Marny Kennedy Research Paper
A wise young woman named Marny Kennedy once taught me the utmost important lesson I'll ever learn, one that I will carry with me during my long journey as a human being. Marny taught me how to discover myself. She told me to find pieces of myself in my travels, and to leave a piece of my heart in return. She taught me how imperative it is to go on adventures and explore this vast and colorful world. I began my journey of exploration 45,000 feet in the air above the Atlantic Ocean.
There is no way for me to articulate the mesmerizing beauty of watching the sunrise from above the clouds. I brought a piece of the beauty with me. Our first two days in Germany were spent in Berlin. They don't tell you when you witness the Berlin Wall in person
for the first time that your mind is going to revive itself. The intricate murals and the symbolism of each will light a fire in your mind. I took a piece of that with me too. Literally, I took a stone from the Berlin Wall. Our last night in Berlin we got lost exploring the city, and made countless amounts of memories trying to find our way back. Two more days were spent in Munich, where I found a piece of myself while sitting in the center of town with my closest friends, eating Gelato and anticipating what is yet to come. There’s a castle in Germany, Neuschwanstein Castle, where you can hike to the top. When you get there, there is an entire view of the rural lands surrounding it. This breathtaking sight lives in the back of my mind. In Dresden there stands a bridge that overlooks the ancient city and shows its history with such admiration. On a dark and gloomy day, we visited a concentration camp. The history books do not present the level of morbidity of a concentration camp in a manor that provides the justice it deserves. When you walk into a room where fallen bodies had once lay, it changes you. I left a piece of my heart there at Dachau.
There is a small town outside of Rothenberg where there exists a park with a slide built into the side of a hill, and an inn that has been owned by a family for decades. This town symbolizes every bit of youth that I have left inside of me. I found numerous parts of myself in this tiny park on the rural side of Germany, sliding down the slide to our hearts content, forgetting for the time being any hardships existing back at home. One of the most vital aspects of traveling is going with the people who will bring out the best in you, and it was in this Inn that we all discovered parts of each other that we had not realize existed. It all started with cherry seeds being chucked off of balconies, and ended with the knighting of the “Prank War” losers. For hours on end, every facet of our youth came alive. I could have lived in this moment for the rest of my life. A part of my heart resides at this Inn.
Confucius once said, "Wherever you go, go with all of your heart." I approached Germany with the entirety of my heart and soul. The nine days I spent finding myself here, will forever live within me. I no longer contemplate this world with a simple mind; for with every experience I have, there exists an opportunity for me to find a piece of myself, and let my heart live in the memories.
There is no way for me to articulate the mesmerizing beauty of watching the sunrise from above the clouds. I brought a piece of the beauty with me. Our first two days in Germany were spent in Berlin. They don't tell you when you witness the Berlin Wall in person
for the first time that your mind is going to revive itself. The intricate murals and the symbolism of each will light a fire in your mind. I took a piece of that with me too. Literally, I took a stone from the Berlin Wall. Our last night in Berlin we got lost exploring the city, and made countless amounts of memories trying to find our way back. Two more days were spent in Munich, where I found a piece of myself while sitting in the center of town with my closest friends, eating Gelato and anticipating what is yet to come. There’s a castle in Germany, Neuschwanstein Castle, where you can hike to the top. When you get there, there is an entire view of the rural lands surrounding it. This breathtaking sight lives in the back of my mind. In Dresden there stands a bridge that overlooks the ancient city and shows its history with such admiration. On a dark and gloomy day, we visited a concentration camp. The history books do not present the level of morbidity of a concentration camp in a manor that provides the justice it deserves. When you walk into a room where fallen bodies had once lay, it changes you. I left a piece of my heart there at Dachau.
There is a small town outside of Rothenberg where there exists a park with a slide built into the side of a hill, and an inn that has been owned by a family for decades. This town symbolizes every bit of youth that I have left inside of me. I found numerous parts of myself in this tiny park on the rural side of Germany, sliding down the slide to our hearts content, forgetting for the time being any hardships existing back at home. One of the most vital aspects of traveling is going with the people who will bring out the best in you, and it was in this Inn that we all discovered parts of each other that we had not realize existed. It all started with cherry seeds being chucked off of balconies, and ended with the knighting of the “Prank War” losers. For hours on end, every facet of our youth came alive. I could have lived in this moment for the rest of my life. A part of my heart resides at this Inn.
Confucius once said, "Wherever you go, go with all of your heart." I approached Germany with the entirety of my heart and soul. The nine days I spent finding myself here, will forever live within me. I no longer contemplate this world with a simple mind; for with every experience I have, there exists an opportunity for me to find a piece of myself, and let my heart live in the memories.