Traditional practices of a culture are customs or beliefs that have been passed down from one generation to the next. These practices can contain a certain type of language, ceremony, or a type of food. It is important to keep these traditional morals alive or else a whole system of a person will be extinct. A traditional culture tells who you are and also where you come from.
Language is the key to an individual. It is the background of where they come from and who they are exactly. Anyone can do any customs in a culture and learn its language. But no one can really call that language theirs unless they were born and raised by it. A certain type of language narrows down to the type of person you are. If you hear someone talking in Navajo, most likely you will know that the person is from the Navajo reservation.
On the Navajo reservation, there are more older adults who speak Navajo fluently than children. Less than fifty percent of children speak fluently. That number is going down each year. If the children do not learn, there will be a fewer adults who could speak Navajo. If those children still do not learn their language, they will have no way to teach their own children. Soon enough the language will be diseased. It is the same thing with any other language and culture.
Most cultures have stories and customs that are told in a certain language. If you do not know the language, you will have no idea what to do or what the stories are telling you. There are some languages that can be translated to the language you speak, but the meaning will not all be there. One word in a language can have a different meaning in a different language.
Ceremonies are the next important building blocks of a culture to an individual. These practices can help you to find out what type of religion you are and what is your role in that culture. In the Native American Church, they hold peyote meetings for many different reasons. They hold them to celebrate, to heal, to bless, or to pass on. These meetings are very important to the NAC. The religion they take is similar to many others but mostly towards Christianity. Each person has their own special role in these practices. If people do not practice their own morals or ways, they will have no idea what other people in the same sculptures are doing. This will make them lose they're ability to become one with each other.
Food is very important to everyone. We need food to survive. Food is also very important to different types of cultures. These cultures have their own type of food they make. Learning to make the food is also part of practicing your culture. The food is a resemblance of what type of culture you are from. An example is how Italians are known for the foods pizza and pasta. Another example is how some people say that people of Buddhism are mostly vegetarian. The type of food we eat as an individual shows the identity of the culture we are in and what type of practice we may do.
Traditional practices vary between different individuals. Everyone is different in their own way. Without traditional practices, everyone would be labeled as one person because they would be all the same. These practices are important because it shows the rest of the world who you are and where you come from.
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Sunday, March 6, 2016
How People Lose Trust
Trust is firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. To gain trust is really easy. A person could just show a little emotion toward the other person to gain his or her trust. Trust is like the foundation of any type of a relationship. Anyone can gain trust of another person quite easily. Any person can also lose trust really easily too. The thing about losing trust is that you cannot really gain in all back.
When people trust each other, they build a connection toward one another. Trust moves individuals toward each other. It helps people build a relationship with each other. You can lose that relationship with one another by being selfish. Being selfish is when a person is lacking consideration for others. You can be selfish when you are concerned about your own pleasure. When you are selfish, no one wants to hangout with you because all you are going to be focused on is yourself. People want other people to have interest in each other's considerations. That's how trust is made. It also shows a lack of respect. When someone loses that connection, they cannot build that back again.
People can also lose another person's trust by telling lies toward one another. Telling the truth is very hard sometimes. But it is a lot better than lying. Lying can do a whole lot of damage in a relationship between two people. When you tell the truth, it relieves it from you, so you do not have to keep whatever is bother you in. When you lie, and someone finds out that you lied, that person might not want to trust your word ever again. This is like that little story of the boy who cried wolf. The boy wanted attention so he told people that a wolf was chasing his sheep. The people would come and help him but he would just laugh. Then one day, a wolf really came and was chasing his sheep. He cried wolf but no one wanted to come and help him. Once someone loses trust in your word. That person will never believe in your word again and he or she will think you are lying all the time.
Another easy way to lose someone's trust is to give out that person's secret. Sharing secrets with other people is a great way to see that the other person trusts you. They tell you that secret because they think that you will not tell another soul. But once you do tell that person's secret, that person will not tell you another secret ever again. He or she will not trust you with anything anymore. You will lose their trust and probably your friendship too.
Losing someone's trust is really easy to do. But it is also very hard to gain back. You cannot just automatically enter someone's life again. You have to rebuild the trust you once lost. If you want a good relationship with people, you need trust. Trust is the backbone of any type of relationship. Without it, you will be alone. No one likes to be alone.
When people trust each other, they build a connection toward one another. Trust moves individuals toward each other. It helps people build a relationship with each other. You can lose that relationship with one another by being selfish. Being selfish is when a person is lacking consideration for others. You can be selfish when you are concerned about your own pleasure. When you are selfish, no one wants to hangout with you because all you are going to be focused on is yourself. People want other people to have interest in each other's considerations. That's how trust is made. It also shows a lack of respect. When someone loses that connection, they cannot build that back again.
People can also lose another person's trust by telling lies toward one another. Telling the truth is very hard sometimes. But it is a lot better than lying. Lying can do a whole lot of damage in a relationship between two people. When you tell the truth, it relieves it from you, so you do not have to keep whatever is bother you in. When you lie, and someone finds out that you lied, that person might not want to trust your word ever again. This is like that little story of the boy who cried wolf. The boy wanted attention so he told people that a wolf was chasing his sheep. The people would come and help him but he would just laugh. Then one day, a wolf really came and was chasing his sheep. He cried wolf but no one wanted to come and help him. Once someone loses trust in your word. That person will never believe in your word again and he or she will think you are lying all the time.
Another easy way to lose someone's trust is to give out that person's secret. Sharing secrets with other people is a great way to see that the other person trusts you. They tell you that secret because they think that you will not tell another soul. But once you do tell that person's secret, that person will not tell you another secret ever again. He or she will not trust you with anything anymore. You will lose their trust and probably your friendship too.
Losing someone's trust is really easy to do. But it is also very hard to gain back. You cannot just automatically enter someone's life again. You have to rebuild the trust you once lost. If you want a good relationship with people, you need trust. Trust is the backbone of any type of relationship. Without it, you will be alone. No one likes to be alone.
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