Be Like A Bird

And Other Important

Lessons from My Uplifts

Christen Mangum
CSIS 1020-SP16
APRIL 16, 2016
FOR AGES 11-19

Introduction
I find myself coming back to these quotes, poems, and literature
because of the impact theyve had on my life.
Most I found in high school and Ive carried them throughout my
life as the lessons become relevant again.
Without these words I would be a much bitterer and more
negative person than I am today.
Because what I learned and remember from these quotes is so
important to me, I will share them with you.

My Uplifts

Though we chisel away as best we can

at the mysterious block from which our
life is made, the black vein of destiny
continually reappears.
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
The Wave or My Destiny by Victor Hugo

- What does this black vein of destiny look

like?
- Test or trials
- Opportunities
- Reminders and teachers of who you
are.

Preparati
Preparati
on
on
Learn
Learn
Skills
Skills
Self
Self
Reliance
Reliance

Be as a bird perched on a
frail branch that she feels
bending beneath her, still
she sings away all the
same, knowing she has
wings.
Victor Hugo

Beware of the barrenness of a

busy life.
- Socrates

Overused soil loses its nutrients and becomes useless

where nothing can grow, it becomes barren.

The same routine will tire you out.

Break your routine.

Be spontaneous by taking a day off of work, or going on a

drive.

Youll come back better than ever.

Le Gai Chateau by Victor Hugo

Happiness cannot be pursued, it must ensue.

- Victor E. Frankl, Mans Search for Meaning
To pursue happiness would to be to try and catch a rainbow.
Live life without the goalpost of happiness standing
tantalizingly in front of you.
Be content with now.
What you dont have now shouldnt be such an important
criteria of whether you are happy or not.
Happiness can be found anywhere.

Bibliography
Emile. Cosette. Charcoal.
Frankl, Victor E. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
Print.
Henley, William Ernest. Invictus. Print.
Hugo, Victor. La Gai Chateau. Ink.
Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. New York: Signet Classic, 1987. Print.
Hugo, Victor. The Wave or My Destiny. Ink.
Invictus by William Ernest Henley. Piotr Denys. 2013. Video.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJais8Joq0>.
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