In those moments when we are feeling down or are going through hard times, there isn’t a feeling quite like that of hope. Whenever we’ve made what seems like a mistake or something we are not happy with, the feeling of hope for the future completely cleanses the soul.
Here’s to hope.
We are living in a world of temptation. From the temptation to get the latest gadgets, wearing stylish clothes or to drive the latest model car. Temptations are the subject of many advertisements.
Absolutes are a tricky thing. Can anything ever be absolutely something? You know like “yes” or “no”, true or false, black or white, above or below, light or dark, empty or full, close or far. We frequently use words like always, never and forever. Is that because we just want to emphasize our point? If not then why else do we communicate with such ignorance and fallacies?
So I’m going through a rough patch. The amount of school work is nearly unbearable. I’ll give you an example. Two days. That is what I have left to prepare for two exams. I will be writing both Algebra and Intro to Social Psychology exams this up coming Thursday.
All in all the internet seems like a pretty smart place right? However I see it differently.
I just finished watching Brooklyn Rules. I’m not one to review movies, so I don’t plan to break out of style now. However I did want to mention something that spoke to me in the movie.
I visit this dating site once in a while. Today I noticed an overly attractive girl’s profile. From the photos you could tell that either she was a model or that it was some dude posing as a girl.
Either way I checked out her profile and found the following interesting,
Please spare me the whole “your hot”, that’s great and all, but it’s getting kinda old! I am secure with myself and my body, that’s it!
“If the parents do not comply, Mr. Frye tells them, their child’s grade may suffer — a threat on which he has made good only once in the three years he has been making such assignments. The point, he said, is to keep parents involved in their children’s ’ education well into high school.“
Now parents can experience what it feels like to fail at school twice.
I was at a local grocery store with my girlfriend the other day. We passed a stand with a bunch of watermelons. They were on sale and there were a bunch of big ripe ones. I stopped to have a look and started going through the watermelons looking for good one.
I’ve thought about this before. It seems as though I have lived my life in phases. Nothing remarkable in that. I don’t mean to make it sound like a discovery. Simply an observation.
