Reflecting On 'Getting To Tell Your Story'
Why is it that some people put so much effort into recording, reflecting on, and sharing their ideas with the world? Multiple people record their ideas and reflect on them for multiple reasons. When people reflect on their ideas, they are able to receive a deeper understanding of their own mind. If their ideas are written down somewhere, or spoken to someone else, the ideas have a chance to make a difference, and to reach the minds of other people. Reflecting and recording your experiences and thoughts can help a person find their self, to inspire others, and allows people to share their stories. Stories from around the world are based around how people find their inner self, some through writing, others through reflection, and mostly through
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This idea is introduced in the song “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story” written by Lin Manuel and performed by the original cast of Hamilton. After Hamilton has was shot in the chest, his wife is singing about how she feels after he has passed away. She is working to make sure that Hamilton is remembered, and she is “still not through” and asks herself “What would you [Hamilton] do if you had more time”. All of Hamilton's writings worked to help inspire Angelica to do more things in the community. While Hamilton was writing his ideas he was reflecting on what he was writing down. These writings, then went on to inspire Angelica and others. While Hamilton was alive, he helped inspire people to fight in the revolutionary war and to accept the new Constitution. Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, has Chris McCandless help inspire others through his writings. Right before McCandless goes into the Alaskan wilderness, he writes to his friend that “I know walk into the wild.”(Krakauer). McCandless's writing goes on to inspire people to be willing to take their first steps into the unknown. Once McCandless enters the wild, he starts to reflect on his life and the world around him. He writes these reflections in the margins of novels, while some were written in his diary. Chris's life has now become a story that people from all over the world know because of his views and because of the experiences that he
This idea is introduced in the song “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story” written by Lin Manuel and performed by the original cast of Hamilton. After Hamilton has was shot in the chest, his wife is singing about how she feels after he has passed away. She is working to make sure that Hamilton is remembered, and she is “still not through” and asks herself “What would you [Hamilton] do if you had more time”. All of Hamilton's writings worked to help inspire Angelica to do more things in the community. While Hamilton was writing his ideas he was reflecting on what he was writing down. These writings, then went on to inspire Angelica and others. While Hamilton was alive, he helped inspire people to fight in the revolutionary war and to accept the new Constitution. Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, has Chris McCandless help inspire others through his writings. Right before McCandless goes into the Alaskan wilderness, he writes to his friend that “I know walk into the wild.”(Krakauer). McCandless's writing goes on to inspire people to be willing to take their first steps into the unknown. Once McCandless enters the wild, he starts to reflect on his life and the world around him. He writes these reflections in the margins of novels, while some were written in his diary. Chris's life has now become a story that people from all over the world know because of his views and because of the experiences that he