Tuesday, October 5, 2010
So here it goes, I was going to do a blog on cooking in college and how it could actually be fun. I thought I try and save you guys the boredom. After reading Professor Hall’s blog post on everyone’s generation having his or her moments; I could not help but think a lot of our country’s memorable moments where life threatening and how those sudden changes made everyone open their eyes even if it was just for that brief moment. JFK was killed and the country mourned. We can all relate to 9/11 when two planes crashed into the world trade center leaving the country in devastation and shock. The country mourned again. Why is it that once death peaks its ugly head do we try to hang on to that one moment we spoke to our classmate who died in a car crash or why we did not see our loved one in the hospital? If you are guilty of this, you are not alone. I always think I could have done something, or I should have said that. I know everyone can remember where he or she was on that September day. How many of you thought to call love ones and tell them you love them? On the other hand, how many of you were actually a little bit nicer the week after everything happened? I always say things to late or say nothing at all. Okay so what I am getting at here is this; why do people have to wait for tragic events to say what they really feel or take a chance and really start living? What is living? Well the web dictionary states that life is a noun and is defined “the existence in the physical world”. Living is an adjective and is defined as “having a life not dead or nonexistent” How many of us can actually say they are “living” everyday to the fullest? I am going to challenge you to write a simple and obtainable goal for yourself that can be reached in a week. Do not go crazy start out small. For example, I plan to start to read a new book this week other then my assigned textbooks. Here is a YouTube clip I hope will inspire one of you to start thinking about both long term and short term goals. Get out and do something. “Life is too short to put off today what you can do tomorrow.” With all of that said, I was thinking about incorporating some of these things into my TED talk, what do you think. Too much? Too risky? Let me know. Thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjYoKCBYag
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Hello, thank you for the nice comment on my blog- I had to look up TED talks and I'm so glad you brought them to my attention! If you do decide to include something of my post I would love to have a link? Either way, thank you and good luck with your talk.
ReplyDeleteAs for "living everyday to the fullest"- it is so hard to maintain but I think we come closer when we are intentional, and when we check in with ourselves from time to time. I am doing a year-long experiment (in celebration of my 50th birthday) to try 50 new things- to say yes more often, to move beyond my comfort zone. Being intentional, setting goals, these all help us to be mindful about really living- what one of my brothers likes to refer to as "making memories". He is always on the lookout for a new memory to make. It helps remind him to break out of his routine often enough to really live.
That video was really good, its amazing how little most people take seriously the idea of living life to its fullest. It sounds like this blog could have been the beginnings of several really good ted talks depending on the direction you wanted to take it in. I'm pretty interested in the one about cooking in college too hehe
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