I made it to wednesday. Thank goodness
So its hump day...we're getting close to the weekend and New York :) Yesterday was an overall neutral day, nothing great and nothing too bad. Just neutral. Went on a long run to Ft. Trumball with Anjie and it was nice.
Been doing a lot of thinking (when don't I?) and have once again been forced to re-evaluate my life and my outlook on life. Interesting how often do that. I wonder if I'm simply too busy in my own mind to notice things until they've changed drastically, or if i just notice more things than most people.
Have decided to take part of David Hume, part of Ghandi, part of Isaac for my outlook on life. David Hume insists that we make our own worlds in our minds, thereby making it possible to never have a bad day again becuase I can control the happiness/saddness factor of my day. Ghandi advocates a certain talisman for life "I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melting away". This means that if I focus on how my actions will affect someone (in this case the poorest person I've ever seen, but I choose to change that to how my actions will affect everyone) then I will always do the right thing. Lastly, Isaac said "I just want to be", meaning that I should see everyone for who they are, not who I want them to be, and I should value them for who they are, their dreams, wishes, hopes and fears. They are who they are. They are in my life so I can witness the breadth of the human expirience and I should start appreciating that instead of trying to form fit people to the way I think my life should be.
I got a positive page 7 for volunteering, which was nice becuase I completly didn't expect it.
Not much to say today, just checking in really. I don't have a lot of work this week, but I think I should work ahead because we only have 2 weeks of school left and then finals, and within those two weeks stands two 10-15page papers, several tests, a large presentation in Spanish, and my LOD paper.
Happy Wednesday.