Everyone grows up in a different environment. No two people’s upbringing is identical to another’s.
Our knowledge starts from the people who brought us in this world… our parents. Our knowledge, when we’re young, is reflected from our parents. When most people are young, they think that their parents are the only people right in the world. So their beliefs and their knowledge is instilled in our head. No matter how incorrect, one sided or brilliant it may be. This is how beliefs stay around, from generation to generation.
But our parents are not the only people who have some sort of infliction on our knowledge. An obvious source of our knowledge is our schools. The school we go to and the communities we live in have great afflictions on our knowledge and morals. If someone lives in a conservative area, the product of their offspring’s is most likely going to be conservative children. If church is a big part of a community then the child being inflicted is most likely going to live life with a big tie with religion and church. A community has a big impact on our knowledge, if we stay in our communities for their entire lives, then they will never know anything different. We will only know what has been taught and exposed to us.
Our experiences are only known by us as an individual. Not one person on this earth can tell me what I have been through. This gives us knowledge as well. Maybe not in a traditional classroom, gaining knowledge, but everyone learns from their experiences.
Giving every individual their own separate, unique knowledge.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
What is the meaning of life?! ...idk...
Why is this such a complicated concept? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? People ponder this question, digging for answer. Some people die not even knowing what their meaning was, or worse yet, actually fulfilling their meaning and not even knowing it...
Maybe one person’s “meaning” was serving a cup of coffee to Elvis Presley which triggered him staying up all night, and while he was up he took a walk, and on this walk he came upon a Hound dog which was his inspiration for writing “Ain’t Nothing Like a Hound Dog” that changed the world, but the waiter didn’t even know… how sad.
Meaning of your life should be whatever you want it to be. When someone asks “What is the meaning of life?” what am I supposed to say? Am I supposed to spit out some long philosophical theory or equation for the meaning of life? The only thing I can ever come up with is the corny, overused, cliché answer… to be happy.
Yeah I said it… the meaning of life is to be happy. Now how do we get happiness? That’s one hundred percent up to you. My happy could be completely different from your happy. If your happy is getting blown all day everyday by all means go for it. Sure it’s not the most ethical thing to do, but if it makes you happy and you’re not killing anyone or seriously hurting anyone then you should be able to do it. In reality you are only hurting yourself, but if you think it’s making your life better and making you “Happy” then go for it.
BE HAPPY.
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Maybe one person’s “meaning” was serving a cup of coffee to Elvis Presley which triggered him staying up all night, and while he was up he took a walk, and on this walk he came upon a Hound dog which was his inspiration for writing “Ain’t Nothing Like a Hound Dog” that changed the world, but the waiter didn’t even know… how sad.
Meaning of your life should be whatever you want it to be. When someone asks “What is the meaning of life?” what am I supposed to say? Am I supposed to spit out some long philosophical theory or equation for the meaning of life? The only thing I can ever come up with is the corny, overused, cliché answer… to be happy.
Yeah I said it… the meaning of life is to be happy. Now how do we get happiness? That’s one hundred percent up to you. My happy could be completely different from your happy. If your happy is getting blown all day everyday by all means go for it. Sure it’s not the most ethical thing to do, but if it makes you happy and you’re not killing anyone or seriously hurting anyone then you should be able to do it. In reality you are only hurting yourself, but if you think it’s making your life better and making you “Happy” then go for it.
BE HAPPY.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
God does crazy things.....
“Oh god, please please please let it be okay…”
Recently, I’ve been talking to God a lot more than usual. A mutual friend of mine, Jordan, was hit by a Metra train this past Tuesday. Now we weren’t close, I mean in my whole life I’ve had about 6 encounters with him but I still knew him and would want nothing to happen to him. So you can imagine how often I pray now.
My friend Jake on the other hand is very close with Jordan. Seeing his pain is overwhelming, it makes me cry even just to think that this is something he may not get over. The day of the accident Jake ran across the track to talk to someone, the train was approaching but Jordan thought he could make it, he didn’t. He’s in the hospital still unconscious. Jake hasn’t been to school and has been at the hospital everyday waiting for him to wake up. Evidently, Jake thinks it’s his fault because if he had waited Jordan would have as well.
This is what he posted on Jordan’s facebook wall this evening:
“Ay jordan, ive gone to see you everyday since the accident. it kills me to see you like that, without a smile on your face. without you makin fun of me or bustin jokes about other people. i miss you bro. i cant even go near the gas station cuz thats where i saw u every morning nd everyday after school. just wouldnt be da same. Havent even been to school yet cuz itll be boring as hell not seein u in the halls. Cant wait til you get better. I love you bro. nd im praying everyday for u. even got masses bein held in your name. but ill see u soon. Cuz I know youll be recoverin real quick. I got faith.”
I’ve known Jake for a very long time. He’s not exactly the most holy person, but he does believe in God. He goes to church everyday now since the accident, even if it’s just to pray. This kid has been through so much, stuff that I cannot even begin to describe. He always turns to God though. I find this so interesting, because he has been through so much I would think he’d give up on God. Wwhen I ask him why, why he still has faith he says “He’ll get me through it. He’ll get everyone through it.” In 2005, Jake lost his best friend to cancer. He lost faith for a long time. To think that God would do something like this to him, and his friend, was unbearable. He gained it back though. Thinking that God is a higher power to get him through things as horrific as he has is comforting. It’s made him stronger.
Because, God has to make it better right?
Right?
God has become a crutch that someone can hold onto when you’re losing everything, and everyone. God can’t leave you. He can be here for everyone. At least we like to think so, I like to think so. Whether it’s helping you get that A on your final, or helping you look at your friend in a coma, or helping you through a sickness, or helping you keep your head up. He’ll always be there… right?
♥ Jordan F. ♥
Recently, I’ve been talking to God a lot more than usual. A mutual friend of mine, Jordan, was hit by a Metra train this past Tuesday. Now we weren’t close, I mean in my whole life I’ve had about 6 encounters with him but I still knew him and would want nothing to happen to him. So you can imagine how often I pray now.
My friend Jake on the other hand is very close with Jordan. Seeing his pain is overwhelming, it makes me cry even just to think that this is something he may not get over. The day of the accident Jake ran across the track to talk to someone, the train was approaching but Jordan thought he could make it, he didn’t. He’s in the hospital still unconscious. Jake hasn’t been to school and has been at the hospital everyday waiting for him to wake up. Evidently, Jake thinks it’s his fault because if he had waited Jordan would have as well.
This is what he posted on Jordan’s facebook wall this evening:
“Ay jordan, ive gone to see you everyday since the accident. it kills me to see you like that, without a smile on your face. without you makin fun of me or bustin jokes about other people. i miss you bro. i cant even go near the gas station cuz thats where i saw u every morning nd everyday after school. just wouldnt be da same. Havent even been to school yet cuz itll be boring as hell not seein u in the halls. Cant wait til you get better. I love you bro. nd im praying everyday for u. even got masses bein held in your name. but ill see u soon. Cuz I know youll be recoverin real quick. I got faith.”
I’ve known Jake for a very long time. He’s not exactly the most holy person, but he does believe in God. He goes to church everyday now since the accident, even if it’s just to pray. This kid has been through so much, stuff that I cannot even begin to describe. He always turns to God though. I find this so interesting, because he has been through so much I would think he’d give up on God. Wwhen I ask him why, why he still has faith he says “He’ll get me through it. He’ll get everyone through it.” In 2005, Jake lost his best friend to cancer. He lost faith for a long time. To think that God would do something like this to him, and his friend, was unbearable. He gained it back though. Thinking that God is a higher power to get him through things as horrific as he has is comforting. It’s made him stronger.
Because, God has to make it better right?
Right?
God has become a crutch that someone can hold onto when you’re losing everything, and everyone. God can’t leave you. He can be here for everyone. At least we like to think so, I like to think so. Whether it’s helping you get that A on your final, or helping you look at your friend in a coma, or helping you through a sickness, or helping you keep your head up. He’ll always be there… right?
♥ Jordan F. ♥
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