FOURTH CLASS

I learned many things today, but it'd be impossible to put them all together in just two paragraphs. I'll talk about the ones that most got my attention. It was interesting to know that we relate to ourselves in terms of time. Time is what keep us moving, but it seems that most of us are never in the present. Yeah, it sounds crazy, but it seems that while we might be "present" physically, our minds are in other places most of the time. It means that WE, in reality, are in the only places we can go...the three dimensions of time: past, present, and future. Our past is where meaning comes from, and our future is coming toward us--is unpredictable. It's really interesting because our future is our past, which we have to clear to break down any barrier with our future. However, we can put something in the future to take action NOW (the present) because putting things in the future is what motivates us to achieve them. For example, we can do thousands of lists or whatever to clean up our place, but we most likely will end up forgetting everything about it because there's no enough motivation. But, if we plan to do something we really want like inviting some friends to watch the game together at your place, you will most likely clean everything with no hesitation.

Another thing that impressed me a lot was how many people can be so "lookist"? It's truly sad how many people can make false assumptions about a person based purely on his or her look. They assign qualities to other people for the way they look. They don't even know him/her, but if someone is extremely attractive, they will assign them all the good qualities a human being can have. They will try to be liked by them. I think it's unfair because people who is not so good-looking are underrated for the same reason, and those who were put in a pedestal are expected to do things that go beyond their possibilities. And, even though very good-looking people can find it easier to get things at first, it will be difficult for them later because usually people don't care what is inside their hearts--they don't want to know them; it's enough for them to see their neat appearance. As easily as they accept beautiful people only because of their looks, people will disregard them when they don't posses physical beauty anymore if the relationship is based only on that. That's why I think we have to learn to know people beyond what they appear to be at first sight.