Willa Cather's Broken Arrow Pride

“Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.” - Oliver Goldsmith

On April 11th, 2017 in the Louis Armstrong Theatre, I attended the GVSU “University Band”. This up-beat ensemble lasted about 90 minutes; the talented students of GVSU’s university band joined together to perform multiple different songs ranging from a Waltz to a Dixieland Jamboree. All of the songs that the band played for the audience were all well-known, popular songs that they all enjoyed. Having the opportunity to attend this concert has opened new musical paths for myself and has allowed me to enjoy and kindly critique something that I perhaps would have never had the chance to otherwise.

given another morning to live, there is only one end. And that end is death. Another great quote from the

The world as a classroom really speaks to me. Life is all about learning and moving onto the next big thing. Our whole life until we turn eighteen is focused on school, passing the tests, and succeeding. After that we go to college or go to work, we do not want to stay in that place for too long so then we focus on

“Life includes unforeseen incidents that prove critical to promote personal growth. Life rarely gives us what we want. We are lucky if life gives us what we need in order to fulfill the path that was in place at our birthing.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls. People will go through the journey of life. The life is not a destination but a journey. As people go through, they learn, experience, and gain. The journey of the life matters because the people can earn experiences and those experience makes people better.

The other band finished their song. The audience clapped, and hooted, and called out embarrassing pet names for their kids. We walked on stage and sat in our designated seats. The stage lights beating down on us were hot and I needed to squint to see. The audience was a collection of tiny dark specks I was looking out at past Brown’s wide yellow clad torso. Zoe had pulled the music stand in front of us into position, flipping through the pages in the folder and finding the song and the solo page. She handed the latter to me. I grabbed it hard, crinkling the side. And Brown began counting the tempo. Brendan stood and went over to the music stand. I would follow after twenty measures. We lifted our instruments into playing position, and I bit down hard into my mouthpiece. Brown was snapping his fingers softly and began to mouth the tempo. I let my foot fall into the rhythm of the

The wind tousled my hair around as I closed my eyes and took deep, shaky breaths. The faint sound of the crowd cheering upstage didn't help with my nerves, so, instead, I turned my ears to the delicate waves rolling up the beach. I opened my eyes and gazed out at the lake; now an open canvas for the golden sun which had began setting. Quietly, I plucked each string of my guitar- though I’d already tuned them several times. On the outside, I may have seemed ready, content, and excited; however, on the inside, no matter how tranquilizing the back stage scenery was, I was terrified to the core.

The way I see it,life is like a camera,focus on what's important,capture the good times,develop from the negatives,and if things don’t work out,take another shot.This quote means that life is full of surprises and opportunities,you should always put the things that are most important to you ahead,always live your life the way you wanted to,learn from your mistakes, and if things don’t seem so bright just learn from it and start anew.During my life I have had so many good times and also made many mistakes on the way but that won’t bring me down. Let’s take a moment to reflect on my life and what shaped me into becoming the smart and charming individual I am today.

”Life should be an exciting adventure. It should never be a bore. A man should live fully, be alive. He should be glad to get out of the bed in the morning. He should be doing a job that he likes because he does it well.”

That was my cue. I started to run out on stage like I was supposed to, but instead of seeing the bright stage lights and an audience of 1,933 expectant faces, all I could see was a blurr. All I could feel

Will’s experience teaches us that we should live our lives to the greatest potential before it’s too late. “You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” This quote represents the theme extremely well as it teaches the reader of how important it is for us to experience and accomplish as much as possible before we lose the opportunity to do so, and that if we waste our lives by doing the same thing everyday and never stepping out of our comfort zones we will regret it in years to come. In my opinion, this theme relates to people my age because we are young and able to achieve so much more than we actually do.

“It’s better to look back on life and say, ‘I can’t believe I did that’, than to look back and say, ‘I wish I did that’”. This quote was said anonymously by an individual who believed that people ought to pursue whatever it is in life that they are passionate about while maintaining immense joy. In order to move forward, sometimes people need to take a moment to reflect on just how far they have come to know what still needs to be accomplished. If I were to go visit a time in my past, it would be the time I went on a Carnival cruise for Passport to Discovery.

“Live life to the fullest because you only get to live once.” Life is full of ups and downs and it will not always be perfect but if you live life great and look at it optimistically then it will be great. Life goes fast and is some moments of it you blink and the memory is gone. We need to look at life like it is great and easy. Take high school for example as you live in it, it is horrible and sucks but if you ask other people they might miss it and the memories that it holds. We need to make sure we make the most out the times that we have in life. Four poems tell of each of their ways of looking at life. Sylvia Plath(1932-1963) lived and short and very unhappy life, she

Life is a complicated twist of suffering, laughing, and learning all merging to tell a great story - or great many stories. Based on this view, "it is not the end goal or outcome of life that gives life meaning but rather the quality of the story, the quality with which one lives out and develops his or her role."

Some people don't realize how simple, yet complicated life is, that the point of it is not to ‘lose or win or become successful', but to die knowing that you have lived your life to the maximum and get the satisfaction from that. That you have created and destroyed, that you lived and the sun shone on you, and most importantly, that you left a footprint behind you.