"Friendship"

What is the meaning of friendship? Many people might be asking them selves what defines friendship, who do you know when someone is your friends and a true friend is common for people to ask them selves. A writing by Alireza Nurbakhsh called "Friendship"  is confusing at first but explains well what its like to have a true friend. "The act of friendship is different from the act of loving. In a relationship of friendship both parties care for each other and give and receive benefits from each other. This reciprocity may not exist in the act of loving, for we may love someone without our beloved giving anything in return or even knowing that he or she is being loved by us." is one of the very few points Nurbakhsh makes. This writing gave me knowledge on what its like to have a true friend and know my own self worth at the same time. 

https://www.sufijournal.org/discourse-friendship/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA4JnCBRDQ5be3nKCPhpwBEiQAjwN1brK5ELv2AIqCxA_LrUzP-XNeEHsYC4S69-kyCPHywFsaAv8R8P8HAQ

"Angel With A Gold Bow"

As it gets near the time of Christmas, most everyone is filled with joy and happiness. Its the time of giving and sharing what you have with others. Some people aren't that lucky. They don't get to come home to a family and share their love and joy with the people they love the most. The poem "Angel With A Gold Bow" by Virginia A. Parks captures a hint of that sadness but then fills it with joy. The poem is about two boys who are orphans. It explains how Christmas time use to be a time of year they looked forward to and loved, but ever sense hey lost them it has been a time of year where sadness and tears filled their lives. Then comes along a warm heart and opened arms that felt their pain. A lady that had just bought them some presents listened to their story and cried she adopted them and gave them the love and affection they once had. This poem effected me emotionally, it made me think of my uncle that was adopted from Korea. For a moment I felt his pain and sadness of being alone. 

http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/angel-with-a-gold-bow

"Dear Addiction"

The poem "Dear Addiction" by Zed Edington is about a major problem in the U.S. today. Addiction affects many families in a negative and some what positive way. People who suffer from this need help and support from their families. The negatives are obvious , a person can die and lose all their money to addiction. A positive to this is that the people that conquer addiction serve as a learning tool for others showing them the effects it can have on their life, and tell them what their everyday life was like. I recommend reading this poem as it is broad on the topic of what addiction is but gets the point across. I was emotional because this effected me personally, I had a family member that was struggling with addiction but conquered it.

http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/dear-addiction-2

A Bed Of Clouds

© Ashley L. May

Published on February 2006

I sleep in the clouds, dream in the sky,
I'll keep dreaming as life passes me by,
I think my dreams keep me sane,
I dream of happiness, a life without pain,
some people say I'm stuck in this place,
and I'll never go anywhere,
but in my dreams I've already been there,
I know some day I'll have to wake up,
but I feel the real world is more like a nightmare,
I'm safe in my closed eye wonderland,
this poem goes to all the dreamers that understand,
no matter what they say...
keep your dreams but don't dream your life away,

Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/life-and-dreams-poem

I don't read a lot and never really liked reading but when I do read I love reading poems or short stories about life and love and meaningful things like so. But when I came across the poem "A Bed of Clouds" by Ashley L. May I was hooked. This poem is short but sweet and to the point. Although its not a very long poem it has a deep meaning to it. I find this writing to be emotional towards me. The writer connected with me on a personal level.  When dreams are better than reality we seem to get lost in them. It is pleasant to us but we lose a grip on whats going on around us. Life is to short to live in a bed of clouds. Although our life safe and pleasant in these dreams we must branch out and live life because before we know it, life could be over.

Winter Is Coming

Winter is coming is a deep meaningful short story. By Azariahkribbs. It makes you think about how you want to die. That sounds weird but it makes you think about if you will die peaceful. This short story makes me scared of death. We never think about things like this unless we are in our feelings, or are having a late night therapy session in our cars. She does a great job of connecting with the reader. I suggest that you take a look at it and tell me what you think of it. How it makes you feel as a reader.

https://azariahkribbs.com/2015/09/26/winter-is-coming/

Trump

With the voting day coming up in Ohio I have been reading more and more on each candidate to try and find the one I agree most with on their views and just trying to get as much information as I can. I stumbled across this article about Donald Trump and what he plans on doing in Iraq. The article doesn't go into detail about his plan. Instead the writer focuses more on what he said and how dumb he looked saying it. This was based more on talking crap about him and how dumb he sounded. I believe that article such as this one don't really give the people a chance to know his point of view. This made me mad because of how the writer didn't tell us Trumps plan.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/iraq-trump-doesnt-understand-what-he-doesnt-understand

November Surprise?

During last nights debate Trump was asked if would accept losing the presidential debate. Trump said that he would see into it when the time comes. He wouldn't be clear on if he would back down or not. I believe this is a little uncalled for. He believes that the election is rigged and that there is voter fraud. Although that I think it is near impossible to do that, its still possible. Trump being so stubborn and saying this may have hurt him. I honestly believe that he should have waited until after the votes to do and say this. this is a very touchy topic I am not sure what to think about his statement.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/november-surprise-trump-s-debate-warning-threatens-split-gop-n669891