Thematic Essay On Life Lessons

The last aphorism is once you learn how to die ,you will learn how to live.One example i got that ties into the subject was “without love, we are birds with broken wing”(92). This example is explaining that we are hopeless if we don't have long a bird can't fly if his wings are broken ,and that's what birds do the most they can't survive. The last evidence is have is “As i see it they have to do with,love,responsibility, spirituality, and awareness”(175).This is explaining the things Morrie should have realized before he was dying

In the short story, The Body, written by Stephen King, various life lessons are evident in the adventure the four main characters have. The life lessons chosen by the author are reflective of life lessons that could be learned by the reader, and life lessons that are not always vocalized. In Stephen King’s The Body, the group of young boys learn many different life lessons including family not always being trustworthy, some things should be kept to yourself, and that friends, even best friends, can split up.

Life lessons can come from anywhere. For some, they come with it on their own, for others, they require a little assistance from those they interact with. For instance, at the university, some life lessons have come to light. Through the discussion earlier in the semester, the life lessons throughout Marian Wright Edelman’s Measure of Our Success have left several life lessons as a takeaway. For instance, life lesson eleven, “Sell the shadow for the substance,” which basically means that the substance, is something that takes up space, is more important than the shadow, a superficial being that does not stay with you at all times. To sell the shadow, things in our life that do not really mean anything, for the substance, objects that help achieve a higher version of ourselves, is important and helps with understanding that if a person focuses on bettering their selves than achieving meaningless belongings, they will be able to proceed through life with the knowledge that substance outweighs the shadow of material objects; likewise, life lesson nineteen, “Try to live in

“All endings are beginnings, we just don't know it at the time”(~Author) Eddie spent most of his life life working at the Ruby Pier Amusement park as a maintenance man. After Eddie died he thought it was the end of his life but instead he was taught 5 important lessons that would change his view on life forever. The five lessons that he was taught were; Everything happens for a reason, when you lose something you also gain something else, let go of your anger, love is not lost with death, and all life has meaning. At first he didn’t realize the meaning of the lessons the people in heaven were teaching him, but eventually the lessons gave Eddie a whole new perspective on life. However I feel that three of those lessons were significantly more

Every day, every one, in the world goes through a challenge, big or small. They affect and impact us significantly. They change the way we think, love, act, and approach or do things. Challenges either frighten or motivate us, but they are what make us the person we are today.

In the book, Tuesdays with Morrie, there can be many life lessons learned, such as living life to the fullest, the influence of media, death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, and forgiveness.

I used to be a fighter. I used to walk confidently, I was never afraid to kick or scream or punch. I’ve grown up in a house of loud, stubborn people with strong opinions. But one day, I started feeling dull. I don’t remember when or how it happened, really. I guess that the looks I got and the laughter from other kids across the room began to take a toll on me. So in the Summer of sixth grade I started changing. I began to wear makeup. I dyed and straightened what used to be a huge frizzy mess of orange hair. I stopped wearing color even. During my first few weeks of middle school, I quickly learned two things. One being that people like you a lot more if your pretty, and the other being that loud, bold personalities are frowned upon by my peers. So I got quieter and cowardly.

“Be strong, banish fear and doubt, and remember the lord is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9 New International Version). Next month on September 28th, will be my 30th birthday, another milestone will be met. As I look forward to celebrate this milestone, I have also taken the time to reflect on who I am today. Throughout the years, I have experienced many obstacles that have influenced me into becoming the person I am currently. Moving to Columbia, South Carolina had great, if not the greatest, influence on me.

This forced me analyze my life thus far, to recognize my fears and what I hold dear. It’s only been sixteen (one month till seventeen) years in this carcass, but I already feel like an entire life has flown by. It was like a prerequisite of actually watching my life flash before my eyes. This project was nice to sit back and look at what a social mess I am (one of my most favorite pastimes). But also, only being sixteen, I don’t hold what many would believe to be true values, dreams, fears, and identity. Nevertheless, this is what I have so far.

Life lessons can be found in stories that are written, for example “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The main characters in this story is the the wife and husband. A little bit of background knowledge on this story, a young married woman and who is a new mother is being treated for depression. The story takes place around the late 1800s and the common treatment for depression was isolation and the story is about how she reacts to the treatment. Three lessons learned from this story is that one, isolation and being alone almost never helps someone go through depression well. Second, the person who is going through a struggle, often knows what is best for them. Last but not least the third lesson would be society should not

“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.”

I’ve always enjoyed being in sports basically anything that had to do with me being active I would join. But as we all know being in a sport you had to have good grades at least a C or better, I wanted to do track so bad so I had to increase my grades. It was hard managing the both, I could remember all the anger and frustration inside me that I can’t hold in any longer and I start getting frustrated with everything around me even frustrated with myself. Somehow I managed to balance both and I achieved what I wanted to do.

Based upon Morrie’s words of wisdom, I believe this lesson is the idea that it is never too late to learn, grow, change, and live life to the fullest. The novel explored life from both a young man’s perspective, as well as an old man’s perspective. Mitch, the young man, concealed in his life some choices that he regretted. Morrie teaches him that it is not too late for him to change and move on from these choices. Morrie, the older man, is slowly dying, and yet continues to learn and grow and live life the way he wants to live it. Morrie expresses this lesson through explaining the importance of avoiding feeling sorry for ourselves and using emotion labor to detach from our emotions in order to live life to the

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.” These are the words of Eric Thomas, my inspiration, and that of many others. The starting of high school directly coincides with a change in my life; nonetheless, of which both come to be what I call my greatest milestone. From this milestone, I have led a better, more impressive path than I would have if I these words and the many more that continue to inspire me had fallen on the deaf ears of my past self. One of the most important parts of this milestone is the why I started seeking an adjustment; from this why I realized what was holding me hostage to the dreams I endlessly longed for and why they would to me always remain fantasies of a what if lifestyle. There have been many instances in which this refining of my life has benefited me; however, none compare to how far hitting this milestone has assisted me in my school life.

This quote sums up one of the themes that seemed prominent to me through all of our reading assignments this semester. In each book or short story, we read I was introduced to life like characters that experience everyday life just as I do. The characters within each storyline were dealing with or experiencing something that shaped them for the rest or their lives. These lessons could be anything from, learning how to deal with grief, how to live life with Christ like love, or simply coming to the realization that where they come from is not where they want to stay for the rest of their life. All of the characters, from Frank Drum in Ordinary Grace, to Garfield, in Destiny of the Republic have lived a life. No matter how long or short their life may have been, certain life lessons were learned and these lessons formed them into the people they were. These very important life lessons taught them how to live in the world and now hearing their stories, we can decide how we will live in the world.