Sunday, October 17, 2010

#10- Nobodiness

The unexisting word nobodiness defined in my mind would be the feeling of alone, despair, regret. It's a feeling of being alone even if you are surrounded by people. All of my classes I feel this way. When I enter there's no one I can smile, ask about their weekend, chat about relationships. No one I will ask to borrow a piece of papper from or ask what the #8 was for the classwork. The feeling encompasses me almost everyday, until I reach my 4th period class. English with Mr Wight. I feel at home in this class. There's people I can talk to, ask what the homework was, discuss events going onin my life, and just have a splendid time with. It's a feeling of relaxation, but also gratitude because I always learn something from this class. I don't have to cheat like history or chemistry. You are always acquiring knowledge from this class and it makes my day everytime I go there.

#9-Tuesdays

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."
Morrie tells to Mitch on the first tuesday they spent together. The novel Tuesdays with Morrie has taught me to show affection more than I have in the past. Mitch Albom has his book relate to almost everyone who has ever loved someone. For me, Albom told a fantastic, true, loving story that anyone who has a brain would enjoy. "Love is the only rational act," Morrie said one tuesday, forshawdowing that this would be the reaccurring theme through out the novel. Albom changed the way I'll look at life. I won't just look at nature, I will really see into it and understand it's meaning just like the book talks about. Morrie realizes how important it is to be compassionate to others and he is for the remainder of his loving life.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

#8- Perfect

(First I need to start off with, I'm sorry Mr Wight but I lost the list of words we discussed so I've decided to simply pick a random word that I thougt fit this blog.)

"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake- you can't learn anything from being perfect." ~ Adam Osborne.
People want perfect. It's the way we're created. We want the best thing for us, whatever that may be, and strive to get it. Some people think that being the perfect weight will solve all unsolved problems in their life, others think that getting married, having kids, and growing old is the perfect life. But we will never achieve real perfection no matter how close we think we are. Perfect's meaning seems peaceful and happy, but from me it just is a toxic word that entangles people into a vicous circle that we'll never get out of because we will never be perfect.

#7 The Bee Book.

The Secret Life of Bees is a noval brodly written about forgiveness. This is a story of a young girl, Lily Owens, who is mistakenly thought that she had killed her mother when she was four. Lily’s journey is one of painful secrets, betrayals, and hope that in the end helps her find the thing she longs for most.
She needs to cope with the loss of her mother and find forgiveness with in herself, and by the end of the novel she is able to do just that.
"Sue Monk Kidd has written a forgiving story for the motherless child in all of us." ~Shelby Hearon