Coat of Arms
Mrs. Gaudreau
Honors sophomore english
Amber Beckman

Love-heart:
All you need is love. Who knew? All the money, clothes, beauty, talents, days, minutes, seconds … they all mean nothing without love. We all strive all our lives for more and more things, and we forget what’s important. We waste our present planning our future, we forget to hold on the moment we have, and live it, and seize it for all its worth. The opportunities we plan for in the future prevent us from seeing the ones that lie before us every moment. What is love? Love is more than just what we share with family and friends. Love is that inner joy you feel with something as simple as a sunset. It’s what you feel in your heart that makes you strive to be the best person you can be. Love is anything you care for, anything that makes you smile, a smile itself, something youre passionate for, your reason for waking up in the morning ready to begin a new day. Love is what waits around the corner, love is surprises, love is laughter, love is what happens when you forget all the unimportant things and cherish what you have and who are. Love is knowing that once you focus on what’s important, everything else will fall into place. Love is all you need.
Happiness-smiley face:
Something people never realize about happiness is that it’s simple. Everyone wants to be happy. They always want to be this, and they want to be that, and they’d rather be here, and they wish they were there. People who aren’t happy are people who always wonder, “what if.” They are people who always think, “if only …” They are those who waste their time wishing. Something to know in life is that work achieves what wishing can’t. “Once I do this, I’ll be happy,”, “If I were that, I’d be happy.” The secret to happiness is to just be happy. I truly believe people could be whoever they want to be. All you have to do is whatever it takes. All you need to take is a risk. A risk is nothing but an opportunity. Happiness is simple. If you want to get good grades then get good grades. If you want to stop procrastinating, just stop prcrastinating. It’s true that in life you can’t always control what happens, but still life is what you make it. You’re as happy and you make yourself. Another secret to happiness is to be content. When you’re happy with what you have, what more could you want? Love what you have, and love that you have it, and love it too much, and love it for what it is. Learn to love yourself, learn to love the simple things, learn to leave those unimportant thing behind. Be whatever you want to, and never let anyone let you think anything that you’re anything less than you are. Dream big, believe in your dreams with all your heart, strive for them every day, be who you want to be, and be happy. Smile, the world is waiting.
Hope-flower:
Hope is what happens when rainbows shine in thunderstorms. Hope is how people get through struggles. Hope heals. Hope is what needs to be had to hold us together. Hope is how something as beautiful as flowers can come from something like dirt. Hope is achieved when you believe with no doubt in your heart, and when you have faith in what you believe regardless. You need hope for all the reasons it’s so hard to find. You need it to thrive, to grow, to blossom, to shine. You need it to see the good in the bad, to see what’s truly important, to take risks, to sieze opportunities, to be who you want to be. You need it to have courage to follow your dreams, to have strength to never let anyone bring you down, you need it to be content with the simple things. Hope is what happens when all you need is love, and when you’re happy.
Dreams-clouds:
Dream big, and you will do big things. Try to reach the sky, and you’ll be sure to touch the coulds. Reach for the moon, and no doubt you’ll shine as bright as the sun. Dreams are what make us who we are. They’re what we strive for, and what we love to look to. Dreams are what we do when we know there’s something better. Dreams are drawn up in the minds of those who never settle for less. Dreams are often thrown away after we grow up a little, and find reasons to think they are impossible. Impossible happens every day. Never give up on dreams, and never think little. Dream for something better, and never settle for less.
Family-portrait:
I love my family. I really do. I love my mom, and I love both my sisters, and I love my brother. If I could change anything about any of them, it would be nothing. They get on my nerves, they make me cry, they frustrate me, they challenge me, they drive me crazy, and I love them more than anything in the whole wide world. My friends make me laugh, they help me smile, and they care about me. I don’t know what I’d do or who I’d be without them. The thing about people is that they need other people. People make mistakes, and they do stupid things. People find reasons to not like others, and to separate themselves. But if people stepped back and took a look around, they’d see that we are all more alike than we are different. Once they realized that, they’d know love. For that reason, I love people. I really do. Regardless of all the mistakes they make, and all the stupid things they do because they’re only human … just like me. If I could change anything about people, it would be nothing.
A quote that sums up my personal beliefs is “shine on.” If you love something, it shows. If you’re happy, it shows. If you have high goals, it shows. If you thrive, you glow. If you persevere, you grow. If you do everything you can to be the best person you can be, you shine. My goal in life is to always try to shine on regardless.

Step 4:
Things people use to state their identity is how they dress, how they talk, and how they carry themselves. I think people also use these things to protect themselves. A coat of arms keeps you safe like a reputation. A coat of arms usually has a picture on it which can say more than words. People carry they’re coat of arms to be shielded from harmful things.