Jon 6 December 1999 Religious Studies 6th ARN Chapter 8 This chapter's focus is on wholeness, and our journey toward strength, beauty, and happiness. Everyone, specifically teens, must journey through their path to wholeness; we all struggle with problems such as finding ourselves lovable and freeing ourselves of "hooks" that seem to grab and control us. One must remember however that wholeness is not perfection. It is the balancing of all the parts of self to create a …showed first 75 words of 378 total…

…showed last 75 words of 378 total…his struggle to please his peers ultimately led to his death. Why do we waste our lives for people who really do not care for us? It is a viscous circle. One person pressures others to make wrong choices because another has done the same to them. For such reasons, I have resolved to rebuke such calls to unnecessary pride. I will try to love myself first before thinking of how others think of me!