Cyber Day Blog

As I approach the end of my high school career, I am beginning to find myself less interested in the real reasons I am going to school everyday. Nobody enjoys going to school, but for me, I never dreaded it until recently because I acknowledged that I was not there just to receive a grade. I was there to better myself and improve the skills I had that would carry me through college and the rest of my life. I have grown genuinely annoyed with the teachers and fellow students at school I used to be able to tolerate. Education to me seems to not be a journey anymore as much as it is a chore these days. After listening to this speech and watching the video that accompanied it, I found myself feeling disgusted with the way I have been spending my last few months of high school. It is very easy for me to say I got into college, and I do not have to work anymore. That would probably be the easiest way to finish out high school. Upon listening to that speech, however, I realized I need to have a different attitude. I think from here on out, my attitude should be that even though I am into college, I should still do my best but enjoy the little details of learning and being in an environment surrounded by people with a common goal. If I happen to fail, I have the insurance of being accepted into college. I should no longer allow myself to simply go through the motions and get by by making another excuse for myself everyday until I finish high school. My life could be a lot worse, and I should begin to once again regard every moment of every day as an opportunity  to pay attention to my surroundings and absorb everything I can. I believe I can become a significantly happier person if I stop thinking of my immediate needs before everything else also. If I am aware enough to give myself a choice I can look past the surface of the seemingly boring tasks I have to endure and the seemingly annoying people I have to deal with and allow myself to realize that they are not so bad after all and there is a reason that things are the way they are. 

revived quarter 2 journal

The poem “Our Greatest Fear” provides the reader with an interesting perspective of success. In our culture, we are brought up to relish in the glory of success and feel an empowering sense of pride. I do not believe that Marianne Williamson is saying to not enjoy the feelings that accompany success, but she is letting us know that are greatest fears lie within the walls of success and the sense of power it gives us. The quote that I found most interesting to be used as means of analysis were in the opening lines of the poem. It is fair to say that these opening lines are the two most well known lines of this poem. She starts out by saying, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.” The diction and syntax that accompany these lines are not overly complex, but the message behind it was a very interesting take on fear. This quote is probably the most significant quote in the poem because it sets the foundation of what to expect in the rest of the work. It should catch the readers’ eyes as it caught mine. One should go from maybe just skimming the work to really focussing their attention to it. At least, that is what happened the first time I had read this poem. I was on a Twitter page of inspirational quotes and came across the opening lines of “Our Greatest Fear” and clicked on the link to see the entire poem. A good and memorable quote does not need to be complex in my opinion, but a strong underlying message to grasp the readers’ attention to focus on the rest of the work is essential for any piece of literature. I think Marianne Williamson did a fine job of that in her most famous poem.