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Class Readings

Emily Dickinson's poems,  "Tell the Truth Slant"

In "Telling the Truth Slant", Emily Dickinson says that the whole complete truth may come like a shock to children, so it should be let on to them slowly, not just at one time. The mention of telling the truth slant, is like telling a half truth, still a truth yet not a truth at the same time. Half truths are the hard to tell if it is a lie or not because it's technically part truth. This poem, catches the whole concept in just a few concise lines, rather than in a long paragraph. It has clear and easy points to understand which attracted me to this poem.

Success

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
What is success. You define your own success. To some people, success is being the best, achieving their dreams or even going beyond their dreams. To me, success is not just achieving your goal, but to surpass it. To be successful, you should do what makes you happy, leading to a happier probability of success. I think success should be a goal that you put forward to not just aim for what's right in front of you, but for the stars.

The Art of Exceptional Living by: Jim Rohn

He states that the key to exceptional living is to have a daily routine, to have a daily routine takes serious discipline. Of course I agree that to want success, one would have to learn about success. Yet not only do you have to learn about success, you would have to take action to actually be a step to the success you want to achieve. He also says that healthy habits, such as eating an apple a day, which is also a nice habit to have in order to stay healthy and alert.