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Eternity like Light

The light seen in front, on a long way is hope, and the light seen in hot Summer warmth, my friend, you are that light on the way of life, which gives me peace and hope. You devoted heartfelt gratitude and would I, if I could, supplant one of the affections that I know to have taken in you, that great and solemn one, for instance. I feel that is I could get myself remade, as if turned to gold I would not even desire to become more than the grand setting to that diamond you must always wear. The regard and esteem you give me, in the letter, and which I press to my heart and bow my head upon, is all I can take and all too embarrassing, using all my gratitude. I cannot exist without you, I am forgetful of everything, but seeing you again, my life seems to stop there, I see no further. You have absorbed me. I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to let me know your whole mind as to the love between us; for necessity compels me to write you for a reply, having been for more than a year now struck by the dart of love, and being uncertain either of failure or of finding a place in your heart and affection, which point has certainly kept me for some time from naming you my love with an ordinary love the name is not appropriate to you seeing that it stands for an uncommon position very remote from the ordinary; but if it pleases you to  do the duty of a true, loyal love and friend, and to give yourself body and heart to me, who have been, and will be, your very loyal servant (if your rigor does not forbid me), I promise you that not only the name will be due to you, but also to tale you as my sole love, casting off all others than yourself out of mind and affection, and to serve you only; begging you to male me a complete reply to this my rude letter as to how for and in what I can trust; and if it does not please you to reply in writing to let me know of some place where I can have it by word of mouth, the which place I will seek out with all my heart. No more for fear of worrying you. Written by the hand of him who would willingly remain yours, I can neither sever my affection for you nor forget the dreams of love. I will remember forever your beautiful looks even when I travel to the Heavens and ends of the World.

In this Silvery World

 

Let me entreat thee (my sweet Love) to take all in good part, for it is all my love to thee, and in my love I shall requite thee: I acknowledge, indeed, thou may justly sat to me, as Christ to the Pharisees, Hypocrite, first cast out the beam that is thine own eye and, for whatsoever, I may be in the opinion, yet mine own guilty heart tells me of  far greater things to be reformed in myself and yet I fear there is much more than in my own partial judgement I can discern; just because I have to complain of my pride, unbelief, hardness of heart, and impatience, vanity of mind, unruliness of my affections, stubbornness of my will, ingratitude, and unfaithfulness in the  Covenant of my God, and therefore, (by God’s assistance) I will endeavor that in myself, which I will also desire in thee. Let us search and try our hearts and turn to the Lord: for this is our safety, not our own innocence, but his mercy: If when we were enemies he loved us to reconciliation; much more, being reconciled will he save us from destruction. Lastly for my farewell (for thou sees my loatheness to part with thee makes me to be tedious) take courage unto thee , and clear up thy heart in the Lord, for thou knows that Christ they best husband can never fail thee: he never dies, so as there can be no grief at parting; he never changes, so as once beloved and ever the same: his ability is ever infinite, so as the dowry and inheritance of his sons and daughters can never be diminished. As for me a poor word, dust and ashes, a man full of infirmities, subject to all sins, changes and chances, which befall the sons of men, how should I promise thee anything of myself, or if I should, what credence could thou give thereto, seeing God only is true and every man a lair.

 Yet, so far as a man may presume upon some experience, I may tell thee, that my hope is, that such comfort as thou hast already convinced of my love toward thee, shall (through God’s blessing) be happily continued; his grace shall be sufficient for me, and his power shall be made perfect in my greatest weakness: only let thy godly, kind, and sweet carriage towards me, be as fuel to the fire, to minister a constant supply of meet matter to the confirming and quickening of my dull affection: This is one end why I write so much unto thee, that if there should be any decay in kindness and through my default and slackness  hereafter, thou might have some patterns of our first love by thee, to help the recovery of such diseases: yet let our trust be wholly in God, and let fist constantly follow him by our prayers, complaining and moaning unto him our own poverty, imperfections and unworthiness, until his fatherly affection breaks forth upon us, and he speaks kindly to the hearts of his poor servant, and handmade, for the full assurance of Grace and peace through Christ, to whom I now leave thee (my sweet Spouse and only beloved). God send us a safe and comfortable meeting on Monday morning. Farwell. Remember my love and duty to my Lady thy good mother, with all kind and due salutations to thy uncle E: and all thy brothers and sisters. They husband by promise. My father and mother salute thee heartily with my Lady and the rest. How brilliant and tender is the moon on this night. May your life be like this fantastic night filled with happiness and ecstasy. Without rhythm, there would be no poetry; without colors, could there be life? May Summer endow you with magnificent colors, boundless hopes, and a bright future!   If I had thought my letter would have run to half this length I would have made choice of a larger paper.

 

 

Love Righteousness

Love righteousness, you who judge the Earth; think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart; because he is found by those who do not test him, and manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him. For perverse counsels separate people from God, and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy; because into a soul that plots evil wisdom does not enter, nor does it dwell in a body under debt of sin. For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet it does not acquit blasphemous lips; because God is the witness of the inmost self and the sure observer of the heart and the listener to the tongue, for the spirit of the Lord fills the World, is all-embracing self-esteem, and knows whatever is said. Therefore, those who utter wicked things will not go unnoticed, nor will chastising condemnation pass them by. For the devices of the wicked shall be scrutinized, and the sound of their words shall reach the Lord, for the chastisement of their transgressions; because a jealous ear hearkens to everything, and discordant grumblings are not secret, as that is the case, guard against profitless grumbling, and from calumny withhold your tongues; for a stealthy utterance will not go unpunished, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.

Do not count death by your erring way of life, nor draw to yourselves destruction by the works of your hands. Because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have been, and the creatures of the World are wholesome; there is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of Hades on Earth, for righteousness is immortal. It was the wicked who with hands and words invited death, considered it a friend, and pined for it, and made a covenant with it, because they deserved to be allied with it. It is really important that we have a safe and happy holiday weekend, be sure to enjoy the independence that we have, there are men and women, who fight and die every day so that we remain free and many take it for granted. My only beloved Spouse, my most sweet friend, and faithful companion of my pilgrimage, the happy and hopeful supply (next Christ) of my greatest losses, I wish thee a most plentiful increase of all true comfort in the love of Christ, with a large and prosperous addition of whatsoever happiness the sweet estate of holy wedlock, in the kindest society of a loving husband, may afford thee.Being filled with the joy of thy love and wanting opportunity of more familiar communion with thee, which my heart reverently desires, I am constrained to ease the burthen of my mind by this poor help of my scribbling penny. Being sufficiently assured that, although my presence is that which thou desire, yet in the want thereof, these lines shall not be unfruitful of comfort unto thee.

And now, my sweet Love, of which this spring time of or acquaintance can put forth as yet no more, but the leaves and blossoms, whilst the fruit lies wrapped up in the tender bud of hope; a little more patience will disclose this good fruit, and bring it to some maturity: let it be our care and labor to preserve those hopeful buds from the beast of the field, and from frosts and other injuries of the aye, least our fruit fall off ere it be ripe, or lose aught in the beauty and pleasantness of it: Let us pluck up such nettles and thorned as would defraud of plants of their due nourishment; let us prune off superfluous  branches; let us not stick at some labour in watering and maturing them: –the plenty and goodness of fruit shall recompense us abundantly: Our trees are planted in a fruitful soil; the ground, and pattern of our love, is no other but that between love and his dear spouse, of whom one speaks as one finds him, my well-beloved is mine and I am his: Love was their banqueting house, love was their wine, love was their engine; love was his inviting, love was her fayntinges; love was his apple, love was her comforts; love was his embracing, love was her refreshing: love made him see her, love made her seek him: love made him wed her, love made her follow him: love made him her savior, love makes her his servant.

Love bred or fellowship, if love continues it, and love shall increase it until death dissolve it. The prime fruit of the Spirit is love; truth of Spirit true love: abound with the spirit, and abound with love: continue in the spirit and continue in love: Christ in his love so fill our hearts with holy hunger and true appetite, to eat and drink with him and of him in this sweet Love feast [referring to the sacrament of the Holy communion, which  it was then the custom to administer to the bride and bridegroom at their marriage], which we are now preparing unto, that when our love feast shall come, Christ himself may come in unto us and supped with us and with him: so shall we be merry indeed. (O my sweet Spouse) can we esteem each other’s love as worthy the recommence of our best mutual affections, and can we not discern so much of Christs exceeding and underserved love, as may cheerfully allure us to love him above all? He loved us and gave himself for us; and to help the weakness of the eyes and hand and mouth of or faith, which must seek him in Heaven where he is, he offers himself to the eyes, hands, and mouth or our body, here on Earth where he once was. The Lord increased our faith.

Now my dream heart let me parley a little with thee about trifles, l for when I am present with thee my speech is prejudiced by thy presence, which draws my mind from itself: I suppose now, upon thy uncle’s coming, there will be advising and counselling of all hands; and amongst many I know there will be some, that will be provoking thee, in these indifferent things, as matter of apparel, fashion, and other circumstances, rather to give content to their vain minds savoring too much of the flesh and then to be guided by the rule of God’s word, which must be the light and the Rule: for although I do easily grant that the Kingdom of Heaven is not meat and drink, apparel and, but Righteousness, peace: it being forbidden to fashion ourselves like unto this World, and to avoided not only evil, but all appearance of it must be avoided, and also whatever may breed offence to the weak (from which I pray thee read for the direction the [epistle] to Rom:) and for that Christians are rather to seek to edify than to please, I hold it a rule of Christian wisdom in all these things to follow the soberest examples: I confess that there be come ornaments which for Virgins and Knights daughters, and may be comely and tolerable, which yet in so great a change as thine is, may well admit a change also: I will meddle with no particulars, neither do I think it shall be needful: thine own wisdom and godliness shall teach thee sufficiently what to do in such things: and the good assurance which I have of the untainted love towards me, makes me persuaded that those wilt have care of my contentment, seeing it must be chief to stay to the comfort: and withal the great and sincere desire which I have that there might be no discouragement to daunt the edge of my affections, while they are truly laboring to settle and repose themselves in thee, makes me thus watchful and jealous of the least occasion that Satan might stir up to or discomfort. He that is faithful in the last will be faithful in the greatest, but I am too fearful I do thee wrong; I know thou will not grieve me for trifles. May your life be filled with special moments, warmth, and happiness, the joy of loved ones near, and may the blessing of the day last throughout the year.

The Vanitas

Nothing can be more concrete to a person than one’s own felt thought, one’s own thought feeling. Surrealism is a style of art in which the reality of the dream, or the subconscious mind is seen as more real than the surface reality of everyday life. It is a higher reality. Sometimes these photographs look like hand painted dream photographs. In reality, it one has enough time to truly pay attention, it may seem that people move into our environment and that they are removed from time and mind. Maybe it has to do with our emotions and feelings and they are affecting the environment. Many of us have a desire to satisfy our esthetic sense, which is to see an experience beauty. However, the idea of daring to represent God has, throughout the history of the Western World, aroused controversy. Some say the image of God is his word, but all words have form and an author. I want God to have an Earthen image of visible. Some do not want to represent God, a spiritual unknown, as a person because so many faiths and religions might be offended. I think everyone has an idea of what God looks like to them, but maybe some have never even thought about it?

In the early nineteenth century, William Blake created an image of God and named the portrait The Ancient Days. However, the work of art was considered by some to be an outrageous violation of propriety. Not only had William Blake named his God “Urizen,” creating his own personal mythology, in the place of Christianity, but the God was nude. It is nice to see that I am not so unique. I also selected my own image of God and he also has a name. However, some considered William Blake’s image a little too human. Nonetheless, in the Bible, God got upset with Adam and Eve for discovering that they were naked, so it would makes sense that God would be nude. Also, if we are created in the image of God, he must look human. Still, many considered William Blake’s attributes to God a quandary that is really his own. God is depicted, in this work of art, as the powerful father of all of us, and he is a father who is less merciful than cruel. Well, I also see God as kind of mean, and spoiled, but I think he has a really nice side, but I do not think we are supposed to get on his nerves, I think he wants it to be known that he is running things. No one has to accept my personal reality, I am simply expressing myself, nor do I suggest you take it so far as to find God in human form. To me, God seems ambiguous, I do not know much about him, but I really like him. I know that some do not understand me and wonder why I do not give myself more credit, but I cannot really get into that. However, I can say that is some situations, I need God to impose order upon chaos. Others have attempted to paint God. 400 years before William Blake’s image of God, Jan van Eyck created a depiction of God, and he was much frailer, younger, and apparently more merciful and kind, and certainly more richly adored. However, is that not what you would expect of a young father, before he has acclimated to his creations? There are just my interpretations, and it is more beneficial to me to image that God is in human form than focusing on the struggle.

Final Addition of the Eight Parts of Speech, Series IIII

The Education is the most effectual which commences earliest. The ordeal for talent is school. When a person’s social or civil standing is not dependent on their knowing how to read and right, one is not likely to become a scholar.

Conjunction: Conjunctions are used to link words or parts of sentences together. There are four different types of conjunctions, and they are coordinating, subordinating, adverb, and correlative.

  • Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) are used to connect similar words or independent clauses (sentences) together. Coordinating conjunctions are often referred to with the acronym FANBOYS.
  • Subordinating conjunctions come at the beginning of subordinate clauses and are used to connect the subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence (also referred to as the independent clauses). Common subordinating conjunctions include after, as, although, because, before, even though, if, once, rather than, since, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, whereas, while.
  • Conjunctive adverbs are transitional words used to connect one sentence to another. Common conjunctive adverbs include additionally, in addition, moreover, also, consequently, furthermore, otherwise, instead, for instance, for example, however, on the other hand, conversely, nevertheless, accordingly, therefore, generally, in fact, in others words, in conclusion, finally.
  • Correlative conjunctions are a combination of a coordinating conjunction and another word (example: In the sentence both Ryan and I are having a good time studying, bothand are the correlative conjunctions.

Interjection: An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotions and it is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence. Interjections can also serve as a single word sentence (example: Wow!). Interjections are rarely used in academic writing and their use should be avoided in most essays.

We have reviewed the eight parts of speech, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, in four series. As a professional, it is important to clearly communicate one’s message, and that is why we did this series. Perhaps there will be more tips and skills in the future. Train up a Cypress tree in the way it should grow, and when you are antiquated sit under the shade of it.

Eight Parts of Speech, Series III

The influence of the individual is nowhere so sensible as at school. There the personal qualities strike without any intervening and counteracting cases.

Adjective: An adjective modifies (limits or describes) a noun or a pronoun. Essentially, it provides more information about a person, place, or thing. For instance, in the sentence Ryan is a tall, skinny man, both tall and skinny are adjectives as they are used to describe Ryan. It is so hot many consider this contumelious heat. Contumelious is the adjective because it describes what type of heat we are experiencing.

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Adverb: Similar to adjectives, an adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.  In the sentence my son walked slowly towards the door, the word slowly serves as an adverb since it describes how she walked.

Preposition: A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. This relationship is spatial, temporal, or directional. For instance, in the sentence Ryan walked towards the house, the word towards is a preposition since it shows direction. When linked with nouns or pronouns, prepositions create word groups referred to as prepositional phrases. (In the previous example, towards the house is a prepositional phrase.)

Locating Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional phrases are among the easiest structures in English to learn. Remember that phrase is just a group of words (at least two) without a subject and a verb. And do not let the term like prepositional scare you. If you look in the middle of that long word, you will find a familiar one—position. In English, we tell the position of people and things in sentences using prepositional phrases. Look at the following sentence with its prepositional phrases in parentheses:

Our field trip (to the desert) begins (at 5:00) (in the morning) (on Friday).

One phrase tells where the field trip is going (to the desert), and three phrases tell when the trip begins (at 5:00, in the morning, and on Friday). As you can see, prepositional phrases show the position of someone or something in space or time.

Here is a list of prepositions that can show positions in space:

Under, around, through, above, below, between.

Across, by, beyond, among, near, with.

Outside, inside, over, on, behind, from.

Against, at, below, in, past, to.

Here are prepositions that can show positions in time:

Before, after, since.

Throughout, by, at.

Past, until, during.

Within, in, for.

These lists include only individual words, not phrases. Remember, a preposition must be followed by an object—someone or something—to create a prepositional phrase. Notice that in the added prepositional phrase that follow, the position of the plane in relation to the object, the clouds, changes completely.

The passenger plane flew above the clouds.

below the clouds.

within the clouds.

between the clouds.

past the clouds.

around the clouds.

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Now notice the different positions in time:

The plane landed at 3:30.

by 3.30.

past 3.30.

before the thunderstorm.

during the thunderstorm.

after the thunderstorm.

NOTE- A few words—such as of, as, and like—are prepositions that do not fit neatly into either the space or time category, yet they are very common prepositions (box of candy, note of apology, type of BMW—act as a substitute, use as an example, as happy as my little brother—vitamins like A, C, and E, shaped like a watermelon, moved like a snake).

By locating prepositional phrases, you will be able to find subjects and verbs more easily. For example, you might have difficulty finding the subject and verb in a long sentence like this:

After the rainy season, one of the windows in the attic leaked at the corners of its molding.

However, if you put parentheses around all the prepositional phrases like this

(After the rainy season) one (of the windows) (in the attic) leaked (at the corners) (of its molding).

then you only have two words left—the subject and the verb. Even in short sentences like the following, you might pick the wrong words as the subject if you do not put parentheses around the prepositional phrases first.

Many (of the characters) survived (in that movie).

The waves (around the ship) looked real.

NOTE- Do not mistake to plus a verb for a prepositional phrase. For example, to quit is not a prepositional phrase because quit is not the name of something. It is a form of verb.

College discipline should imitate the World in this respect: it should develop every person’s peculiar genius. Neglect of this is the true reason why so many people distinguish themselves in the World, who were considered mules in college, and why so many who were considered amazingly clever in college, are found to be little better than mules in the World.

Love is a Pleasurable State

 

Love sweet ecstasy, truth ultimate reality. Self-esteem, confidence, wisdom, peaceful tranquility; wise harmony—this is what we are meant to be. Spirits trilogy, accepting all as it is meant to be, realizing there is no such things as negativity. Life is so easy, just let it flow. Give up will for self-glory, open up and begin your glow. You know, you have always known the lessons of life are the prodigal son. We must exist as one diversified in time to experience mind and mine. Open up to the gift, ride this progressive optimistic life. Shed those thoughts and see yourself walk that thin line that transcends all space and time, gain. The knowledge you seek is wisdom will come as you intercede time, spirit, and physiology. You are, you!! I am I!! That is enough for a life time high!! Do you feel alone, somewhat left out, do not fit the realm of what the Worlds all about? Do you know the gift of   truth, the blessing of time? Everything is different and that is the way of the perfect rhyme.

 Remember when there were only dinosaurs, and nothing more?  Truth progressed and they were no more. In time all will be dwelling in the infinite reality, in sync with God, transcending humans place. Get in touch with the ultimate race. Come on into the Spiritual place, concepts of God from what you were taught, it is called evolutionary progress what we are all about. Tender lips that set me on fire, Spiritualty lit hot with truthful desire, or am I dreaming? Dreams so real it seems like an angel, the day so bright, we are on our way to trilogy blessings. Thank you for being here with me. Prayer wise, visualize, actualize, close down, resonate, and spiritualize— all your will, feel the one and what you seek will fall in place. I want your body next to me. The thought of your pure ecstasy, let your spirit surround my being. Touching your mind is Heavenly. Prayer can be answered through you to me, the person I have love through eternity. Once again, we crossed paths in time. Gift from God, please see the sign. I have finally realized there is no one for me in this lifetime. No limit, no space.

 When we are one, touching clouds together beyond the Sun, truth and transcended this place, the proper defense of a man is his readiness to abide by his word. However, I could not go on without you. No person is an island. So, so real without that tender soul, just half a man, you see we thought we were born all alone. Not so, we have to be one. I need your body, spirit, and mind within me. Ready once again to get pure ecstasy. All you people out there so tough and rough. Why do you think there are two? That is the other part of you. Finally found the clue, I am nothing without you. Give up because I have got to have it. So, if I have to, I will chase you through time. What I feel God put in my mind. I do not mind. I do not mind. It is a journey of peace that puts my mind at ease. I am going to have a mind cause ready for the East Eden that is where bliss, harmony, and tranquility exist. I want your body right next to mine. Forever, eternity limitless time, tonight is the night the time is right for us baby. Remember this, my Love, this pleasurable space, exchanging all we have in this Heavenly state.

 

 

 

Barriers are for those who cannot Fly

 

Each man has, one time or other, a little Rubicon, a clear, or a foul, water to cross. My dream is to own and manage my own coffee shop. We would serve nothing, but coffee, espresso drinks (no blended ice cream drinks), tea, sandwiches, soup, salads, European desserts, beer and wine. However, the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself. Have you ever wanted to do something, but because of some limits and conditions, you do not know how to reach your goals? When one reaches an impasse of knowledge about life, where one is uncertain about what to do or has excessive doubt, the psychological condition is called Aporia. As far as I know, I have exhausted all of my options that I am aware of, and in the process of discovering my own nature of virtue. So to combat my Aporia, I go to church, focus on things I like, and go to therapy. “You must keep your mind on the objective, not the obstacle,” reports William Randolph Hearst.

 

 

 

Learning the Eight Parts of Speech Series II

Education and proper behavior put all upon a level, the education is the most effectual which commences earliest.

Using Pronouns: Nouns name people, places, things, and ideas—such as students, school, computers, and cyberspace. Pronouns take the place of nouns to avoid repetition and to clarify meaning. A Pronoun is a word that is used to replace a noun. For example, instead of saying “Ryan likes pizza” we can use “He” as a substitute for Ryan. Writers need to be careful with pronoun use, as pronouns should only be used after a noun has been used first, and it must be clear which noun the pronoun is replacing. To further illustrate this point, I cannot just go to work and say, “He is so nice” because I have not established who I am talking about. However, I could use a noun first and then use the pronoun. For instance, “Ryan (noun) like pizza, he (pronoun) gets really happy when we order one.” 

Look at the following two sentences. Nouns are needlessly repeated in the first sentence, but the second uses pronouns.

The boy’s mother felt that the children at the party were too loud, so the boy’s mother told the children that the party would have to end if the children did not calm down.

The boy’s mother felt that the children at the party were too loud, so she told them that it would have to end if they did not calm down.

In the second sentence, she replaces mother, they and them replace children, and it takes the place of party.

Of the many kinds of pronouns, the following cause the most difficulty because they include two ways of identifying the same person (or people), but only one form is correct in a given situation.

Subject Group                           Object Group

I                                                     me

he                                                  him

she                                                her

we                                                 us

they                                              them

Use a pronoun from the Subject Group in two instances.

  1. Before a verb as a subject (remember verbs are doing words. A verb can express a physical action, a mental action, or a state of being. A physical action: to swim, to write, to climb. A mental action: to think, to guess, to consider. A state of being: to be, to exist, to appear).

He is my cousin. (He is the subject of the verb is.)

He is taller than I. (The sentence is not written out in full. It means, “He is taller than I am.” I is the subject of the verb am.)

Whenever you see than in a sentence, ask yourself whether a verb has been left off then end of the sentence. Add the verb, and then you will automatically use the correct pronoun. In both speaking and writing, always add the verb. Instead of saying, “She is smarter than (I, me)” say, “She is smarter than I am.” Then you will use the correct pronoun.

  1. After a linking verb (is, am, are, was, were) as a pronoun that renames the subject:

The one who should apologize is he. (He is the one who should apologize. Therefore, the pronoun from the Subject Group is used.)

The winner of the lottery was she. (She was the winner of the lottery. Therefore the pronoun from the Subject Group is used.)

Modern usage allows some exceptions to this rule, however. For example, It’s me or It is her (instead of the grammatically correct It is I and It is she) may be common in spoken English.

Use pronouns from the Object Group for all other purposes. In the following sentence, me is not the subject, nor does it rename the subject. It follows a preposition; therefore, it comes from the Object Group.

My boss went to lunch with Ryan and me.

A good way to tell whether to use a pronouns from the Subject Group or the Object Group is to love out any extra name (and the word and). By leaving out Ryan and you will say, My boss went to lunch with me. You would never say, My boss went to lunch with I.

My father and I play chess on Sundays. (I play chess on Sundays.)

She and her friends rented a video. (She rented a video.)

We saw Ryan and them last night. (We saw them last night.)

The teacher gave us students certificates. (Teacher gave us certificates.)

The coach asked Craig and me to wash the benches. (Coach asked me to wash the benches.)

Pronoun Agreement

Just as subjects and verbs must agree, pronouns should agree with the words that refer to. If the word referred to is singular, the pronoun should be singular. If the noun referred to is plural, the pronoun should be plural.

Each classroom has its own chalkboard.

The pronoun its refers to the singular classroom and therefore is singular.

Both classrooms have their own chalkboards.

The pronoun their refers to the plural noun classroom and therefore is singular.

The same rule applies that we use to maintain the agreement of the subjects and verbs also apply to pronoun agreement. For instance, ignore any prepositional phrases that come between the word and the pronoun that takes its place.

The box of chocolates has lost its label.

Boxes of chocolates often lose their labels.

A player with the best concentration usually beats her or his opponent.

Players with the best concentration usually beat their opponents.

When a pronoun refers to more than one word joined by and, the pronoun is plural:

The teacher and the tutors ear their lunch at noon.

The salt and pepper were in their usual spots at noon.

However, when a pronoun refers to more than one word joined by or, then the word closet to the pronoun determines its form.

Either the teacher or the tutors eat their lunches in the classroom.

Either the tutors or the teacher eats her lunch in the classroom.

Today many people try to avoid gender bias by writing sentences like the following:

If anyone wants help with the assignment, he or she can visit me in my office.

If anybody calls, tell him or her that I’ll be back soon.

Somebody has left his or her pager in the classroom.

However those sentences are wordy and awkward. Therefore some people, especially in conversation, turn them into sentences that are not grammatically correct.

If anyone wants help with the assignment, they can visit me in my office.

If anybody calls, tell them that I’ll be back soon.

Somebody has left their pager in the classroom.

Such ungrammatical sentences, however, are not necessary. It takes just a little though to revise each sentence so that it avoids gender bias and also is grammatically correct:

Anyone who wants help with the assignment can visit me in my office.

Tell anybody who calls that I’ll be back soon.

Somebody has left a pager in the classroom.

Probably the best way to avoid the awkward he or she and him or her is to make the words plural. Instead of writing, “Each actor was in his or her proper place on stage,” write, “All the actors were in their proper places on stage,” thus avoiding gender bias and still having a grammatically correct sentence.

Pronoun Reference

A pronoun replaces a noun to avoid repetition, but sometime the pronoun sounds as if it refers to the wrong word in a sentence, causing confusion. Be aware that when you write a sentence, you know what it means, but your reader may not. What does this sentence mean?

The students tried to use the school’s computers to access the Internet, but they were too slow, so they decided to go home.

Who or what was too slow, and who or what decided to go home? We do not know whether the two pronouns (both they) refer to the students or to the computers. One way to correct such a faulty reference is to us singular and plural nouns:

The students tried to use a school computer to access the Internet, but it was too slow, so they decided to go home.

Here is another sentence with a faulty reference:

Sharon told her mother that she needed a haircut.

Who needed the haircut—Sharon or her mother? One way to correct such a faulty reference is to use a direct quotation:

Sharon told her mother, “You need a haircut.”

Sharon said, “Mom, I need a haircut.”

Or you could always rephrase the sentence completely:

Sharon noticed her mother’s hair was extra-long and luxurious, so she told her mother to get a haircut.

Another kind of faulty reference is which that appears to refer to a specific word, but it does not really.

I was not able to finish all the problems on the exam, which makes me worried.

The word which seems to replace exam, but it is not the exam that makes me worried. The sentence should read

I am worried that I was not able to finish all the problems on the exam.

The pronoun it causes its own reference problems. Look at this sentence, for example:

When replacing the ink cartridge in my printer, it broke, and I had to call the technician to come and fix it.

Did the printer or the cartridge break? Here is the one possible correction:

The new ink cartridge broke when I was putting it in my printer, and I had to call the technician for help.

The person that undertakes the education of a child undertakes the most important duty in society, and is severely answerable for every voluntary omission.

The Light Dawned on his Soul

I am my soul’s emperor; and my first act is abdication! Life will never change until one change something they do daily. The secret of your success can be found early in the morning. Give yourself sometime to relax and reflect, after you wake up, to start the day off right and figure out what one is feeling. The soul needs air; a wide sweep and frequent change of it. Success comes when we grow. We have to make it our goal to grow a little every day, by doing things we like. For example, I like the morning meetings, but I find that I enjoy them more after I give myself time to relax, listen to music, and then I can tune in. Some mornings, I lay in bed dreading the daily routine. I have been changing a lot in my life to make it as enjoyable as possible, but can only do things in small increments. So I do have options of how I spend my time. Therefore, enjoy the sunrise. That way, I can better control myself and enjoy everyone a little more. Behind me is infinite power, before me is never-ending opportunity, and around me is boundless love and respect. Like the sunbeams, you pervade and enlighten surrounding matter. The soul is a tenderer organism than the body, and it shrinks from the prospect of being subjected to violence.

The soul lives, loves lives, two of your greatest accomplishment are desire of honor and your durable history of cherishing your visions. Your dreams are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Encourage them to grow, care for them, and someday they will take care of you. There was once a young journalist and he got job in a rural fishing village, at a newspaper. One of his first assignments was to interview his father. The hard thing is his father would appear only when he wanted to. One day, while in church, the journalist was taking photographs, and his father spoke to him. He asked his father, “Father, what time to you wake up in the morning to go to work.” His father replied, “Son, I am always at work, I am surrounded by it. It is beautiful, isn’t it? Seed sown in faith day by day is the nightly harvest of the soul, and with the soul we work. With the soul we see.” It was like a dream when he saw the sunlight on his face. We can learn a lesson from the reporter’s father. Opportunities are a lot like his career, they are everywhere. However, we have to have the eyes to see them. If you do not see opportunities, much like the journalist did not see his father standing right beside him, until he spoke, remember, that it is not because they are not there.

We are always surrounded by opportunities, we simply need to open our eyes and see them. Then act on him. Perhaps the reporter had great energy at that moment and that is why he was able to see his father. So just because you pretend to be happy, does not mean you are. We have to truly be happy and do the things we love to attract possibility. Apparently, the reporter was elated by the beautiful of the church and had radiant energy. After all, the less soul, the more sensual, make his soul immortal. Love what you are doing, believe in what you produce, and select good people to be in your life. If you want to be successful, then be governed by your faith and finest thoughts. Let your highest enthusiasm, most triumphant experiences, and greatest optimism invade your experiences. Nothing can cure the soul, but the senses, and the senses by means of the soul. Never depend on luck! The top principle of us is: never surrender to any difficulty. May the fire of faith light up our way of advance because it is faith that is the soul of life, the center of the heart and the guide to success, this is the glory of life.

However, whoever adopts a playful attitude towards life accomplishes nothing; whoever cannot be a master of his or her own fate is forever a slave. If the heart is near, a long journey will be shortened; if we can free a heart from grief, our lives will be worthwhile. Great attitudes precede great opportunities. Who you are determines what you see. Sometimes dreams do come true. Like how else could you explain see the love of your life on Memorial Day, so unexpectedly, dressed to the nines and with a fragrant scent? Amongst the various qualities necessary to form a complete life, pay attention to all the glorious, vivid, constellations. The stars are our subtlest raptures, thoughts unspeakable, yet full of faith. I let my thoughts fly in the sky and turn to the clouds because I can see you in the distance, at once, by doing this; you will surely see the cloud as long as you raise your head. Do not let time dilute the wine of love and distance separate missing. I will never forget you. Come one baby, I have a license for love, and if it expires, pray for help from above because one does not like slavery, will not sit and bed, but when you are tired and lonely, I see you to bed. What sets me free, brought me to you, I would sell my soul for you, babe. A million times for you, baby. True love will not change because of separation.