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Amy Burvall

"Ask a Mortician" ETHICS - 57 views

death ethics mortician caitlindoughty youtube
started by Amy Burvall on 19 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
  • Margaret Goff
     
    Do you believe in ghosts? and if so have you seen any, or had any hauntings where you work?
Amy Burvall

Stephen Fry: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 18 - 142 views

wisdom knowledge life advice stephenfry
started by Amy Burvall on 24 Aug 12 no follow-up yet
  • Margaret Goff
     
    6:27 and 7:16
    I really liked this section because I was talking about this with someone the other day. I noticed that a lot of people like to talk about themselves and how their life is so hard and then there are people who have really awful things going on such as a dying family member or an illness that they don't share or talk about with other people. I know a lot of people talk about petty little annoyances in their life and try to one up the other person on how bad their life is. Everyone does it and I catch myself doing it sometimes too. It has become a habit that our society has and we just need to be aware of what we are saying and stop. In our society we are bombarded with people and things telling us to live for ourselves and to make ourselves happy. We shouldn't purposefully make ourselves unhappy but we also shouldn't be selfish. There is a book/movie called Eat, Prey, Love that came out a couple years ago. My friend and I did not know what the movie was about and we went to the theater to see it. When we left the movie we both started to talk about how much we didn't like it. The thing that we didn't like about the movie is that this woman left her husband to go travel the world because she said she needed to find herself. I thought she was being incredibly selfish and making a big deal out of nothing. People do this all the time and I hear celebrities talk about it all the time. You may not be completely happy with what is going on in your life at the moment but things will change and times will get better. Trust in God to lead you where you need to go. Instead of giving up on the life you have focus on positive things, find a hobby but don't be like the girl from the movie and leave your husband to go find yourself. If you really need help with something tough talk to people you trust. However if you continue to make a big deal out of every little aliment and talk about every little thing that hurts then people are not going to listen when you really have a problem. We may not notice we do this because it is a habit. I do this sometimes to and I catch myself doing it and I stop and try to focus on positive things in my life and ask people how their lives are going. As a society we need to stop focusing on our selves and worry about other people and help them if they need help.
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