Greifen nach - to reach for, to grasp at
I'm sure that greifen nach is a purely physical meaning, but I like it figuratively better. Everyone on our planet has dreams, from the little child startving in africa to the politian living on beacon hill. I know not everyone's dream or goal is the same, but there are obsticals that we have to get through, and not everyone has the same type of hurdles that they have to jump thrgouh.
I made this analogy once, yesterday, actually and i want to use it again becuase I thought it was very profound. Life is like riding a bike, a bike that has alot of gears, lets say 7. When you are on flat ground, you have no real challenges and you put yourself at cruising speed, at gear 7. But everyonce in a while, you have to change gears. You change gears when you are at a hill, something that is in your way, something that challenges you.
If you go up this hill on the same gear, gear 7, you will have a hard time making it to the top. The top of this hill is where you want to get to. If you remain on gear 7 you will need more force, and more stregth and will have to wrk harder to get to the top, and if you stop peddeling you will fall down, and will have to start all over again. (If you ever tried riding a bike up hill you will know what I'm talking about).
Everyone wants to reach the top of their hill, because they know that on the other side, there is a downhill slope that will prove to be easy riding. Whatever your hill is, I pray that you overcome it, and that you will get to the top, and be rewarded for your hard hard work. Reach for you dreams, never let them be deffered.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
sich aus sehen
This is one of my deeper post, so if you are looking for Vin Diesel there's always Youtube.
Sich aus sehen- to seem, to appear (outward)
Things dont always appear as they are, a very over used phrase. A clische as they call it. Appeareances are they way we define ourselves as human beings, we buy diffrent clothing, listen to diffrent music, change our personalities in hopes that we may be pleasing for others to see, to be around. The guises that we put on every morning as we prepare ourselves for the day, prepare ourselves to confront our co-workers, our friends, are the things that we hide behind, so that other may find us fun, energetic; it makes us look like great people.
Through my career at BLS i have found that every student in our school has many different faces. For every class, every teacher, we have a different mask to show, to please them, to get a good grade. Sometimes I wonder if I too have been in the maskqueraide, changing my faces to accomodate my surroundings. Some praise us for our ability to change ourselves to mold into the circumstances we are handed, and our ablility to not only adapt but to strive. Many say it is wrong to compromise your own beliefs to climb the ladder of success, but we do it anyway.
Beethoven, the great musical composer, perhaps the greatest of all time, once placed a mask over his face as well. He did it by nessecity, he needed money, and people payed him to create, and they wanted him to create what they wanted to see, to hear. We students, however have no need to do such a thing, we should not be afraid to declare our voices! We should not mold to what the world wants! The world cannot give us anything that is worth our right to express myself freely, you can think what you want of me but i will not conform to what the world wants.
What do we lose when we act? When we would do anything to get a small reward? What do we compromise?
I feel that we are blessed to have such a great place where we have the right to express ourselves, but nontheless, I feel that many times, our freedom to express, our 1st amendment rights can get us into trouble. As you know, there are 6 billiion people living on our great planet, each with their own brains, and own opinions, not everyone is going to agree. And when people strongly disagree, they tend to have a quarrell and if the quarrell is not resolved then we have tension and bad blood.
You are bound to find someone that is going to disagree with you; on anything from polatics to how you go about your everyday life. Many times we have conflicts with people that are not in agreemnt with us, some are small and some are large. Most people I know avoid confrontations as much as possible, some fight for what they believe in. (Don't get me wrong they are not opposites) But some people would compromise what they believe in to avoid conflict, to avoid losing a friend.
I don't know which one is right, but it all comes down to appearences, how people think of you. When you have a facade on, people do not see the real you, they do not know how you feel or what you think. When people say things that i dont agree with, I disagree with them. Many times it is a friend or family member, but the key is that i have no guise on, i let them know how i feel and what I think, and if they can't accept who I am, then maybe perhaps we never really were friends. Fourtunatlly, all if not most do understand, and accept me as I am.
However, if you hide yourself behind a false image of who you are, people have accepted your disguise as their friend, it will be much harder for them to accept you when you "show you true colors".
Going back to my previouse point, I feel like BLS students, and people in general do try to please other a bit too much, but I feel that we should not do so for our own benefit, but we should do so because we really want to. We must remove all our hardware and show our skin. You might be suprised by what you look like.
Sich aus sehen- to seem, to appear (outward)
Things dont always appear as they are, a very over used phrase. A clische as they call it. Appeareances are they way we define ourselves as human beings, we buy diffrent clothing, listen to diffrent music, change our personalities in hopes that we may be pleasing for others to see, to be around. The guises that we put on every morning as we prepare ourselves for the day, prepare ourselves to confront our co-workers, our friends, are the things that we hide behind, so that other may find us fun, energetic; it makes us look like great people.
Through my career at BLS i have found that every student in our school has many different faces. For every class, every teacher, we have a different mask to show, to please them, to get a good grade. Sometimes I wonder if I too have been in the maskqueraide, changing my faces to accomodate my surroundings. Some praise us for our ability to change ourselves to mold into the circumstances we are handed, and our ablility to not only adapt but to strive. Many say it is wrong to compromise your own beliefs to climb the ladder of success, but we do it anyway.
Beethoven, the great musical composer, perhaps the greatest of all time, once placed a mask over his face as well. He did it by nessecity, he needed money, and people payed him to create, and they wanted him to create what they wanted to see, to hear. We students, however have no need to do such a thing, we should not be afraid to declare our voices! We should not mold to what the world wants! The world cannot give us anything that is worth our right to express myself freely, you can think what you want of me but i will not conform to what the world wants.
What do we lose when we act? When we would do anything to get a small reward? What do we compromise?
I feel that we are blessed to have such a great place where we have the right to express ourselves, but nontheless, I feel that many times, our freedom to express, our 1st amendment rights can get us into trouble. As you know, there are 6 billiion people living on our great planet, each with their own brains, and own opinions, not everyone is going to agree. And when people strongly disagree, they tend to have a quarrell and if the quarrell is not resolved then we have tension and bad blood.
You are bound to find someone that is going to disagree with you; on anything from polatics to how you go about your everyday life. Many times we have conflicts with people that are not in agreemnt with us, some are small and some are large. Most people I know avoid confrontations as much as possible, some fight for what they believe in. (Don't get me wrong they are not opposites) But some people would compromise what they believe in to avoid conflict, to avoid losing a friend.
I don't know which one is right, but it all comes down to appearences, how people think of you. When you have a facade on, people do not see the real you, they do not know how you feel or what you think. When people say things that i dont agree with, I disagree with them. Many times it is a friend or family member, but the key is that i have no guise on, i let them know how i feel and what I think, and if they can't accept who I am, then maybe perhaps we never really were friends. Fourtunatlly, all if not most do understand, and accept me as I am.
However, if you hide yourself behind a false image of who you are, people have accepted your disguise as their friend, it will be much harder for them to accept you when you "show you true colors".
Going back to my previouse point, I feel like BLS students, and people in general do try to please other a bit too much, but I feel that we should not do so for our own benefit, but we should do so because we really want to. We must remove all our hardware and show our skin. You might be suprised by what you look like.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
November 13th
14 years ago today was November 13th 1994, and i was in preschool, waiting for my mom to pick me up. However that doesnt matter at all. I just want to say that i feel like I have a great group of friends and family. I feel very blessed for all of you even those of you that i have yet to meet. Sometimes, I tihnk i would have lost it all if you guys werent there. LIke my marbles I mean. Probalbly over half of you will never read this blog and find out put nevertheless I just wanted to put that out there, and thank God for everything that He has given me.
I went to sleep at 8 30 yesterday, i'm sure all of you think i am crazy for doing that. But in fact, i was really tired, and I really wanted to get some rest because i could find nothing else to do.
I submtted my application to Quinnipiac U on tuesday, hopefully it wont be too late. I really hope i get into all my schools, so they will have ot fight over me that would be pretty awsome. But now i have to PEE so im gonna end it here with a few notes.
NOTE* Eagle eye is a scary movie because it could actually happen
Note** The Mist has to be on of the best movies i have seen
I went to sleep at 8 30 yesterday, i'm sure all of you think i am crazy for doing that. But in fact, i was really tired, and I really wanted to get some rest because i could find nothing else to do.
I submtted my application to Quinnipiac U on tuesday, hopefully it wont be too late. I really hope i get into all my schools, so they will have ot fight over me that would be pretty awsome. But now i have to PEE so im gonna end it here with a few notes.
NOTE* Eagle eye is a scary movie because it could actually happen
Note** The Mist has to be on of the best movies i have seen
Saturday, November 1, 2008
I have no rants today nor am i too excited for anything. For those of you who care Yi Jianlian got 17 points on opening night, and the nets are playing at home tonight against the warriors. In other news yesterday was halloween. Like usual i didnt really do too mcuh, except goto school and laught at people's redicoulous costumes, Paul Kriener came in with a bath robe and nothing else on. That was pretty awsome. College Application process has slowed down a bit but i'm sure it will pick up again soon.
O and incase you guys were wondering the reason why i put my name is... stnaley was because of the Eminem song, i never really listend to it before but i like singing to it. It's pretty fun. Speaking of songs that are fun to sing to here is a list i have:
1. Temperature - Sean Paul
2. Lose Yourself - Eminem
3. Cry Holy - Sonicflood
4. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
5. Someday - Flypside
Yesterday, at teens, we didnt break any records for attendence. The combinations of factors made it so that people just didnt show. Halloween, SAT's and other stuff. I hope that all of you who took SAT's today didnt stress out too much over studying. I know some people that fretted so much that they collapsed. Never hit that level, it's not the end of the world, comon.
My mom has been bugging me about how i dont study agian, usually i just tell her that i will, and that she should stop bugging me. She only means well, but it does get annoying sometimes, espescially when i do study. So this term (term 1) in school i know i have approbation (honor Roll) and i just could stand it when my mom told me that i wasnt studying. I was like ummhhhmmm, like in agreement, i was thinking, she's gonna be so happy when she see's my report card. It would be my forst honor roll since 3rd grade. To be honest i think AP classes are easier, i am not saying that my classes specifically are easier, but i am saying taht i feel like i have a motivation to actually do well, like "O they think i can do it, and i know i can do it, and i want to do well, because i believ in myself" When they put me in the "dumb" classes i felt dumb, and ifelt taht i couldnt be any better, but now i feel better and i think i want to do well. It's hard to explain, easier in person i think.
Alright I just wanted to end by saying i feel bad for any sixies that got rushed, i hope you didnt get too scared, or mad at the people who rushed you. They just wanted to have some fun.
Today- clean the room,basketball, do some homework
Tomorrow - Wake up, church, broomball, shep meeting, home for sleep??
Monday - Back to school
I wonder if anybody reads this blog, yo if you read it leave one cause that'd be cool
O and incase you guys were wondering the reason why i put my name is... stnaley was because of the Eminem song, i never really listend to it before but i like singing to it. It's pretty fun. Speaking of songs that are fun to sing to here is a list i have:
1. Temperature - Sean Paul
2. Lose Yourself - Eminem
3. Cry Holy - Sonicflood
4. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
5. Someday - Flypside
Yesterday, at teens, we didnt break any records for attendence. The combinations of factors made it so that people just didnt show. Halloween, SAT's and other stuff. I hope that all of you who took SAT's today didnt stress out too much over studying. I know some people that fretted so much that they collapsed. Never hit that level, it's not the end of the world, comon.
My mom has been bugging me about how i dont study agian, usually i just tell her that i will, and that she should stop bugging me. She only means well, but it does get annoying sometimes, espescially when i do study. So this term (term 1) in school i know i have approbation (honor Roll) and i just could stand it when my mom told me that i wasnt studying. I was like ummhhhmmm, like in agreement, i was thinking, she's gonna be so happy when she see's my report card. It would be my forst honor roll since 3rd grade. To be honest i think AP classes are easier, i am not saying that my classes specifically are easier, but i am saying taht i feel like i have a motivation to actually do well, like "O they think i can do it, and i know i can do it, and i want to do well, because i believ in myself" When they put me in the "dumb" classes i felt dumb, and ifelt taht i couldnt be any better, but now i feel better and i think i want to do well. It's hard to explain, easier in person i think.
Alright I just wanted to end by saying i feel bad for any sixies that got rushed, i hope you didnt get too scared, or mad at the people who rushed you. They just wanted to have some fun.
Today- clean the room,basketball, do some homework
Tomorrow - Wake up, church, broomball, shep meeting, home for sleep??
Monday - Back to school
I wonder if anybody reads this blog, yo if you read it leave one cause that'd be cool
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