After finishing The Alchemist, I realized that throughout reading the book I learned a lot about myself that I never really focused on before. My life so far has been full of big adventures and without them I definitely wouldn't be the person I am today. Dating has been one of these great adventures for me, the time I've put into other people usually doesn't affect my adventurous spirit but lately I've realized that I've set what I want to do on the back burner. Reading this book has really helped me see how important life is and how truly short it is. Although we're still in high school, we shouldn't give up on our adventurous spirit even at such an early stage in life. An adventure doesn't have to be something you'd watch in a movie, it simply has to be something you enjoy doing. I wish that I would have realized how detrimental I've been to my adventurous side lately, maybe I wouldn't have missed so many great opportunities. Regretting your past doesn't change your future and I'm a firm believer in this. Rather than living my life wishing I would've done things differently, I choose to embrace my decisions because without my mistakes and missed opportunities I wouldn't know as much about life as I do now. I guess what I'm trying to say is that life isn't always going to be fair to you and that's okay, what we do with what life throws at us is what determines whether or not we're happy and so we determine whether or not we're happy; I guess now that I know that after reading The Alchemist, I'm okay with that.
www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_don_t_regret_regret "Life is only a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see" - Anonymous
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Starting the week out by looking at trails wasn't what I had in mind and yet it wasn't all that uncomfortable. It was interesting to see that there were forums dedicated to pictures of what people were calling 'Desire Paths'. Learning that although it seemed completely unconnected to what we were learning, the paths themselves were a literal representation of our own individual desired paths. This was key to discovering our own big questions and although it seemed silly at first, in the end, the activity really was pretty fun. The book I picked out, The Alchemist, turned out to be like the best book I've ever read. I normally hate books like that but wow it was amazing. Every single page seemed to give more insight on what life is and how each of us should pursue our dreams. It felt like everything in life was becoming more clear for me through reading the book and as crazy as that sounds, this book, it has wisdom in it that is beyond anything that I could ever comprehend. The complex simplicity of it really gets to people and it was actually pretty cool to see other people in class getting just as excited for the book as I was. I can't wait to see what kind of this I believe papers are going to be written after everyone finishes their books.
primility.com/5-lessons-i-relearned-by-rereading-the-alchemist/ "A prudent question is one-half of wisdom" - Francis Bacon This week felt just like last week but way more chaotic, organized, but chaotic. I'm sure most of us felt the pressure this week, to finish telling our digital stories, for me though I felt the pressure and the stress of it but also the giddiness of getting to create something that other people might see. I loved this project and I hope that it shows when people start to watch it. I learned a lot through this project and I'm so appreciative of the experience. Unlike my Digital Media class, this project helped me develop a real storyline and I can't believe how fluid it felt, difficult yes, but so organized. This week has really helped me realize that each of us has our own way of learning, although some people didn't finish their projects, it's not my place to judge. In fact, I believe that those who didn't finish weren't simply being lazy, but instead just don't excel in this area. I've had conversations with a few people in this class and although they didn't appreciate the digital aspect of this project as much as I did, they did say they enjoy reading, that they enjoy writing and even drawing and telling stories other ways. I can't discredit these people and in fact I think in some ways this project has helped more than one person find out something knew about themselves. I probably sound like a broken record by now but man I loved this project and I can't wait for what's to come, who knows, I'll probably struggle in areas that others may excel in and I'm okay with that. Without struggle how can one learn?
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