- Life seems to be a collection of things. A collection of knowledge. A collection of memories. A collection of coins.
- I feel transparent. Can they see what I am thinking? I feel transparent. Do they know who I am? I feel transparent. It might be time to move somewhere else.
- Introverts strive to become extroverts. Extroverts attempt to become introverts. Then there are extroverted introverts and introverted extroverts. If every introvert and extrovert were comfortable in his or her own skin, the world might be able to arrive at a happy medium, but then again, some individuals do not fit either mold.
No matter what boundaries and rules people try to place on the world, there will always be exceptions and gaps in the perimeter. Because of this inconsistency, the law will need to be broadened and adjusted to account for all individuals.
- What if you could bottle happiness and take it anywhere you desired? Would you choose to take it with you or let it free at a bump in the road?
- Maybe if the future seems inconceivable, it will not happen. At least, destiny will not happen according to plan. Man struggles to conceive concepts and ideas that only the infinite knowledge of God can comprehend.
Man’s carnal future exists in the world, and God has the world in His hand. Man’s eternal future also derives from God, so why should man worry over the future, which proves ungovernable?
- Greatness exists in the most mundane things.
A door lock consists of a series of thin metal pins. The metal pins are broken up into two separate sets: an upper set and a lower set. A set of small springs keeps the pins in place. Every lock has a distinct pin length and pattern. When someone inserts the correct key into the lock, the pins lift, opening the door. And who would have thought it was just a lock?
- People resemble bugs persistently running into glass windows. The bug can see where he wants to be, but he cannot figure out how to make it to the other side. He just keeps running into the same spot over and over again.
In the same manner, people see their end goal, whether that be happiness, love, or success, but the means to reach the goal appear obscured by unforeseen barriers. An individual can achieve a goal by identifying the obstacle and locating the window God has open in the his or her life.
- People adapt their personalities, attitudes, and moods to accommodate their surroundings. This adaptation seems ordinary, but upon deeper reflection, it casts an unsettling shadow on an individual’s true identity. Who are people really? To a friend, I may be witty and cheerful, but to my professor, I might be perceived as reserved and cordial.
An individual’s authenticity exists within themselves. Even so, another problem arises. How can a person know his or her own identity when it has been warped by habituation for so long? Am I all of the characteristics I pretend to be, or are all of the traits I have developed attributes of my environment? If I do not know who I truly am then other people cannot claim to know my identity either.
- I am floating upstream. I do not know how, but I am floating upstream.
- I caught happiness in a net and put it in my butterfly jar. I could hear happiness try to escape as it beat its wings against the lid. I walked around the earth for awhile with happiness in my jar. With every step I took, the beating of happiness’ wings grew louder and stronger. I struggled to contain happiness in the jar against the wings’ power. I wanted to keep happiness there, but the beating became unbearable. I unscrewed the lid, expecting happiness to fly into the wind, but the jar was empty.
- The human mind so easily falters under the weight of the world. The fragility of the mind does not always hinder the person. Sometimes it provides a gateway for emotion and action that further propels a person to accomplish more in life.
- When eyes wander upon me, I would hope that they see deeper than skin and farther than trite thoughts. But then again, platitude phrases are not overly displeasing, are they? Terms and expressions have greater depth than surface level, so perhaps pretty and smart are adequate enough for now.
- To fully comprehend my revelation, the geometric concept of a rectangle being an elongated square must be understood first. With that in mind, college generally takes the shape of a square building filled with square rooms and square desks where students write on square sheets of notebook paper. This square phenomenon extends beyond an arbitrary circumstance; instead, it establishes a methodical pattern.
It almost seems like college encourages students to think inside the box. The same defining boundaries exist in life. A stereotypical house consists of a rectangular structure with square rooms and rectangular rugs. People read rectangular books and sleep on rectangular beds with rectangular pillows.
Creativity exists in the realization that there are other shapes in life. A whole world of opportunities lies outside society’s defined lines. Life, if people allow it, has the potential to be a freethinking environment with architecturally different rooms and contrasting environments where thoughts and ideas bounce off walls and continue flowing through the atmosphere instead of becoming stuck in the corner of conformity. People should take advantage of the triangles, circles, and maybe even octagons life
offers.
