My Opinion
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Blog Response #1
Topic: What influence do others have on who we become?
We are shaped and formed right away from birth by our parents, by the time schooling starts playing its role we are already quite trained in our ways. The next important phase in our development is the teens; young adults are more influenced by the peers and world around them. Those who we do respect have a tremendous influence on who we become. While it is the schools job to educate you, it is the parent’s job to develop your character. We are also influenced by our friends and piers, and we are also hero worshipers to others who have inspired us. Our world cares about influence. We pay for it, fight for it, and study how to get more of it. Our world measures it, ranks it, and ascribes it to people for foolish reasons. But in our constant struggle to attain influence, we often miss out on one very important truth… We already have it. Each of us is already an influencer of others. In fact, to live is to influence. If our lives interact in any way with other people (at home, at work, on-line, or in our community), we have influence. We change lives. We affect people every single day with every word we say and every action we choose. In short, our lives already matter. “You don’t have to be a “person of influence” to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me.” – Scott Adams
Blog Response #2
Topic: What does it mean to “live well”?
I have to come to see the world as a place without a specific purpose. It is just a bunch of random happenings. Everything has come to be as it is, everything has been shaped into the time and place of "now" by the extremely unlikely occurrence of every other moment and event up until this point. We are all atoms, self-aware atoms that find ourselves alive and questioning. Because we can question, we have asked about purpose. But I think we must all find our
Blog Response #1
Topic: What influence do others have on who we become?
We are shaped and formed right away from birth by our parents, by the time schooling starts playing its role we are already quite trained in our ways. The next important phase in our development is the teens; young adults are more influenced by the peers and world around them. Those who we do respect have a tremendous influence on who we become. While it is the schools job to educate you, it is the parent’s job to develop your character. We are also influenced by our friends and piers, and we are also hero worshipers to others who have inspired us. Our world cares about influence. We pay for it, fight for it, and study how to get more of it. Our world measures it, ranks it, and ascribes it to people for foolish reasons. But in our constant struggle to attain influence, we often miss out on one very important truth… We already have it. Each of us is already an influencer of others. In fact, to live is to influence. If our lives interact in any way with other people (at home, at work, on-line, or in our community), we have influence. We change lives. We affect people every single day with every word we say and every action we choose. In short, our lives already matter. “You don’t have to be a “person of influence” to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me.” – Scott Adams
Blog Response #2
Topic: What does it mean to “live well”?
I have to come to see the world as a place without a specific purpose. It is just a bunch of random happenings. Everything has come to be as it is, everything has been shaped into the time and place of "now" by the extremely unlikely occurrence of every other moment and event up until this point. We are all atoms, self-aware atoms that find ourselves alive and questioning. Because we can question, we have asked about purpose. But I think we must all find our