Those innocent people all killed and sent to concentration camp because of their religion. People have such different perceptions of God. During the Colonial Synthesis Reading assignment, I noticed how differently people viewed the God.  Jonathon Edwards thought of him as angry and enraged by sinners and unconverted men. Anne Bradstreet thought of a god who was almighty, powerful and wise. There are so many different opinions as to how many gods are there and what happened in the past with Jesus and stuff. Many people are too stubborn to accept other peoples thoughts and perceptions. People are too inflexible to see other people's viewpoints and people soon begin to fight. In the Middle East, Islamic and Jews are fighting over something that goes all the way back to 3000 years ago. Get over it! Stuff happens. Stop living in the past and fighting over some crap that happened so long ago. I am atheist, and I find it really funny how when I tell people that I don't believe in a god, they try to explain of how great God is and how it's so good and all. They seem to always forget to tell me all the bad things about religion, like the wars and persecution of people that it has caused. Have you ever heard of a war between atheist? Probably not. But how about some wars between religions? Almost a kajillion (which is a really big number).

Alexi talks about the hardships being a Native American and how they are often discriminated upon. For some time he felt alone because he felt that no one understood him. When he writes the Native Education, although he does use humor to lighten the mood a bit, one can still feel the pains he felt as he goes through his childhood being discriminated upon by not only the white people, but his own Native Americans. But one thing he does throughout his life is persevere, and go beyond what people thought he could do. He made his own path and did what he wanted to do, although many people like his parents tried to persuade him to do things in their own interests. People must find their own paths to happiness. Its hard at the beginning to figure out who you are. The environment around you influences who you are, the people you interact with influence who you are, the events in your life influence who you are, these things make you who you are.

The Power of One

Every individual has a potential. Any one person can make a change anywhere. It could be a huge change to the entire world, or to another person. There was a story of a man who committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. When people tried to figure out why he had done it, they searched his house to find a letter. The man said that he would jump off the bridge unless one person, just one person would just say hello to him. Not a single person did. People impact the world more than they know. One little difference in someone's decisions may not affect today or tomorrow, but everyone has the potential to change the future. The whole universe is connected, and one change will ripple through. The potential that everyone person has is almost unlimited, anyone can do anything. The power that everyone yields is based on how much one individual wants to give. Huckleberry Finn, although was just a kid, saved the Wilks's money from the duke and the king. Just his little contribution changed the lives in that community. The power that everyone yields is over 9000. It is enormous, and all one has to do is figure out how to use it.