Thoughts on Life
Genetics. There are so many possibilities of how genes will come together to make a person who they are. A change of one gene can change the way a person is completely. It is amazing how God knows who you are and how you are going to be before your parents even meet. He made you exactly how He wanted you to be made and how He wanted you to be. But what about genetic disorders, did God plan for this?
Future. It is hard to think of the future because we have no control over it. We worry about what we are going to do in the future and a lot of us have no idea what we want to do.
Beauty. Beauty is not completely in the eye of the beholder. Beauty also has an objective sense. There are moments and objects that every person will see as beautiful. When everyone looks at a field of flowers, then they should see something that they are beautiful. Of course, Beauty does have a subjective side because every person has traits that they prefer over other traits.
Why do people compare themselves to other people? Everyone is beautiful. God made everyone beautiful and they should find their worth through that and not comparing themselves to other people. Whenever we stop comparing our self to other people then we can start to actually feel comfortable and to enjoy life.
Love. True love is a love that occurs during the tough times and the good times. A love that is never ending and that looks past your flaws.
Happiness. There are so many things that should make us happy. Then why do we let the smallest things make us so unhappy? Why do people seem to always look at the down side of things when there are so many good things that they can take out of things? Yeah maybe you did not get exactly what you wanted but maybe the thing that you just got could be so much better than what you wanted in the first place.
Siblings. They can be the most frustrating people that you will ever know but they will love you forever.
Imagination. The imagination is a very powerful element in our life. It can change the way that we look at events that affect us. It can change the way we look at events for the better and for worse. Imagination can be very helpful if you use it the right amount and the right way. It is also a very deceptive element. A man’s imagination can convince a man that he is not safe even though is very safe. Imagination is a very helpful and also tricky element in men’s lives.
People think that we can imagine objects that aren’t real and that everything we imagine is original. We can not imagine something that we have not seen. Everything that we imagine is something that we have seen once in our life. Whenever we imagine something that we think is unreal we are usually combine two things that we know are real to make something that we know can not be real.
Joy. Joy or happiness? People often mistake joy for happiness. These two things are completely different. Joy is a more consistent feeling and comes from within. People can fully experience joy when they have come to terms with who they are and also have given their life over to God. Happiness is an emotion that is intermittent. Happiness is always triggered by something external like someone or something.
Time. Make sure that you take the time for the things and people that you love. There will be a time when you will not be able to spend time with some of the people you love.
Smallness. We are so small compared to everything else in the world. We are one person compared to the 7.6 million people in the world. Its crazy to think that scientists have not been able to even discover everything in our own galaxy. There are over 100 billion galaxies and there are probably even more that we have not even been able to discover. Whenever you look up at the sky on a clear night, you can see how big the universe really is.
Work Ethic. Always word hard at everything you do because you do not want to look back and think that you could have done more.
Optimism. Optimism is a very influential element in a person’s life. Whenever I say optimism, I mean to be hopeful about the future and not dwell on the bad. Optimism must be used correctly and you can not take it to the extreme. Optimism is a good starting point on how you can deal with events that you may experience or events that you are dealing with right now. Optimism can help change the outcome of an event because it causes you to change the way that you deal with the event and can propel you to finish it better and faster.
Golf. Frustrating, crazy, annoying but fun.
Personalities. There is not one personality like another. Everyone’s personalities are different and that is the main thing that makes everyone completely unique. A personality is very influential in what someone thinks of you. A person that has an appalling personality can change the way that people look at them. A person that has a lively personality will always have people around them because a person with a great personality attracts people to them.
Kindness. Can you really kill people with kindness? Sometimes the kindest people can not get to the meanest people. Always be kind to people because you never know what they are going through. Kind words might be the thing that a person needs to keep their head high and to keep going.
Take the chance. You will always regret what you did not do, but not the things that you did. So take the chance and always eat the cake.
Hello Susan! You had a lot of good thoughts within this paper. The "happiness" and "golf" paragraphs really hit me hard. We should enjoy every day we get to live because God put breath in our lungs for another day and that alone is the biggest blessing anyone could receive. Many people are very sick to the point where they are counting down their last days in the hospital and we complain so often about small things such as having to do homework or going to class or having to go to workouts at 6:15 AM. We have to remember that we have it real good compared to other people's situations and that our "normal days" would be the life others wish they could live. We can breathe, walk, study, worship, and so much more, so we should be grateful and thank God every chance we get. Also, we should be happy that we were given the talent to play the hardest, most mentally challenging, most frustrating, most annoying sport ever (golf) because it really is fun when it comes down to it in the end. :)
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