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Reaching for the Skies In a world where only money matters, Og Mandino and Buddy Kaye’s “The Gift Acabar” presents a wealthy insight on what kind of stuff life should be made. In a simple story…

The term education can mean many things. An education is the collective knowledge a person has, but what does an education mean? Although an education can be paid for, no one can physically give you an education, so it is not a gift…

. There isn't a more selfless gift of love and life than the donation of an organ to someone in need. I fully support organ donorship, and I am certain if more people realized the importance of donating their organs, thousands of lives could be saved each year…

In the short story, "The Gift of the Magi," written by O. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. James Dillingham Young are in for a big surprise. At Christmastime, they each make a sacrifice that is hard to bear, but the results show that it pays off. The hard trials…

The Simple Gift - Into the World When individuals enter a new stage of personal experience, they are shaped as to develop a response of growth and change. The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick is a text that explores this concept of transitions into new…

The Gift from the Greeks The first Olympic Games were held at Olympia, in the Peloponnes. The most famous are the games that were held in Olympia in honor of Zeus every four years from August 6th to September 19th. Olympics have been a symbol…

The most valuable gift <Tab/> <Tab/>It only takes a few seconds to realize how under-appreciated the gift of life really is. I can still remember the exact moment in which I began to understand that life is the most valuable…

MOVIE REVIEW - THE GIFT The story is about a woman, Annie Wilson, who is a widowed psychic with three young sons. To make money, she offers psychic readings to people in the town, Georgia, where she lives. However, most people dislike her because…

The short story entitled "A Gift" by Rahila Gupta, traces the feelings and emotions of a platonic relationship between two women. One being the dominant and the other the submissive one. The relationship however comes to an end as one woman rejects…

Egypt: The Gift of the Nile The Nile, is the longest river in the world, and is located in northeastern Africa. Its principal source is Lake Victoria, in east central Africa. The Nile flows north through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea…