2008 Woodie Awards
Suha Says...
Life is beautiful; make the most of it while you still can
Suha Diab
Issue date: 10/7/08 Section: Features
The world as we know it is no longer the same. The people are different and life in general is different.
This world is filled with all kinds of different people, people that have been through worse things than you and me will probably ever experience.
But as students, the worst that we can experience is the stress and pressure that comes along with school.
There isn't a day that goes by where I don't thank God for where I am at today. I have a wonderful family that loves and supports me, and what upsets me the most is how some people take their lives for granted and don't really see how good they have it.
Life as we know it and see it will keep changing, whether we like it or not, it will never stay the same.
There will be moments where you just feel overwhelmed with everything and just want to give up on life, I know I have. However, I've learned that it is only natural for someone to feel overwhelmed and stressed out. It's something that no one can really control, it just happens.
There were times when I disliked my life, friends and sometimes even my family. But I feel that at one point in everyone's life they will tend to feel that way.
Whenever I think about giving up, I stop and take moment to think about it, and there are two options to choose from: you can choose to be a loser and forfeit all you've worked up for to this point or choose to be a strong you man or woman and push through the negativity.
Whether we choose to accept it or not, we will always have to face the negative, but it's up to you to confront those negative thoughts and make them into positive thoughts.
You're mind is a strong force and has power over everything you choose to do, don't make it your enemy to the point where its just bad thoughts that control your feelings. Push through it and good things will come.
In a situation like this all you can do is be patient and wait for things to happen. God works in mysterious ways and if something is meant to happen, it will.
This world is filled with all kinds of different people, people that have been through worse things than you and me will probably ever experience.
But as students, the worst that we can experience is the stress and pressure that comes along with school.
There isn't a day that goes by where I don't thank God for where I am at today. I have a wonderful family that loves and supports me, and what upsets me the most is how some people take their lives for granted and don't really see how good they have it.
Life as we know it and see it will keep changing, whether we like it or not, it will never stay the same.
There will be moments where you just feel overwhelmed with everything and just want to give up on life, I know I have. However, I've learned that it is only natural for someone to feel overwhelmed and stressed out. It's something that no one can really control, it just happens.
There were times when I disliked my life, friends and sometimes even my family. But I feel that at one point in everyone's life they will tend to feel that way.
Whenever I think about giving up, I stop and take moment to think about it, and there are two options to choose from: you can choose to be a loser and forfeit all you've worked up for to this point or choose to be a strong you man or woman and push through the negativity.
Whether we choose to accept it or not, we will always have to face the negative, but it's up to you to confront those negative thoughts and make them into positive thoughts.
You're mind is a strong force and has power over everything you choose to do, don't make it your enemy to the point where its just bad thoughts that control your feelings. Push through it and good things will come.
In a situation like this all you can do is be patient and wait for things to happen. God works in mysterious ways and if something is meant to happen, it will.
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