epiphany? possibly...
I have realized a lot of new things about the world through my cultural anthropology class. A whole new view has been opened up to me. Discovered how we are basically destroying ourselves. We were on such an incline, up, up, and up. But what happened now? We just keep making inventions that make our lives easier, make us have to do less work. Slowly become those fat people that you see in the Wall-e movie. Sitting in our little hover chairs going and eating our asses off. At least this is where it seems that the American culture is heading towards.
Did you know that there would have the THREE earths to support American consumption if the whole world population lived up to our standards. Ridiculous! and not only that but we barely even consume all of these goods! We throw half of it away! Now I cant act like I'm not guilty of this, I've done my fair share of not finishing meals, buying food at the grocery store and ending up throwing it out after too long, and just buying unnecessary items in general. It makes me sad to look back on my life now and see how much I've contributed to such behaviors.
The human body is so beautiful, it can do so many wondrous things... Its intriguing, its complex, intricate... Why don't we use it to its full capability. Why do we sit here in beds, in chairs, in cars, always sitting! Lets be active! Lets be healthy! Use our muscles, push them, grow them, learn how they work! We can climb mountains, we can scale cliffs, run miles, create art, create MUSIC. We are truly and absolutely AMAZING. Yet we pollute ourselves. I know I have at least. I've eaten terrible over processed food that our country likes to serve us today, I've boughten products that destruct other people's lives, I have overprocessed my hair to random colors that I had a preference for that month, I have sat on my little white butt for probably more than half my life...
I'm gonna try and change that now. I need to live to my full potential, do everything I possibly can, PUSH MYSELF. Lets see where I can go now...
Did you know that there would have the THREE earths to support American consumption if the whole world population lived up to our standards. Ridiculous! and not only that but we barely even consume all of these goods! We throw half of it away! Now I cant act like I'm not guilty of this, I've done my fair share of not finishing meals, buying food at the grocery store and ending up throwing it out after too long, and just buying unnecessary items in general. It makes me sad to look back on my life now and see how much I've contributed to such behaviors.
The human body is so beautiful, it can do so many wondrous things... Its intriguing, its complex, intricate... Why don't we use it to its full capability. Why do we sit here in beds, in chairs, in cars, always sitting! Lets be active! Lets be healthy! Use our muscles, push them, grow them, learn how they work! We can climb mountains, we can scale cliffs, run miles, create art, create MUSIC. We are truly and absolutely AMAZING. Yet we pollute ourselves. I know I have at least. I've eaten terrible over processed food that our country likes to serve us today, I've boughten products that destruct other people's lives, I have overprocessed my hair to random colors that I had a preference for that month, I have sat on my little white butt for probably more than half my life...
I'm gonna try and change that now. I need to live to my full potential, do everything I possibly can, PUSH MYSELF. Lets see where I can go now...