This week in English we read part of Walden to learn about transcendental ideas. The quote I found interesting is “What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary? I have found no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another”. I think the main idea of this quote is the loneliness of mankind. It is asking why in a world full of so many people why do we still feel lonely. I think part of this is because we have a fake truth of reality. When we were little in every movie we watched no one ever ended up alone even the less fortunate had a happy ending. For example in Cinderella Cinderella is a maid and although her life isn't perfect she gets the prince in the end. I think this makes everyone think they need a significant other to not feel alone. Especially in high school you notice that some people date any person they possible can. Eventually you notice that there's probably no way he or she had a crush on that many people they just didn't like the thought of being alone . When in fact they may not have been alone all the time because maybe they were surrounded by great people but were too caught up in the thought of love to realize.Another way to go about this is realizing how be mentally lonely is different then physically lonely. For example if someone is the only person sitting at a lunch table they are alone at that table. They are physically alone. An example of being mentally alone is when you feel like no one understand you or you have no one that will always be there for you. This is very relevant to my life because last year that was a lot of illness in my family last year and I felt as though no one really understood what I was going through. I would be in a room full of people and would feel like I was the only person there. However looking back I have noticed that I chose to be alone. I think that many of us feel alone because we choose to we may not realize it but if you're not trying engage with others you're gonna feel lonely either physically, mentally or both. I realized it this weekend when I was at a youth convention with my youth group because I recently switched youth groups and my new group is very good at being a community so most of my loneliness has gone away. When the speaker was talking he said “ you need to seek community” this stood out to me because it made me realize you have to put effort into not being lonely. For example I chose to seek a new youth group and engage myself with them and my loneliness has decreases immensely. Digging into this quote I have realized most of the time were lonely because we choose to be.
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