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“The moment you believe something is impossible, it is.” This quote can be can be applied to many things in a lot of people’s lives. The first time I heard this quote I was driving around with Brady DeJoode after lifting the summer going into my junior year. It was in Mike Stud’s song Mike Jordan. This quote has stuck with me ever since because having the mindset that something is possible is the first step in achieving this goal or desire. On the contrary, if someone goes into a challenge thinking it is impossible or there is no way this will be good for me, they have already lost the battle by losing the mental aspect. This quote can be used for anything from getting a certain grade in a class, winning a sporting event, losing weight, getting that dream girl, or even something as simple as keeping a room clean and neat. Siddhartha never stopped searching for bliss throughout the book until he finally understood the ways of the river and what Vasudeva was trying to get him to understand.
Siddhartha went through many hard times throughout his journey, even going to the point where he almost committed suicide but Govinda was there for him to keep …show more content…

She is still in a relationship but from about mid September till now we have talked almost every day all day. When she would go hang out with them should would delete my number and conversations we had so the person she was in a relationship would not get mad. I would have to deal with not being able to talk to the girl I love for hours on end while she was with someone else. During this time we have kissed many more times and each time it feels like our first kiss. One weekend I stayed the night at her house. We ended up making love. It was not just sex there was more to it than just that. This was the first time that I had experienced that and I finally realized what the difference was between having sex and making

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