Lead Your Life

''It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma (destiny, fortune, good luck) will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.''

Randy Pausch
1960-2008

The quote itself is divine and meangingful. Mr Pausch was already dieing, yet he was optimistic and lived his life to the fullest. This man has been blessed. What he said might aim towards our youth and the younger children. I feel like this is something a child should be told, to set them down the right path. A person needs to focus more on how to lead their life, because soon to follow will be a person's achievement. Dreams will become a reality, but if a person keeps dreaming on, their dreams will most likely never see the light of day. In life we must be optimistic and lead our lives the right way, so everything a person ever wanted comes true. Dreams are important, but the way a person is leading their lives is beyond important. The way a person lead their life, determines how their future is going to turn out. An example would be a student focusing about their grades, and then achieve what they are seeking for. What Mr. Pausch really wanted us to know is to, rather focus on how our lives need to be leaded, rather than our dreams. If we think to much on our dreams, the person is not letting it be granted. The person is preventing the dream to come true. Dreams have their time, and we shall rather wait till it happens. The way a person leads their life also shows how they are truly going to live weather, happy or depressed.

The Goal of True Education
''Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.''

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

1929-1968

This quote explains how a person should be. A person should be both intelligent and have a good character. A good character isn't enough because education is needed to gain intelligence. Without the intelligence, the person will just flop in the water. Sometimes intelligence is not much because a person uses their intelligence for a wrong purpose. Sometimes people with the help of intelligence, manipulate others and that isn't good. Intelligence is nothing if the person uses it for the evil and bad. However, a combination of good character and intelligence can get people to a higher state. These people will float safely in life. The reason why is because they are balanced. If the person has a good character that means they take their education serious, and they use their intelligence for a good cause to help others. Once again intelligence is quite powerful, and it could be used negatively or postively. It is rather better to use intelligence in a positive way because it shows more than just a brain. Behind the brains their is character and the person stays floating. That is how a real person should be educated. With only intelligence, the person will sink at some point due to the lack of character. With only good character, the person will sink as well, due to the lack of intelligence. The main point is to stay floating with both intelligence and character to be a great CTR person in life.

1835-1910

''Always do right." Mark Twain                                 

Doing what is right has to be done everytime. A CTR person knows what right to do. Doing what is right means to be fair, help a person, be generous sometimes, being polite, and treat others with respect. Being honest 24/7 means you always do right. A CTR person that always do right somehow lives with integrity. These people, have so much positivity in them which makes them good life happy people. Its a world I want, where people are doing the right and getting along together even if society has a variety of differences. Doing the right, makes people feel more uplifted and have this feeling in their hearts knowing they did good. Doing the right is something simple. It is not complicated in any way, and any person can choose to do the right starting now. If anything people can be polite to others, for starters. People can choose to do what's right, for example helping a disabled person organizing something, helping an elder with their groceires. But, there is a variety of ways you can do to do what's right. However, if you are choosing to help, people should help out from the bottoms of their hearts, and not help to think it sets a good image on them. Choosing what's right once does not categorized anyone in the ctr group. Always choosing the right, does set you in the CTR group and that's why it is imperative to always, but always do whats right.

Evan Stephens
1854-1930

''If we do what's right, we have no need to fear."

I find this quote or saying relevant til this day. It is true that choosing the right makes you feel fearless. Really great feelings like happinesses and joy kicks in. Its the best thing to do because you are no where near fear. In life, there is many kinds and levels or rewards and happiness. Depending on how good you had been, your reward can be something simple, or something massive just for choosing the right. However, choosing the wrong can lead you to a consequence. Consequences can have many levels depending on what wrong a person has done. Some consequences take away a few privilages, while other consequences can be quite serious. When people choose the wrong, it makes them have a guilt and some sort of fear of getting caught, people finding out, or the news spreading to others. If anything choosing the wrong, gets you to a horrible state. Prison exists for those people who choose the wrong. These people broke laws, commit murders, sold drugs, and other horrible crimes. Some of those people are just so weak that they fear being in prison. That's why they pay there punishment. These people when they were young had no one to educate them. They had no one to guide them, or know one to look up to which is kind of sad. Choosing the right always makes you have a positive feeling. Never, ever will you feel upset, or frightend when you choose the right. I remember one time when my parents told me, you see those people, there is nothing fun about drinking or doing drugs at 3;00am worrying to get caught. They told me to be something in life. Thats why I follow the road to choose the right. Its the most safest and great thing to do. People should ignore, that little devil in their shoulder and choose the right. No need to fear.

Lou Holtz

The 3 Questions:
1) Can people trust me to do what's right
2) Am I committed to doing my very best
3) Do I treat people the way I want to be treated

''If the answers to these questions are YES, there is no way you can fail."

Mr. Holtz has a point here. A CTR person with a CTR mind will say yes to each of these three questions. If someone feels like slightly saying no, then that means they aren't fully there yet because they are still choosing some sort of wrong. A CTR will never fail to choose the right, because they will always be trusted. A CTR person will always stay committed and will never fail at giving it their best shot. A CTR person will always treat others the way they want to be treated. I feel like a person who says yes to all these questions also have a matured mind and it is something great for them. A CTW person will have a hard time answering this, or will struggle to give an answer to these 3 questions. A CTW person is hard to trust. They can't stay committed to anything, and they don't treat others the way they want to be treated. It is most likey that these anti-ctr people will fail due to these facts. For example, a CTR person will be trusted not to do drugs even if the people around them force them to. A CTR person will stay committed in a way like staying determined to get to that A or B. Also a CTR, will treat anyone the way they want to be treated. This means that they will treat everyone with respect and manner, regardless of who they are, what their race is, sexuality, and other differences. That is how you know if a person has passed these 3 questions. A person who chooses the wrong won't be trusted, for example no one will trust them to let them borrow anything even money or belongings. These people won't be committed because they choose to fail and not try their best. Lastly, these people won't treat anyone with respect because they are to rude and curse a lot to others. That is not nice. So overall, anyone who gets these three questions right, is definetly a CTR person and will always choose what is right. These people are blessed.

John F. Kennedy
1917-1963

''Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong."

This quote is from the one and only, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. This quote seems something you might remember him of, because it is something clever he said. Our bodies must be strong enough to support some sort of health. Without, we might not be committed and come up with an excuse. Intelligence and skill can function with the right health, strength, and ability. Some people don't bother to gain intelligence or learn a skill, due to the fact that they have an excuse. Honestly, that is how life is. Whatever your strength is, that is the skill you may develope. Whatever state of health you are in, determines what kind of intelligence you may gain. So in away, health and how strong your body is does matter.

''A good name is rather choosen than great riches"

Proverbs 22:1

To have a good name means to have a great character. When you choose a good name rather than great riches, that means you choose to have a good character. You'd rather be known for a good person. Great riches brings us pleasure, but to have a great name brings us happiness. You are full of richness if you are truly happy. You can be the biggest billionaire out there, but be the most miserable person out there. These miserable rich billionaires that are miserable are poor in happiness. Usually a good name, or person would be happy for what they have. Most millionaires are known for being greedy, rude, or even miserable and those are all negative words to describe them. They are proven enough, to have a bad name because they are mostly stubborn and not appreciating what they have. A great car is really pleasurable. Even having a beautiful mansion is pleasurable, but it won't bring you happiness. Having a good name brings happiness, because you know you have good character within you. That's why in Proverbs 22:1 choosing a good name is better than a great bunch of riches. Besides when you die, you die for being known as a good character. Your character is what carrys on after you die. If you are a millionair, you die without your riches and I personally think its bad. I want to die for being known as something great, rather than to be known as a miserable rich guy. A few months ago, I remember watching on Discovery Channel about a show of family murders. This particular episode reminded me of this quote. The man one a lottery ticket, but he ends up getting killed for his money. The man was very greedy and always wanted more, more, more. His own richness killed him and he died with a bad name. To have a good name means to be happy with what you have and forget about the richness.