My life in Quotes

There's something about the date April 21st, 2018 that will be forever a pivotal moment in my life. "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." ~ Booker T. Washington I love volunteering and seeing an impact on the community.  I for a long time have wanted to give back to the community. So after Jasper passed away and I had volunteered with Horse-N-Around TRC, I came up with The Jasper Tree. Jasper was the most amazing little boy there ever was in a wheelchair. He absolutely lifted me up every day. I loved that little guy more than everyone that has ever been in my life. He is the inspiration for my giving back.  My friends, Travis and Anna, have a family and they had a little boy with peds cancer. I went to them and said hey, I would like to help bring light to your struggles and create an event to honor them. Well, I have always wanted to go to a masquerade ball and by hell, I was going to create one. I had done an amazing amount of footwork a...

A Learning Experience By Joshua Paul Harke "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison I would like to believe that there is more to life than just suffering and feeling like we are in constant pity. We have to thrive, if we give in to the pain and suffering, we will perish. This is my take on the Thomas Edison quote. I am writing this to share my higher education journey while developing mental health illness. In 2001 I graduated from high school and I was one of Who’s Who Among American High School Students. I was a great kid; I was voted most school spirit at UFCA my senior year. I played ice hockey, soccer, baseball and I was the mascot in my school. I was very loved according to my yearbooks and senior memoirs. In my freshman year of 2001 that all changed. I went from a small Christian school to UNCC, which was a culture shock. Thousands of freshmen enter the halls...