Monday, March 16, 2009
Heraclitus 6th-5th Century B.C.E
I really liked some of the points in the speech and thought they had awesome meaning. I liked how it started the speech of by saying,"all things flow". I think it is up to us a person to decide if we will make all things flow. Or if we will get upset and out of order if everything doesn't go our way. It is our responsibility as individuals to take control of our life and as a result make things flow, no matter what comes our way. It then goes on to say, " the sun is new everyday". Everyday is a new day. We can learn, forget tomorrow and better our lives and the people we are day by day. They sun is new everyday and we too can change and be a new person everyday. I loved how it said, " opposition brings together, and from discord comes perfect harmony". As we are able to associative ourselves with others that have different perspectives and are opposite we become more well-rounded as people. The more things that we are a part of that are opposite from ourselves, we are able to know how to react and treat others that are different. In turn this opposition helps us to become better, more knowledgeable people. I thought that the second to last line had the most meaning. It said, " to men, some things are good and some things are bad. But to God, all things are good and beautiful and just". Although it is so easy to have a negative attitude towards different things, it is our choice how we will see and appreciate things. God knows that all things are just and beautiful and knows the importance and reason for each and everything. We need to have a better attitude towards all things allowing us to see the importance, with the same eye that God sees things. This was a great speech and very important.
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I really liked this speech too! One of the parts I like was how it said, "The sun is new everyday." Life is so much better lived without having tons of regrets about the past. The future holds so much mystery and we can choose for there to be better things ahead in our life. Of course there will always be some regrets we have and it is not like the past does not matter at all. It just seems important to keep looking ahead and choosing to embrace today for all it is instead of starting it out with negative attitudes or thinking it has to be a certain way because of our past. I like how you said that the second to the last line had the most meaning. I agree that it is important to remember that it is up to us how we will view things and what our attitudes will be.
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