“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
-Audrey Hepburn
Beauty, its nothing we've known, its a state of mind, a state of being. Beauty does in truth lie within the beholder. Beauty can be both harmful and harmless but if we look into the deeper meaning the way Audrey Hepburn put it doesn't matter what the person looks like its how they use it and that's beauty.
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Showing posts with label By Chanelle. Show all posts
Friday, December 11, 2009
PEACE!
"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one." -John Lennon
We all are dreamers, but we don't have to just dream for peace. Of course world peace is hard to achieve but everyone can make a difference and a little goes along way. When I think of myself i don't know what I'm doing in my society to help achieve this I cant start with the world but I can start within my city. I need to start something as we all do. It has almost been 30 years of the death of John Lennon and its sad to know he didn't achieve his pursuit of peace but the thought of it will be persevered and together we will work for it.
We all are dreamers, but we don't have to just dream for peace. Of course world peace is hard to achieve but everyone can make a difference and a little goes along way. When I think of myself i don't know what I'm doing in my society to help achieve this I cant start with the world but I can start within my city. I need to start something as we all do. It has almost been 30 years of the death of John Lennon and its sad to know he didn't achieve his pursuit of peace but the thought of it will be persevered and together we will work for it.
Justice
"It is true that the young men with their ... black ship are lying in wait for him to kill him before he reaches his country; but I think this will not happen, but that sooner the earth will cover some one of those suitors, who now are eating away your substance."
-Athena
Athene reminds us that the suitors deserve death not only for violating the laws of hospitality, but for plotting to kill Telemachus and to marry Penelope.
-Athena
Athene reminds us that the suitors deserve death not only for violating the laws of hospitality, but for plotting to kill Telemachus and to marry Penelope.
Kingdom of the dead
"Shades of famous heroes, men who died in the old days and ghosts of even older age i longed to see" -Odysseus
Odysseus is finally coming to terms with death. He can now go home. I think of of my favourite books is book eleven because it shows how fearless Odysseus is and how he talks to his mother, that specifically was so sad. Also i think it was ironic how he talks to all the greatest hero's and the last hero he talks to is Heracles the greatest of them all, it sets him back on foot to finally finished his nastos.
Odysseus is finally coming to terms with death. He can now go home. I think of of my favourite books is book eleven because it shows how fearless Odysseus is and how he talks to his mother, that specifically was so sad. Also i think it was ironic how he talks to all the greatest hero's and the last hero he talks to is Heracles the greatest of them all, it sets him back on foot to finally finished his nastos.
Homecoming
"Eurymachos, there is no more hope of my father’s ... homecoming. I believe no messages any more, even should there be one, nor pay attention to any prophecy, those times my mother calls some diviner into the house and asks him questions."
-Telemachus
Telemachus is finally growing into a adult and even though his father still isn't home he understands that Odysseus is on his nastos but he doesn't want the suitors to know. He is trying to keep his mother safe so he doesn't tell them the news Athena tells him. This shows us another them of lies and deceit.
-Telemachus
Telemachus is finally growing into a adult and even though his father still isn't home he understands that Odysseus is on his nastos but he doesn't want the suitors to know. He is trying to keep his mother safe so he doesn't tell them the news Athena tells him. This shows us another them of lies and deceit.
Suffering
"There is nothing worse for mortal men than the ... vagrant life, but still for the sake of the cursed stomach people endure hard sorrows, when roving and pain and grief befall them."
-Odysseus
Odysseus agrees that one of the worst kinds of suffering is hunger and I think its sad because today in our modern day there are about 13% of the world population that don't have enough food to eat each day to have a healthy life. Six million children have malnutrition and are starving. They them selves have to endure hard sorrows and pain, and what are we doing to fix it?
-Odysseus
Odysseus agrees that one of the worst kinds of suffering is hunger and I think its sad because today in our modern day there are about 13% of the world population that don't have enough food to eat each day to have a healthy life. Six million children have malnutrition and are starving. They them selves have to endure hard sorrows and pain, and what are we doing to fix it?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Sidetracks
Odysseus is on a epic journey to his native land. Along the way there are many sidetracks whether he is defeating a cyclops or watching his men go under the spell and turn into pigs. We can relate this to our own lives. We ourselves are on a odyssey. Between the transition of becoming the miner niner to finally grade 12 with new responsibilities and so to be our next step to university. I'm curious to see what our sidetracks will be and where they will take us.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
To infinity and beyond . . .
"Heros take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves."
- Carol Lynn Pearson
- Carol Lynn Pearson
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Midas Touch
Q. To understand happiness do you have to lose everything to gain everything?
A. King Midas lost true happiness by making a foolish wish "for everything my body touches change into gold". Yes gold and wealth makes you content but doesn’t support your true needs and won’t give you life long satisfaction. King Midas felt poor even with the magic touch and even though he lost everything he realized you want what you can not have and there are more things in life that are important then wealth and riches.
A. King Midas lost true happiness by making a foolish wish "for everything my body touches change into gold". Yes gold and wealth makes you content but doesn’t support your true needs and won’t give you life long satisfaction. King Midas felt poor even with the magic touch and even though he lost everything he realized you want what you can not have and there are more things in life that are important then wealth and riches.
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