Reflect on these words of Dorothy Day: "No one has the
right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do." What is
"The work to be done" for your generation, and what impact does this
have on your future as a leader? Write a creative, reflective, or provocative
essay. 500 words
I hate when people do the poor me
act, I think there is a purpose for everyone, there’s always something for you
to do. There are many things to do in this world for instance you could be the
president, or a doctor, and teacher, or a stay at home parent. All of those
things are good and great things to do and this world will always need these
things. The variance in these things vary from physically helping people to
helping financially in the world and teaching your children. The excuse I feel
helpless, isn’t good enough for me and yes I know the world isn’t trying to
impress me but I think if you have goal then you should go after it!
For
example for our generation it seems like the only thing we think about is how
much money is in the bank account, which is unfortunate because it leaves
people stressed out and worried all the time. There are many different types of
work to earn money as the generations pass. In the times where cars weren’t
made people worked on farms to earn food for their family and bartered. Then
people started building companies that grew like wildfire that supplied many families
with jobs. This was very good for the poor giving them jobs to earn money. The biggest problem now is greediness with
that money, I think you should be generous because at one point you could have
had nothing, so share what you do have and be thankful for what you receive.
The definition
of greed is a strong desire for more: an overwhelming desire to have more of
something such as money than is actually needed. For instance our national debt
is in the trillions and we have hundreds of billionaires yet they can’t give
the country which they live in there money. Celebrities spend their money on
the most ridiculous things out there, there isn’t a reason to have a 7.9
million dollar house or 100,000 dollar car, having those things to be is just nonsense.
Back to
“No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless” I believe everyone should
have a reason to live, if that is to make money, or be a parent or wife or
husband well at least you have a reason. People should want to be remembered in
some manner, you don’t want to die and be remembered as a liar or thief, do
you? I want to live so that I may have a career I enjoy and I hope to be a
wonderful wife to my husband, I want to eventually have children with him and
teach them how to live in the real world and how to survive, I hope to make an
impact on someone’s life at least once and give generously to all. After all
this I will be fine with dying I don’t see the huge desire in being rich I just
hope to have enough to live on.
Haley,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree on how you feel about people doing the "poor me" act. It gets annoying listening to people complain. What is more interesting is not listening to what people didn't do or what they want to do, its better to hear what they have done and accomplished. Its better to praise someone for what they do then to feel sorry for them. People should have their goals and go for them!
Actually, although I know that we shouldn't be sitting around and sulking in lost hope, it is true that the next generation after us are worsening. I believe that mankind has screwed up somewhere and now we have to deal with annoying and apathetic children who cannot understand the most simple task. I agree with your long and aggressive statement about life and maybe you can even include YOLO in your thingy. For me, all the hope I need is my family, my best friend, my girlfriend, and my Scion tC. It was tough reading your blog but dang, nice work!
ReplyDeleteHaley,
ReplyDeleteEccentric, that is just the word I would have picked for you! It embraces everything about you and all your hopes and dreams fit quite well into that word. I can tell that you and Thomas have talked a lot about what the future holds for you two as husband and wife and that strong bond of communication will be your foundation as a young married couple. It is also very responsible of you both to plan on paying off all your debts, including cars, so that you don't have that stress of money to worry about. When you spoke about the invention we would be better off without I agree that there is too much texting going on in this world and something needs to change. People in the upcoming generations will eventually have no clue how to communicate and feel because texting has no emotion with it. I hope one day soon you get your license and you and Thomas are able to take that trip around the U.S. Enjoy the wedding planning and your life together!
Mrs. Slagle