Have you ever succumbed to peer pressure? And do not even try to lie about the fact. It happens to everyone. Every last person in the world has experienced peer pressure and more than once have they caved into it. Even though we would probably tell ourselves, "I will not let it happen again, I will not let it happen again." It happens. Peer pressure is UNAVOIDABLE. The best thing to do is not even follow along with whatever your friends say. And besides that side note, the quote I chose is: "You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life." by Ethan Embry.
I believe this quote screams independence and the ability to make your own choices. So many people in the world will get in your way and tell you what you can or can not do. But ultimately one should follow the rules of one, which if you did not get the hint meant yourself. Although a lot of what I am asking for might seem rebellious, that is not really the point I am trying to make. You do not want to be so rebellious not even your own parents can control you like the little brat from Where the Wild Things Are. Now that was a very out-of-control kid. Parents should always have control over their kid, that is one of the reasons they are here on Earth anyways, was to raise us right so we could pass on the cycle to our kids.
Back to my point. We were all put here on Earth, some find a reason for being here while others never find that reason and then die. Not the point. The point is that you lived out your life. No one should ever ask or tell you how your life is because it is not any of their concern. Since the day we were all born, we received a life. That is one of the greatest gifts of life because you can go and choose whatever you want to do with it. Go ahead, you could waste away your life, in my opinion, I see nothing wrong with doing that. If it is how you choose to live your life then I am in total awe and respect that you even had the courage to choose what you are going to do with your life. Your life is your life and you and ONLY you should be the one to make decisions that affect it. Although this might seem kind of childish, I hate my friends that tell me what I can or can not do. I realize they are only trying to "look out for me" or "try to keep me safe" and I do appreciate the care a lot, trust me. But I do not want to be told how to live my life. If such friends tell me to not even act myself because it could be a threat to such trivial things as my reputation then who do you think you are? Wow that was a mouthful to say. And this was a real stream-of-consciousness passage. Well basically, those people who tell you how to live your life are not good friends. I believe anyone and everyone should have the right to go out and do anything they want if it is humane and not in harm of other human beings. And do not ever let anyone get in the way of your dreams when you could be missing out on an amazing opportunity. After all it is your life and only yours. So why should you let anyone else in the world take control of it? Do not be ashamed and go get a life. Haha corny. Like none of my passages haven't been...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Post 3
Have you ever had the mindset to complete the impossible and have it actually happen in the end? Well, I know that would probably be an amazing confidence boost. However my quote is one that can go both ways it's: "Whether you think you can or can't, you are usually right." by Henry Ford.
This quote actually made me reminisce to the AP English test. For those of you who took the AP English test, you would know what I am talking about. The free-response essay had the topic of "Ambition vs. Doubt". Personally and being an optimist, I took the side of ambition which is something I do live by and motivates me to wake up in the morning.
Having the ambition and the mindset to go out and accomplish the impossible is an amazing feat. I do believe if one can actually commit and devote their mind to a very far-fetched goal, they do have the choice to achieve what they want. No matter who prevents you from reaching your goal, do not let them stop you for they are bad influences. Any friend or family member should always be in support of what you do. They have the right to believe whatever they want to believe but should trust and support you and your dreams in the end. So, personal motivation and ambition should receive support from the outside world and a belief on the inside that you can achieve what you want and think you can.
I have been pondering whether I would get the grades I wanted lately. To a truthful conclusion, my grades are in fact satisfactory at the moment. But ever since freshman year started, towards the end of the school year I would worry about my grades. Beginning of the school year I would breeze through with no worries but towards the end I would have various nervous breakdowns. It would come to my mind that I could have done better than my grades currently received but I never actually realize the fact until it is too late. I lost my ambition the beginning and mid school year and never got it back towards the end of the year. To a certain extent I kinda regret my whole high school career because I look back and say to myself: "Man I could have done way better if I really set my mind to do it.” But I think I got too stuck in the limelight of the whole thought of “high school”. I mean you only go through it once so make the right decisions. To this very day right now however, I have learned to accept what is reality and what has passed is in the past. I remember my mom always telling me “What has happened has happened and all you can do is move on from it.” Although this is sidetracking from the original quote, it gave me new insight that I should not dwell on the past but look more towards the future and create ambition and thought for what will come. I can not go back and fix the past but I can improve the future by having the motive to do well in the present. Writing this essay has actually given me an incentive and I hope I can better my present to create a greater future.
This quote actually made me reminisce to the AP English test. For those of you who took the AP English test, you would know what I am talking about. The free-response essay had the topic of "Ambition vs. Doubt". Personally and being an optimist, I took the side of ambition which is something I do live by and motivates me to wake up in the morning.
Having the ambition and the mindset to go out and accomplish the impossible is an amazing feat. I do believe if one can actually commit and devote their mind to a very far-fetched goal, they do have the choice to achieve what they want. No matter who prevents you from reaching your goal, do not let them stop you for they are bad influences. Any friend or family member should always be in support of what you do. They have the right to believe whatever they want to believe but should trust and support you and your dreams in the end. So, personal motivation and ambition should receive support from the outside world and a belief on the inside that you can achieve what you want and think you can.
I have been pondering whether I would get the grades I wanted lately. To a truthful conclusion, my grades are in fact satisfactory at the moment. But ever since freshman year started, towards the end of the school year I would worry about my grades. Beginning of the school year I would breeze through with no worries but towards the end I would have various nervous breakdowns. It would come to my mind that I could have done better than my grades currently received but I never actually realize the fact until it is too late. I lost my ambition the beginning and mid school year and never got it back towards the end of the year. To a certain extent I kinda regret my whole high school career because I look back and say to myself: "Man I could have done way better if I really set my mind to do it.” But I think I got too stuck in the limelight of the whole thought of “high school”. I mean you only go through it once so make the right decisions. To this very day right now however, I have learned to accept what is reality and what has passed is in the past. I remember my mom always telling me “What has happened has happened and all you can do is move on from it.” Although this is sidetracking from the original quote, it gave me new insight that I should not dwell on the past but look more towards the future and create ambition and thought for what will come. I can not go back and fix the past but I can improve the future by having the motive to do well in the present. Writing this essay has actually given me an incentive and I hope I can better my present to create a greater future.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Post 2
Friends are one thing in the world we should all be happy for. My quote this week is: "A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out." by Grace Pulpit. I almost cried reading this quote because it brought back memories of the good and bad times and how my friends have been there all the way through.
Over the course of my life, I had lost two official best friends. And for both times, I blamed myself for the split and just felt so depressed thinking I was the one of the worst persons. But my true friends that have stuck by my side the whole way through helped bring me out of the darkness and into the light. And as cheesy as it sounds, it's probably about to get cheesier. Like ordering a double cheeseburger from Mcdonald's but not having enough time to eat it and then going home to discover the cheese had become soggy and nasty so you had to add more cheese to your double cheeseburger to make it taste good again. Yes, that kind of cheesy.
I could never really express how happy and grateful I am to have the friends that I do. At times I would take them for granted and not realize all the amazing things they had done for me so then I step back and take a look at my life once more again. It is always nice for any one person to have that one person they can confide in and trust with their secrets and stresses. If I never had anyone to vent to I am pretty sure I would have killed myself or ended up in an insane asylum by now. As dramatic as that sounds, it is probably the truth. No one should ever have to be alone and keep all their secrets to themselves in this world. Especially when you have a stressful and hectic life where things just get too much to handle at times. Whether that person be a family member a friend or even a random stranger, we all need that one person. In fact, any person who has been there when the whole world has gone out can be considered a friend in my book. Unless they are very scary and secretly a zombie to eat your brains, then I am sure they probably don't want to be your friend.
That is why when your world is dark and lonesome just look to a friend who can guide you through the dark path with their flashlight of advice and map of listening. Now, that was pretty corny I chuckled writing it but it is the truth. Don't ever keep things inside when you can have a friend that you can let the bottle out to and will be there when the whole world has gone out on you. For better or for worse, this is friendship. (I thought of that as a sort of vow you tell your friends before becoming friends.) lol
Over the course of my life, I had lost two official best friends. And for both times, I blamed myself for the split and just felt so depressed thinking I was the one of the worst persons. But my true friends that have stuck by my side the whole way through helped bring me out of the darkness and into the light. And as cheesy as it sounds, it's probably about to get cheesier. Like ordering a double cheeseburger from Mcdonald's but not having enough time to eat it and then going home to discover the cheese had become soggy and nasty so you had to add more cheese to your double cheeseburger to make it taste good again. Yes, that kind of cheesy.
I could never really express how happy and grateful I am to have the friends that I do. At times I would take them for granted and not realize all the amazing things they had done for me so then I step back and take a look at my life once more again. It is always nice for any one person to have that one person they can confide in and trust with their secrets and stresses. If I never had anyone to vent to I am pretty sure I would have killed myself or ended up in an insane asylum by now. As dramatic as that sounds, it is probably the truth. No one should ever have to be alone and keep all their secrets to themselves in this world. Especially when you have a stressful and hectic life where things just get too much to handle at times. Whether that person be a family member a friend or even a random stranger, we all need that one person. In fact, any person who has been there when the whole world has gone out can be considered a friend in my book. Unless they are very scary and secretly a zombie to eat your brains, then I am sure they probably don't want to be your friend.
That is why when your world is dark and lonesome just look to a friend who can guide you through the dark path with their flashlight of advice and map of listening. Now, that was pretty corny I chuckled writing it but it is the truth. Don't ever keep things inside when you can have a friend that you can let the bottle out to and will be there when the whole world has gone out on you. For better or for worse, this is friendship. (I thought of that as a sort of vow you tell your friends before becoming friends.) lol
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Post 1
The quote, "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." by James Dean is the perfect example of Carpe Diem. Even though it seems like the typical quote a person might hear about life, it says and can mean a thousand words for me. No one will ever life forever, first of all, it's physically not possible and second of all, why would anyone ever want to? I am pretty sure you would run out of activities to do in the world along with thoughts to think about. Isn't that what Ernest Hemingway had done? If I remember correctly, Hemingway had ended up committing suicide because he had done anything and everything he had wanted to do in life. So, I guess living life too much and too fast would be a relatively entertaining life but there could be those consequences of getting bored in the end and not having anything left to do in life because you had already done it. That is a possible thought to imagine but I never saw the world like that. Any new day makes a new experience and I have yet to figure out each new one. In actuality and in terms of my actual discovery of my experiences I would probably be at age three not even knowing what the world outside my house and daycare center is like. Experiences are great learning tools for the future. Even though I like and prefer good memories over bad ones, the bad ones seem to teach a lesson better than the good ones. Because we would always tell ourselves to "be careful and not let it happen again" because we don't like to be sad. Of course, I am an optimist so what else do you expect out of me? Oh, and back to my quote. If I could describe my quote in one word I would say: fearless. The whole point of Carpe Diem is to live every day as if it was your last so why not take the chance every once in a while? Going for those opportunities that could only appear once in life are something to be happy, to be proud of. And even though it might be dangerous for some events to take place, just go ahead and go for it if it isn't life-threatening. After all, it would probably just be another chapter in your life. Although my words seem to be advice or almost commands for someone to think about, I more intended my words to sound like my philosophy on life. There is a whole world out there to be explored and perhaps Ernest Hemingway just got bored with himself but there is no way he could have done all he had wanted to do in life. After all, my favorite song is "You Only Live Once" by The Strokes or the dreadful "YOLO" phrase for those Drake fans. You do only live once so why not enjoy your life? Why not just have fun while you can and live life to its fullest before you kick the bucket? And who knows when that would be? 15 years? 11 months? 6 weeks? Or maybe even 1 day? Pretty scary to think about but that's why we should be happy for life and not waste time on idle play things because there is so much to do than mope around like a sloth. I apologize for the "rant" but life is just too short at times...
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