Listen to my thoughts...(Race of Life & Love)

I'm feeling as those this is a race.

A race of life and love.

Like, I get determined...motivated, you know keep moving off this energy drink. Then I crash and burn...

Ok, so I crash and burn...tears come...I feel as though I can't do it. Can't make it.

People expect me to fall, to stumble...start limping if I get back up.

Do what I did last time.

Yet, this time...I do it differently. I look down, tie my shoes and keep moving. No energy drink will keep me moving this time. Yet, obstacles come...then...what I was running from in the beginning decides to run beside me.

I'm sweaty, I'm tired. I feel as though I've proven my point. So I let the runner beside me get ahead. That hurts, cause I felt I came so far, to stop and let this person win. I let my weakness kick in. So I start running again. My competition, my weakness, the runner...who brought me to this point...we make eye contact. That slows him down & reminds him of his weakness, his competition, his motivation. Instead of me slowing down, I gain speed...my feet are moving so fast I feel as though I'm floating. I turn to see where he is...He's walking now...real slow. I keep running. He waves, to let me know he's coming.Yet, I still run. I'm on auto. I'm close to the finishline and now he's running.

I'm soooo close to winning, so close to victory. Yet, I stop.We both stare at each other. He's running so fast, it's scary. When he's at least two feet away. He stops and extends his hand. I look in confusion.We stand there...feeling victorious...determined, and...strong. Even though to each other, it used to be the opposite. This feeling consumes me and I grab his hand...Hands linked together...we cross the finishline. Winning had never felt so good...

Life as a Uplifter

Christopher Merrick

My first week at Uplift was easy at the beginng, but at the end that's when it seems it's geting tough. I guess since i'm are in honor classes its going to make things a little difficult. Now its the second and we already start getting problems of the week and so I guess that's normal but still I did not think that it was going to be that stuff already at the second year. But as you know Uplift is always trying to Change and in plus our theme for this year is CHANGE. I hope the theme that we actually get some change within our school. So from now on i'll be keeping updated.

Christopher Gregory Merrick

WORDS ARE STRONGER THAN ACTION BY dada shinda crowell the 3rd i mean the 2nd

WORDS ARE STRONGER THAN ACTIONS. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING IN A WHOLE CROWD YOU ARE BETTER AT SAYING THINGS THAN PHYSICALLY HANDLING AND CHANGING A WHOLE CROWD. FOR EXAMPLE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HE USES WORDS TO CHANGE THE FEELINGS OF MANY PEOPLE. HE DIDNT GO TO EVERY DOOR IN THE TOWN AND TELL THEM LETS MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT WILL BE TO HARD TO DO. INSTEAD HE SPOKE IN FRONT OF EVRY ONE AND CHANGED FEELINGS AND MADE CHANGES. IF HE TRIED TO FIGHT EVERY ONE INTO CHANGE USING HIS FIST EVERY ONE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN AGAINST HIM. BECAUSE WHEN YOU WANT PEOPLE ON YOUR SIDE YOU VERBALLY TALK TO THEM THEN THEY WILL UNDERSTAND YOU, BUT IF YOU GO AROUND HITTING PEOPLE ITS GOING TO TURN PEOPLE AGAINST YOU....FOR EXAMPLE MALCOLM X FIGHT WHEN HE DONT LIKE SOME BODY AND HE DONT LOOK FOR THAT PERSON TO BE ON MY SIDE HES AGAINST THEM FOREVER.

Which one is stronger, words or actions?

I would say that they both is very stringe and powerful, but I would mostly say that action speaks louder than words, because George W. Bush was saying how he was going to make changes. But it took B. Obama to speak and do action, and it moved the whole world. At the same time words are stronger, because Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out to the world with words not actions, and he had something to do with "CHANGE" with in todays society. Both words can be very powerful, depending on how you use it. Action can really be powerful, and stronger than words, because say if someone wanted to fight you. By them saying they wanted to fight you is diffrent than really fighting you.

How Did You Get Your Name

When my mom was pregnant she and my father that i was a boy. So my mom and dad decide to name me Brandon. Then my parnets find out they were having a girl. So my mom decide to call me Brittaney. My dad choose to spell it the way it is so i can be different.

Which one is stronger ACTION or WORDS?

I believe that words are stronger depending on the situation. Words can be stronger becauce it can relly hurt people and may change people lives depending on what is said to them. Its says in the bible that "death and life lays in the power of the tongue". Also with Martin luther king Jr. he did not use action to get his point across he used words. Even when people were using actions against him like burning his house and putting his kids in danger. Words can helppeopleand it can also break people at the end. Theres also a say that pictures speck a thousands words not it speck action.In closeing I truly believe words aere stronger then action.

If i could go anywhere in the world the place that i would go to would go would be paris. The reason i would go their is so i

if i could travel the world i would go to paris. The reason i choose paris is because in my journey of becoming a chef i would have to be able to cook and prepare many different types of foods