Poverty or Prosperity

“ I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that (poverty). It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change it.” -Dr. Ben Carson

                                

This quote is telling us that if we really want something in life we should fight for it no matter the price. If we want to change something in life then we should change that because we won’t get it if we don’t try to. Dr. Ben gave us a very good example. If we are someone who doesn’t have enough money and all of that stuff we should try and change that meaning we should make an effort and try to turn that poverty into something we actually desire. We need to decide whether we want to make a change  because we should always be willing to change for the better. Ben gave us the example of poverty but it doesn’t have to be poverty it can be anything that we want to see a change in . It can be a change in school or change in our behavior but as long as we make a change everything is fine. We should be able to  change something if we want to see a change in ourselves or anything in particular.

               Student Success Statement

“Take responsibility for your OWN body, mind, and spirit, for your own physical, mental, and spiritual well-being’’  by-Mr. C.S Haymore

       

What this makes me understand is that we need to think about ourselves and the things we do. We need to think of ourselves because no one else will take responsibility for the things you do. We need to push ourselves to do better everyday not only for our mental health but for our physical too. It is very important to keep our body in shape and take care of our health because if we don’t take care of ourselves then no one will. We have to take charge in what happens with us because no one else will take care of us if we don’t do it ourselves. We have to notice the good and the bad that comes when we do our actions because we can’t be proud of something we do and it ends up being bad. We can take care of the things we do and then will be okay because we are being responsible and knowing the things we do. Sometimes we get to caught up and doing other stuff we don’t pay much attention to the things we cause or the good things we do. We have to pay attention and be aware of the things that are going on with our body and take care of ourselves.