Fate

Fate--

There are many who believe that we live in a world of fate. No matter what we do, our lives are never truly in our hands but placed into the hands of something greater than ourselves like the stars.

Listen to two of your favorite musicians. What reference, if any, do they make to fate?

Type those lyrics into your post and then explain if you agree with the idea of fate or if our lives are the direct result of the decisions that we choose to make.

Words That Move Us!!!

With learning about Shakespeare by reading Romeo and Juliet, reciting our monologues, and hearing Sara Holbrook, it is apparent that words have the capability to move us: in, out, up, toward and beyond.

Most of us are moved "in" to a state of meaning when words present themselves. I for one am a great lover of language and the dances which occur when the rhythm and meaning of words find music.

Words provide us the freedom to move "out" of our comfort zone and into a word where the familiar is a great sea tossing and turning leaving only room for survivors. Through writing, I am able to move out of ideas that pigeon hole me--try to confine and oppress.

For many, words allow us to find ways to move "up" in to greater understanding. It is an educated mind that can entertain an idea with out accepting it--Aristotle. Here the ways of knowing exist beyond the individual.

Moving "toward" a goal, "toward" a dream starts with a single word--can. By allowing our words to make concrete our abstract dreams, we give shape to who we are and move "toward" knowing who we are.

"Beyond" our greatest expectations is the land of language. Here a single word can change thinking, change memories, change history.

I want you to reflect on the words that mean the most to you. These words could come from a section in a book, a poem, or a great speech.


Think of the words that have meant the most to you. Your post should include three different examples of important words to you. For example: When Atticus says to Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it."

These words come to me often. I especially think of them when I am faced with trying to understand behaviors, actions, beliefs different from my own. It really teaches me to pause before I pass judgment.