When I think about honesty, the word “trust” comes to mind. When you show people you are trustworthy they give you more responsibility. They feel that they can count on you. People respect you. They also tell other people what a good, nice and kind person you are and that you can be trusted. Then others trust you. You feel proud of yourself. As life goes on, that builds your character and shapes who you are and how others treat you.
Telling the Truth is not Always Easy
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Dear readers, does this sentence remind you of a specific profession or social background? If your answer is no, let me give you a hint, in such a place, we find judges, guilty parties and at times a small group of people. GREAT JOB!! Your Guess was right, THE TRIBUNAL. It is in such places that judges judge different types of people and try to prove their guilt or innocence. The reason I say judges should prove guilt while we already know they are guilty is that some may be afraid, lie or they just dont want to tell the truth-even if these people know that this may be their last chance to be free. Others, however, may perhaps be afraid and just want to be freed, then end up telling the truth. In the words of Grégoire Lacroix “truth, is a lie deflated at the last moment”
It is not always easy to tell the truth, but we feel relieved after doing so. For instance, when your friend tells you about their dream to become a great singer, you share their joy, then you ask them to sing a sample song with their beautiful voice. But when they start to sing, you feel so disappointed (as their voice is so bad). Since you dont want to hurt their feelings you tell them that it is good. A few weeks later, they comes to see you, sad, as they were dismissed from a singing competition because their voice was so bad. How are you going to feel? Sad or happy ? Me, I would feel extremely sad for having failed to tell the truth about their voice when I was asked. Of course. I didnt want to hurt their feelings, but the fact that as a friend I failed to tell the truth would make them more hurt and betrayed.
Truth may hurt ones feelings but far more better than a lie from a friend. Which means it is better to tell a friend the truth, they may feel hurt, but not for long. Notwithstaning, you would feel much better for having been sincere with your friend than being hypocritical. Furthermore, if you had hidden the truth, you would have that burden in your mind, your conscience would not let it go and that feeling would stay longer than if you had told the truth.
Sometimes telling the truth is very difficult, but after telling it we are overcome with relief. John 8 :32: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free!”
Truth vs Lies
Good morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen, family and children. Today we are going to talk about truth, what truth means to me and what would happen if you didn’t tell the truth. We will now start.
To me, telling the truth means you don’t lie and if you know someone is lying you tell the truth. That’s what we’re going to talk about in this article.
The first one is telling the truth. When you tell the truth you lift a weight you were carrying on your shoulders.The truth is always the best way to go if you want to stay away from having more trouble than you are already in. That’s what telling the truth means to me.
The second one is telling the truth for someone else who is lying. Most children don’t want to tell on other people if the problem is really grave, like having broken something or having hurt someone. That is the time when you can’t act like nothing happened and you weren’t there. You should go see an adult and tell them what happened. That is what it means to me to tell the truth for someone who is lying.
The last one is what happens when you lie. When you lie the problem gets worse. For example, you ate something and lie about not having touched it. When you say that, your parents or whoever might stop trusting you.
Once you start lying it’s really hard to stop. Then your friends and family can’t trust you even when you are telling the truth. That is what it means to me when you lie.
This concludes my article about telling the truth. All of this could really happen and you could get in really big trouble with your family. This is what it means to me to tell the truth and what happens when you lie.
The Truth and Mental Helath
We live in a sinful world where deception abounds and truth is a rarity. Lies, innuendoes, exaggerations and errors of all kinds flourish in every land.
Indeed corruption, falsehood and greed are at the hearts of almost every enterprise. Even more, human society is also being inundated with new ideas on how to live, how to dress, how to behave and even how to think. Religious, political and economic ‘breakthroughs’ are on the increase; but no sooner has one new idea been tried and discredited when an even more spectacular claim is made for another.
Believe it or not, an age-old question is being asked today? At the trial of Jesus, Christ was questioned by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate who was no stranger to deception. He had grave doubts that anyone could speak the truth, so he too asked the question: “What is Truth?” (John 18:38). According to the dictionary, truth is something that is ‘in accordance with the facts, something genuine, correct and accurate, something that lives up to its claims.’
Do we find truth in our society? Not much, you will agree. But back to our question. What is truth? Truth is different from beliefs and hope. Absolute truth is not dependent upon public opinion or popularity. Polls cannot sway it. Not even the inexhaustible authority of celebrity endorsement can change it.
So how can we find truth? Truth can only be found in Jesus Christ, who says, “I am the way, the Truth and the Life.” It is very important that we build our character around the truth. As we all know, it is difficult enough to sort out the truth from our own experience. Jesus said, “You shall know the Truth and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32). Jesus is the foundation of truth and he Himself is the truth that makes us free. He is the source of truth, the perfect standard of what is right. He frees us from the consequences of sin, self-deception and from deception of Satan. In a world of error, deception and confusion, it is reassuring to find such positive and true statements.
Jesus is the embodiment of truth, the living truth. Truth is vital to human society. Its absence causes mistrust which often leads to hatred and even to war. The absence of truth is the main cause of humanity’s sin and resulting woes. The presence of truth uplifts. The absence of truth degrades. The Bible puts is thus: Proverbs 14:34 “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”
Error corrupts and enslaves. Truth brings freedom – freedom from fear, freedom from hate. Truth replaces fear with faith and confidence. People who hold and live the truth are not afraid of privation, persecution or even death. They have the truth about life and death, the present and the hereafter, and fear has no hold on them.
Truth opens people’s eyes to the corruption and utter worthlessness of Satan’s lifestyle. Truth brings God’s law into focus. Truth, for all its
value, is not popular. Multiplied millions of people reject truth simply because they love sin, even though they know it’s wrong. Truth is as powerful over falsehood as light is over darkness. Nothing can destroy truth. Sinners may hate truth, reject truth and fight it with all their might, but truth is unaffected, it cannot be destroyed. Truth is invincible. Truth can penetrate even the darkest recesses of the human mind. Truth is eternal; as eternal as God Himself. Truth is the best insurance policy an individual or community can invest in. Good character is built on truth. Truth can make us uncomfortable at times, and it can sometimes be bitter, because it is the truth.
Denying the truth doesn’t change the truth. Truth is unchangeable. Instead of hearing the truthing and believing in it, many people run away from it and build their character on falsehood. Truthfulness seems so rare that we feel we must end our statement with “I promise.”
If we tell the truth all the time, we will have less pressure to back up our words with an oath or promise. Some people do not understand God’s truth because they are not ready for it. God reveals truth to people who will act on it, who will make it evident in their lives. We must speak and live by God’s truth regardless of the consequences.
Point Pelee National Park Trip
On Saturday, September 1st, families from across the African/Black community gathered together and went on a trip to Point Pelee for Labour Day weekend, a wonderful way to end the summer before school started. There were plenty of things to see and plenty of things to learn. The kids learned about different types of birds and the different manners in which they fly. There was an Owl and a Falcon, which were very calm, but no one could touch them because the birds do not like to be touched.
Point Pelee was filled with a variety of trees, which added to the beautiful scenery. There were two shuttle buses that took people to the other side of the park where there was a beach that included ‘the point’ of Point Pelee. There were also trails on whcih people could either walk or ride their bikes to different parts of the park.
After a tour around the park, Mrs. Afolabi and the families drove to Westwood beach on Point Pelee and had a cookout. This included delicious foods, snacks, fruits, drinks and even a cake to celebrate Mama Alice’s birthday. Music was playing and kids were having fun, blowing bubbles and playing soccer. Parents took the oppurtunity to relax, listen to music and enjoy the long weekend before school. Overall, everyone was having fun enjoying the sun. Even though not everyone necessarily knew each other, everyone came together and was one big happy family. The love was evident through all the fun and laughter that could be heard throughout the beach. Love, family, and unity; these are the words I would use to describe this Labour Day weekends events.
Goodwill
To me goodwill means being friendly, helpful and having a positive attitude. I demonstrate goodwill by helping people when needed. One day at school my friend was crying on the ground. I went over and said, “are you okay?’’ This demonstrates being friendly, I also helped him get up which demonstrates being helpful.
In conclusion, good will means to be kind and think of others. I think everybody should treat others the way they would want to be treated.
Goodwill Towards Others
Good will is having feelings, friendly attitudes, or collaborating with others without distinction.
If you have a good will towards others you will have something in return. Goodwill gives peace because everyone is happy, and everyone is friendly. To have good will you must have love towards others and the wisdom of not arguing to cause problems. Solve a problem with love and kindness.
It’s good to help people because it gives you joy and you make new friends. When you act in a good way, it doesn’t only do good to the person you helped, but it feels good to yourself.
If you create harmony around you, you will feel good. Goodwill is a good way to show that you are kind and helpful.
The things you can do to show good will are: Helping your brother/sister when he/she has homework, when you are going to help him/her it’s going to make him/her happy, because he/she knows he/she has a sister/brother who can help when he/she needs it. Another way to have goodwill is to be kind to everyone. If you’re nice, everyone will love you and will want to be your friend.
If you don’t show good will towards others, bad things will happen to you. As you can have karma, and nobody will want to be your friend because you don’t show good will. Many people will not help you because you don’t help others. Also, you’re going to have a lot of enemies and not going to have peace.
Treat others as you want to be treated.
When you don’t treat others well, you will not be treated well either. It may be fair to say, but it’s the right thing to do. Especially for your family, friends, neighbors and teachers at school. The way your life is revealed depends on how nice you are to people.
In this article, I explain the benefits of showing goodwill and the inconvenients if you don’t show goodwill. In case you don’t understand the fundamentals, I will show you them. You will not regret showing good will in your life.
Thank you
Helping Others
It’s good to help others because
it’s the right thing to do
and it makes the world a better
place. It can also set the
example to help teach others
how to help people.
Why is helping others important?
It can make people
around you want to help others
too. Simply, it can make
people happy. And it is not
just to be respectful because
it is the right thing to do.
Helping others will make you
feel good and the other people
will also feel good that
you helped them. If you help
others they are more likely to
help you too.
Helping others can make
other people learn different
things. It can also make them
smarter and can make you a
lot of friends, and if you have
a positive attitude you will
bring joy to others. A lot of
times if you are making people
happy you are not just
making them happy, you’re
making yourself happy too.
When you help others you
benefit yourself and others
benefit too.
Thank you for reading, I hope
you enjoyed it.
Together We Can!
It’s never too early to start preparing for the rest of your life and the Ontario Black Youth Action Plan Together We Can Mentorship Program focuses on just that. Over the course of two days on August 29th and 30th, 2018, students came together to celebrate the end of the successful first year of the program.
When John Elliott first approached Joi Hurst to join forces and create something that would truly benefit the children in the community, no one expected that an extended family would soon be created.
Funded under the Ontario Black Youth Action Plan, children in the program learn valuable life lessons through mentorship programs, like how to prepare their futures through the summer youth employment workshops.
The program instills confidence in the youth and informs them on what they can achieve. It “provides them the etiquette they need to apply for jobs,” said Joy Hurst, Director of the program. “We let them know that we care about them, we give them the skills they need, and even after this, they are coming back for job placements.”
The employment workshop had mock interviews, team building, resume building and skill and strength finders to help the students figure out what they enjoy. Many of these students never had the opportunity to dive into their strengths before and the program gave them the opportunity to showcase what they are good at. The students then have the opportunity to put the skills they learn in the workshops to the test through work placements. These opportunities give the youth a first-hand glance into the world of employment and a great chance to prepare them for their futures. Placements included working for the Windsor Express, the STAG and Deans Legal Services.
Part of the program also included fostering a close relationship with the Windsor Police Services. The Windsor Police come in twice a week to teach them about real life situations. They interacted with the youth, playing with them and taking them on field trips. This allowed youth in the area to interact with the police on another level and gives them a deeper view into what they really do. Counselor John Elliott could see the difference that the interaction with the police made, “After getting to know the officers [the kids now think] maybe I can become a police officer. It relates more to them.”
The bond between the kids and program leaders was almost palpable during their closing celebration, that included dinner and certificates for their achievements. They had around 25 students for both age groups and good news travels fast as youth who were not able to participate in this year’s program are already eager to join next year.
