Okay, so here's #3 for the day and hopefully this is it.
A good friend of mine who I hold very close to my heart is writing a paper about her identity. She had me read over the beginning and once again for personal reasons I feel the need to save it:
My life is best defined as a parody. Hours in self reflection, flipping through the pages of old journals, and reviewing the defining moments of my life have made me realize that my life has been a series of dichotomies containing one consistency; I know that I do not know.
I have spent significant amounts of time exploring the great mysteries of life, religion, and self, and I have felt my beliefs to be ultimate truths. My decisions and behaviors have been guided by my strong beliefs. It has been these beliefs, so I have thought, that would shape the rest of my life. What would remain certain, however; is that I am perpetually uncertain.
I have ridden a pendulum that swings from christianity to atheism, from optimism to pessimism, from indominable strength, to paralyzing weakness. I have spent much time believing that life was best spent at on end of the spectrum or the other, and it was the time I spent in life’s dark places, that lead to my most profound revelation.
Life is not circumstantial, it is unpredictable and ever-changing. The only thing I have control over is how I feel in those moments. I have one belief, and one belief only: the love I have for myself, and the love I give to others is the foundation of what I will give to life, and what I will take away from it as well. It is this belief that is the essence of my being.
In case you decide to comment, I asked this friend if she still felt that "life was best spent at on end of the spectrum or the other". She said no, so that was good news to me.
Anyway, just wanted to add this to my archives.
much love.
carrie jade
3 comments:
Well... it depends. What type of class is this being submitted to? Creative Writing/Poetry or a Psychology course?
She is a psychology major so I would say a psychology course although, due to her transferring schools later in her education, there is a good chance that she may be taking gen-ed courses at this point.
I'm in the middle of writing a paper in my own philosophy. I really liked the way your friend phrased her opinions and relfections. Its alot better than mine!
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