“The Future Is Not Something We Enter. The Future

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“The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.” L. I. Sweet Nicole, Gurnsey, 4143733 Assignment #1 Due Date: Wednesday, January 26 2010 Chapter 1- Description Christopher Dewdney – The Gardens of the Hasperides: Sunset – 6 p.m. Choosing a Topic, #1, p.67 Think of a spectacular natural phenomenon you have witnessed. It could be a sunrise, a thunderstorm, a blizzard, a display of the northern lights, an eclipse of the sun, or some other experience. Write a description of this phenomenon making your attitude clear without staring it directly. Use specific details appealing to a range of senses to help your reader share your experience of the phenomenon you are describing. (Flachmann, Flachmann, MacLennan, & Zeppa, 2010, p. 67-68) Comm. 114- Section # 101 Prof. Norman S. Hart School of Health Science St. Lawrence College Kingston, Ontario The Start After the long anticipated wait, the time had finally arrived. Unsure of what was to come I felt tense, motivated and alarmed. It was three weeks early, I was unprepared and hesitant. Looking back, it seemed as though I was looking through foggy glasses and felt like a child that had just spun in circles for fun. I can remember everyone around me being excited and hopeful. But, I felt as though my body was not my own, having no control over what it was doing. Pain All I could think about was the pain, it would come and go like waves on the ocean crashing up on the rocks. Everyone ensured me it was going to be okay, “okay” I said “you have no idea what I am going through how do you know it is going to be okay”. Each pain became “a memory, a journey, a dream . . . . Into the space of nonbeing, back into the space of breathing . . . . My only communication is that of water, of

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