#8 "The Necklace"

I would have to say that the Moral of this story is to be happy with our life's to enjoy what we have because if we dot we will never live a happy life, because then we will always want more, and sometimes we get more than we can actually handle. I would also have to say that it is also about being truth full because sometimes telling the truth maybe the only way out.



In this story The Necklace a women was born into a poor family, but she always believed herself better she always wanted more. But more is what she got, she went through 10 though years because she did not tell the truth and because of her selfish needs. I know that I am sometimes like that, wanting more wanting better, but then again who doesn’t. I guess the point would be how far to draw the line. I am happy with my life and what I have and who I have but in this story she was neither happy with her life or who she married. I am happy and enjoy my life because if I don’t I know nobody else will and my life will be miserable. I also try to always tell the truth even though I know I will lie every once in a while. In this story this women borrows a necklace from a close friend to go to a party she was invited to. When it was time for her and her husband to head home she lost this necklace. She was so scared and ashamed she didn’t tell her friend the truth. This couple put a lot on the line they had many debts and lived a hard life. They had bought a necklace that looked exactly the same but was actually A LOT more expensive than the one they had actually borrowed. I admit (shamefully) that I once lied to my doctors. I had told them that I had taken my medication correctly when I hadn’t, and because of this my labs were all wacked out and I was getting sick. They went through a lot of trouble to try and figure out what was wrong with me. They increased a medication and boy was I so sorry for not having told the truth. If I had maybe all I went through could have been avoided. Just like in this story one lie and my life was hell for a while. From this I try to not lie I learned my lesson and when I read this story it reminded me of myself.

Once A Witch( Book Report)

I just finished reading a book called "Once a Witch." I really liked this book beacause it is about a girl who feels left out, strange around her family. But this girl fianlly realizes who she is and is happy with herself. I guess many people can realte to this because many feel left out or awkward around others, like they dont fit in. Its not until later in life that they find there way or what they were ment to do or acomplish. In this book a 17 year old girl named Tamsin Greene. She is born into a family of witches, they are all born with a special talent and when they turn 8 yrs old their talents are known. In Tamsins case her talent is never revealed. Tamsin feels left out like she doesnt belong with her family, she always feels like an out cast. But later she realizes what her talent is and she is one of the most powerfull. BUT the only way she discovers them is when her sisters life is in jeporday, and later realizes that she was never an outcast and that she will always belong 

Shadow Mirror( Book Report)

Shadow Mirror is written by Richie Cusick, and it's about a girl named Miranda who has a gift that was passed down to her by her grandfather. This gift is her being able to contact spirits  and be able to help them out. This books really about a girl feeling lonley, and like she doesnt belong in her town or friends. She feels like the gift that was passed down to her was a mistake, that she is not strong or smart enough to handle this especially alone. I guess that maybe once in everybodys life time do they ever feel like that, their moments of doubt like they dont belong or something they do or are given is just a mistake. I once actually felt like I didnt belong with my friends, like our friendships were just a big fake.But in this book she realizes that she was never alone and that they were trully her friends. In this girls most desperate time of need her friends styaed by her side the whole time they helped her through her problems. That what happened with me in my time of need and when i thought I was alone my friends were always there with me. But probably mant people go through this and the only way they realize that there not alone and have true friends is when they go through something tuff and their friends are still there.

#7 My Self-Value

This quote was written by Jennifer James. This quote is really interesting because it really gets me thinking of what makes me jealous and how I think of myself and how other people show and act on their jealousy. This quote is really just showing or explaining how there is no reason to be jealous that if we love ourselves enough we won’t want what other people have, or be like anybody else. That if everybody just had enough self value there would be no need for jealousy at all. It is telling us to stop looking at other people, and like the quote says to stop “scanning” them, it is saying to look at yourself and to “scan” yourself to find the good in you and love it and not care what other people think. That there is a little seed inside ourselves that grows into this jealousy, that just grows and grows and the only way for it to stop is for us to love ourselves, once we can learn to love ourselves we can love other people. Once we can learn on how to turn jealousy in to self value we will be happy with ourselves and that we can help other people with their jealousy and show them to turn all that into self value.


This quote makes me think of what I envy and who I am jealous of, it makes me think of how often I look at other people and want what they have or be like them. Now I understand that it should not be like that that I have to love myself for other people to love me. Jealousy is never the answer to anything and in order for us to grow we have to learn to let go of all that jealousy. Only then will other people envy you and you remember that pain ,thats when you lend a hand to others to show them what you have learned.