A Reflection About Life For A Moment

This experience led me to understand how every challenge faced in life is a new opportunity. There are not only risks, but also rewards; because of this, it is essential to maximize one’s knowledge of every situation, and to be flexible in times of change. I have encountered countless obstacles in my life, yet it is how I dealt with these obstacles that made me into the person that I am today. In time, I have learned not to let challenges distract me from achieving the goals I set for myself. The last few years have taught me that through the most difficult times, I hold the power to change my course in

We all believe that nothing bad will ever happen to us. But the reality is that we all go through traumatic events in our lives, losing loved ones, national crisis, or even something as small as failing a class. Even though these things are in our past, we can't change them, but there is one thing we can change. The perspective, what we take from the event. One can either sulk and only look at the negative or seek to find what oneself has learned from the event.

Looking back throughout my life, I have been through many obstacles changing my views on success. The death of my parents at a young age significantly altered my outlook. I’ve learned that life doesn't always go as planned, but it is up to yourself to make something out of your hardships.

Sitting on my bed as I put lotion on, legs swinging, head swaying, as I listen to the sounds coming from the boom box. He walks in and rubs my hair, I looked up and smiled with my mind at peace, not knowing that my life will be changed forever. Paul Boese once said, “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it enlarges the future.” It took me some time to understand Mr. Boese; when I became a mature adult, I realized he was saying a lot with just a few words. Forgiveness helps your trust, attitude, and furthermore your entire outlook on life. I wish I could take back the day it all first started but I have moved on while still forgiving.

When reflecting on our lives it is clear to see how different circumstances have molded us into the person that we are today. While we may not understand at the time why this event may happen to us, it is a part of our growth. Dealing with pain that wants to consume everything that makes us unique, we have to find the strength from within to deal with it. Taking a sociology class helps an individual to have a better understanding of what they have been through and why it might have happen to them. Social class, race and gender play a part in the experiences that someone has to deal with throughout their life. In this paper, I am going to reflect on how these three different status have affected my growth and understanding as a person.

“The Bible doesn’t teach you to follow rules. It is a picture of Jesus. While words may tell you what God is like and even what he may want from you, you cannot do any of it on your own. Life and living are in him and in no other. My goodness, you didn’t think you could live the righteousness of God on your own, did you? (Page 199/201) “It is true that relationships are a whole a lot messier than rules, but rules will never give you answers to the deep questions of the heart, and they will never love you.” (page 201)

Through my whole life I had always been told college was going to be hard. I kept that in mind while choosing classes. I came across women’s studies and instantly thought I knew so much about it that I could take that class and easily do well. I registered for the class and then thought about how the class really had nothing to do with my major. We were probably just going to talk about the history of the women’s rights movements and feminism. I thought about dropping the class seeing as there was really no way to apply the class to an astronomy degree. Now that we are almost done with the semester I realize that this class is interdisciplinary. It does not directly apply to my major, but it applies to my life. I have come to realize things that I have seen in the world and how much it impacts myself and the people around me. This class has had such a positive impact on my life in changing the way I think talk and act in and out of the classroom. I related my life to many topics that we covered in class. From talking about media image to sexual violence and then tying everything to larger issues, the class has covered a plethora of topics that I encounter in everyday life.

I’ll say right off the bat; this course was definitely more than just a history lesson for me. I was the sojourner exploring ideas from the past, learning how history trickles down into the present and future. If I had to do it over again, I would pay more attention to the legends, folktales, and out of class readings that were discussed since they are so rich in life and human nature. Learning about how the different cultures lived reiterated the lessons of the struggle for survival. Heretofore, I was too naïve by expecting this to be a boring history class. The truth is, I ended up learning much about life in the end. If a mind is open to finding some sort of insight when learning, chances are you will probably find what you are looking for.

In this course, I was able to identify a number of different things I was unsure of before the class. I now have an idea of what pathway I should take (the one best suited for me), and how long this may take me to carry out. Through this course I was able to discover where I see myself in five, ten, fifth teen and even twenty years time.

Reflecting on my life now, I have noticed certain values that I would like to maintain in five years as I continue to grow as a person. My interpretation of growth includes challenging myself in various ways from now and onward in order to ensure that I continuously adapt to my environment in a positive manner. Positive growth should be made as any individual goes through the stages of life. One’s values, goals, health, a social standpoint, aesthetic, and effort to engage in service may change over a period of five years as a result of positive growth. I hope to maintain and alter certain aspects in my life as I grow from a young adult into an older adult engaging in the higher standards of society.

Not far from Braintree, on the island of Nantucket, is where I grew up. Being a resident of a small island, there was only so much to do and see. Consequently, numbers of things like music, books, films, and television fostered a tremendous impact on my interests and activities. When it came time to begin our twelve year long journey through an educational system, my parents decided to move. We found ourselves in Braintree, a town much different from what my brother Jake and I had known all of our lives.

I have not only learned things throughout the course of, “Christ, Culture, and the University,” but I have truly soaked up the lectures so that I can apply everything to my daily life. This course has been such an eye opener in my life, I remember coming into this course not knowing exactly what it was and being confused as to why I was even put into it. Over the weeks spent coming to class, I finally figured out what the course meant to me. This was a course that was devoted to me, to figure out who I am and what my beliefs are. I believe that this course was set in place to not only figure out what I truly believe, but it was to help me grow and learn more about my religion and others. Throughout this course, I was able to figure out my

I think my life does reflect my values. I really believe in helping others, helping around the community, and giving back to those in the community. In my life I’m always looking for ways to better myself and make an impact on those around me, which I do all of those things every chance I get. I love to help out around the community by helping out at elementary schools when I have free time; when I’m not working, not participating in extracurricular activities, and not doing family related things. I definitely think my life reflects my values.

Everyone wants to believe that life is like a fairy tale that nothing bad will ever happen to us or our family, we want to believe that we will live happily ever after in the end. Maybe there is one lucky person out there whose life is a fairy tale. But, most of us deal with issues in our lives that we have to deal with every day of our lives.

I would like to think that through all trails and heartache I will always point my focus toward God, but I do not know what my future holds. No matter what is happening I want to understand that I have a friend, someone on my side, who wishes that I succeed and already has planned my life. Still, I always worry that when my life is no longer in a state of ease and only academic stress plagues my mind, I won’t find the same sunlit joy and steadfast love in God that I do when my life has minimal disturbance. While I have toyed with both physical and mental struggle in my past, and brushed the clutches of this world’s grasp, I look back at those days and think of them as blessings, as they brought me to a better understanding of, and more