Through the journey, a person can experience exciting, dangerous and challenging situations which creates opportunities for understand themselves as well as their surroundings. However all types of journeys should have an obstacle which must be overcome, and in doing so propels the person to complete the journey. These concepts are explored in Sally Morgan’s novel “My Places” where journey is depicted as a spiritual journey of self-discovery and Curt Hanson’s film “8 Mile” which delves into a white
goals are scored and tallied on a scoreboard, but important goals come from life-long struggle and perseverance ending with ultimate triumph. Zig Ziglar reveals, “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” I chose this quote because it made me realize I have overlooked who I have become in pursuit of my goals. I have learned to value the process to truly become a better person from reaching my goals. As Ziglar explains, the person one becomes
Inner Journey Assessment William F Buckley quoted “If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey most of us would never start at all”. This quote relates to journeys, specifically to inner journeys with the intention that many journeys are difficult and if individuals knew how difficult the journey was going to be, then most of us would not even commence the journey. A journey is simply a movement from one place to another. Physical journeys are gateways to inner journeys, which
How long a does a journey take? How long does one find themselves within the journey that they endure? Group Dynamics is a course that not only partners me with three other people but it also allows me to be part of a journey with them as well. A journey is not fun alone, it need many people to be with you on the journey. In my journey I encountered many people on the way in my life and it is those people that allowed me to fight through the problems. Every journey always going to have its problems
Debashish Mridha, an American physician, philosopher, poet, and author said, “Whatever happens in life happens to make you stronger. So fear not, accept it as a gift from the universe. Use the event to capture the essence of this journey we call life.” People get stronger from the journey not by reaching their destination. People should see that sometimes the journey is the best and most learning part of the trip not the destination. Everyone has a destinations that can include accomplishments, geographical
. My life can be described as action filled and interesting just like Joseph Campbell’s who was a scholar who studied mythology for many year and eventually came up with a concept for a hero and his journey, which states that all heroes come across many stages throughout their journey and each stage benefiting towards a reward. Although many of my moments have not been a heroic act or something worth being in the newspaper about, I have had some amazing times and journey throughout my 14 years and
The Epic Journey of Life Through all trials and tribulations of anyone 's life, there is one thing in common that every single one of us has: the journey we all take through life. Granted, it is never the same journey, but there is always a path that we follow down. Some of us believe in fate, where we believe that our path is already set out for us. There is also the group of people that believe you forge your path through life, and you make your own destiny. Personally, I have always believed
find my confidence and allowed me to love myself. This is my last year as an undergrad and I am will be applying to graduate school soon. The thought of this has been driving me crazy. I didn’t even see how much negative thoughts I had started to take in. These two books allowed me to not only be conscious of what I am doing and thinking but also provided me ways to improve the quality of life. This class was not only a spiritual journey but also has been an emotional and intellectual journey. Happiness
Brad Pitt once said, “You must lose everything in order to gain anything.” Stanly Early College was my dream when I was in the seventh grade. Though it was my dream, I didn’t know that going to it will make me lose aspects of my life. The journey coming and being here has changed me and made me realized what is more important. Being here has taken me on a different journey. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I applied for Stanly Early College. The future then was so vivid and still
is all,” is a quote by Willa Cather which to me means to not worry about destiny or how life will turn out in the end, but to enjoy the journey. I feel like most, if not all, people can relate to this quote through past experiences or even current obstacles being faced. I agree with Willa because in my opinion, it is more important to think about the steps that are needed to take to reach this end goal in life that everyone wants. It is best to have awareness focused on here and now. The quote is