"Kindness is the essence of greatness."
-Joseph B. Wirthlin
My thanksgiving week felt so long. I stayed home most days to do homework because Mr. Garcia left like 5 PDF files for homework and each had like 30 math problems. On the days I went out with family or friends, I went to Santa Monica Pier and lots of parks and parties. I got on a lot of rides. It was fun I guess. On thanksgiving most of my family came over to eat. My cousins and i played games and hung out most of the time. It was pretty great spending time with my family and eating. I ATE A LOT OF FOOD. There was so much food left over so My family and i ate that on Saturday. On Friday, I went out with my friend to chill. I didnt go to black friday cus i didnt want to see andrew. jk its because i don't want to die. I WATCHED PAPER TOWNS AGAINNNNN! and i got mad again because the end is so not how it should of gone! Overall, my thanksgiving week was so good. The only thing I didn't like was that it felt so long that this morning when i woke up, i had forgotten what I do on school mornings.
I totally agree with this statement because you have to learn to say no to something that will do bad to you or to others. Hanging around with bad influences might lead them to ask you to do something bad with them. From there you have to learn to say no to things you know are wrong. You also have to have the courage to face the truth. Say the truth no matter how hard, it will always make you feel relieved that you're not lying. If you got a fail in your geometry test and you lie to your parents, it will get you in more trouble than it would if you just told the truth. You have to do the right thing not only because it's right but because living with integrity is much better than living with fear or getting caught or feeling guilty for doing something that was not right at all. Knowing how to do these things will make you live your life peacefully and happy. Be responsible for how you act and do the right thing.
This statement is saying that you future also depends on the people you hang around with. You must have good influences so your future is good. People who do good and have bright futures are the type of people you would want to be around with. Who you hang out with will determine how you future will look like. For example: if you hang around a group of good people who dont ditch school, get good grades, don't do drugs most likely you will achieve more in life because they will influence you to do the same. On the other hand, if you hang around people who smoke, ditch,steal, or aren't trying to be Successful in life, the same will happen to you because you hang around them so much you start catching they hobbies and bad decisions. Choose the right and hang out with people that will be good for you and avoid people who will destroy you. An example would be if a girl starts hanging out with bad influences and shes suddenly starts acting like them. She starts to smoke, she drinks, and ditches class. The cops catch her one day and she is arrested. After that she starts hanging out with good people and she becomes a better smarter person. Her grades go up and she graduates. Do what is right not what is easy.
I think that William Penn is trying to say that something to do is to do good. If you do something do it the best make sure it's a good thing. Doing something good makes your like for enjoyable. Do the right thing and you will feel free and happy. You won't feel guilty if you did a good thing. When you do the right thing you feel good. Don't do something wrong just because everyone is doing it. But also don't miss out on doing the right thing just because everyone is against it,.An example is when you chew gum in class. That would be a wrong thing because some teachers don't allow it. If you chew gum just because everyone is chewing it does not make it right. Doing your Homework at home is the right thing. Just because everyone does it in class will not make doing it at home wrong. Don't follow what others do. Live for yourself. CTR!! 