Who am I? A loving daughter, adoring sister, devoted friend; dynamic soccer .
player, graceful surfer, and earnest scholar, these are my personas and the traits that describe me, but it is my passion for these things that define me; they are what make my life interesting and worthwhile. "Passions are the winds which fill the sails of the human vessel; sometimes they sink it; but without the winds of passion a person can not make his way. Voltaire (Zadig, 1747.).
While watching television, I was inspired by a PowerAde commercial featuring a man running a race, a marathon. The commercial shows the man limping; struggling in pain, seemingly unable to go on, yet by the sheer power of resolve, he finishes the race. "You never fail unless you quit," is the message shouting from the screen. I am taken with this quote that parallels passion with personal strength. .
It is 5:45 AM, and my dad is at my bedside. His hand is placed on my shoulder, and he is whispering, "it's time to go, baby." I groan, but since I am blessed with few precious "dawn patrols- in which I get the chance to surf with him, I force myself from the comfort of my bed. We arrive at the beach, sun peeking from the horizon, the air is salty, and there is a swell. The water is chilly, but invigorating. I pump my arms hard to get past the inside break to the outside where the ride-able waves are. I finally arrive, the hard paddle has winded me, but I soon recover as I sit and relax atop my board. As I contemplate the imposing wonder that is the ocean, I suddenly realize that the waves are big. My excitement quickly shifts to anxiety, "I can't catch these," I think, as I am .
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paddling down the face! The nose of my board goes under, and I am thrown by the wave into the sea. I am under the water being tossed, turned, flipped, and rolled from the pressure of the massive wave. I shoot up gasping for breath, my heart pounding through my chest, "not cool.
I recently viewed "The Passion of the Christ," director and produced by Mel Gibson. ... The Passion of the Christ is a film about the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus of Nazareth's. ... Passion is a perfect word for the subject matter Mel Gibson examines in this film. ... In fact "Passion" is the most violent film. ... However, personally I think it works in "Passion." ...
This is how I thought of passion. ... I found out "passion" is used very often in the bible. ... I quickly found out that passion used passion quite often in his plays. Many of them focus on passion directly. ... It is an excellent example of passion. ...
Passion Conferences are an annual spiritual awakening of 60,000 college students with Jesus as the centerpiece. ... In order to sustain a yearly following, the Passion administration is focused mainly on selling themselves to their followers. This inherently leads to vast discrepancies in the biblical message and the doctrines delivered to the Passion audience. ... It is with this vortex ideology that Passion creates and sustains followers. ... The Passion movement promotes a false version of Christian faith. ...
The Passion There is a movie called The Passion. ... Because of that, the movie Pearl Harbor would theoretically cause more bad feelings than the movie The Passion. ... Therefore, the movie The Passion is not a good influence on Christians....
Passions of the Christ Religion is a very important part of many lives throughout the United States of America. From viewing the movie, Passions of the Christ, led many races to view this movie differently. ... The Passion of the Christ is bringing up many different issues and many people have different opinions about this movie. ...
Before passion plays were formed in christianity, Easter plays represented dramas. People wanted to know more about Christ's life and most of all, his passion. Therefore, passion plays were created; first in Latin and then in German. ... Passion plays rose in the fifteenth century, and with that rose their cities and economy. ... In the seventeenth century, passion plays were pushed to monasteries and unpopular villages. ...
The Passion of The Christ It is a religious movie unlike any other. ... Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ", is a direct adaptation of the passion story as it appears in the bible. The passion story is the capture, enslavement; torture, crucifixion, death, and rise of Jesus. ... Unless the viewer knows exactly what occurred previous to the passion story, then some scenes will not make sense. ...
These stories criticized the passions and reason that human hold. ... It is passion that causes her to do such thing. ... Passion overwhelms reason. ... Passion takes over rational desire. ... When he talked about how Phaedra's hidden passion had consumed her from within, he also stated that revealing one's passion will still kill oneself. ...
