Happy Friday!
Readers! It's been a couple of weeks. I hope you are all doing well. It once again is Friday. And I couldn't be happier it is. In this past week or so, I was reminded again that life, the wild ride it is, is short. So, the thing to take away from this: never take the people in your life, especially your family, for granted and let yourself "live" a little once in a while.
Well, school is almost here again. Part of me will welcome the routine again, but the other part of me will not welcome the busyness and craziness that comes with school, classes, studying, work, ex-curricular clubs, among other obligations, especially with it being the start of my second semester of junior year. I need to figuring out what jobs I would like and start looking for jobs.
Here are the links to my latest Odyssey articles: Let's Stop Perpetuating Stereotypes and Losing Is A Part Of Life.
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I'm sorry to my readers that I have not updated in a couple of weeks. My life is increasingly busy with balancing two jobs, five classes, homework and reading, organizations, and other things. I hardly have time to breath, let alone trying to write a blog post. Then I guess I will have to change. I will try to keep posting every Friday; but, on the off chance I get super busy and forget, please know I will update as soon as I can. Your patience is much needed as I navigate the new changes and challenges presented to me due to getting older and closer to graduation.
That being said, I've had many blog post ideas run in and out of my head. Today, I would like to talk about the difference between "looking" and "seeing" and connecting it to the tragedy that happened 15 years ago. As I take my digital imaging class, I'm learning that there's a different between looking at something and actually seeing it. So often we go through our day just looking. If I asked you to describe the person you passed while walking to class or running by, could you? More often than not, you wouldn't be able too. And there's nothing wrong with that. You are likely preoccupied with your task at hand, and your brain can only recognize so much too avoid overloading your senses. Seeing takes a little bit more time and energy. With taking the time to slow down and really take in your surrounds, even if for a couple of minutes, you would be surprised just how much you've missed or never noticed before.
Now, how does this apply or have anything to do with the tragic events that happened 15 years ago today. What usually happens it takes a tragic event or hearing devastating news to get to us to wake up and take notice of our surroundings. You know how it's said it's hard to look away at car crash even though you know you need to but just can't bring yourself to do it? It's the same thing. It's almost as if time slows way down or even stops completely and you're seeing things or scenes for the first time. While I can't remember much, I hear stories from my parents, older siblings, grandparents. My mom? She was at home with me because I was sick. My dad? Sitting down to eat breakfast after getting off his shift at work. It was almost as if their lives were paused and they took the time to notice those around them. In movies we see this so often that we are numb to it or roll our eyes at the cliche. It's true. One of the things Hollywood got right.
Please take some time out of your day and remember those whose lives that were forever changed by that tragic day.
Until next week,
Thought of the day
