Hello!
It’s not a
secret the older you are the clever, wiser and more experienced you are. In my
opinion, the reading is one of the hobbies which you can appreciate when you
get older. Why? Because you can see hiding ideas, you can change your mind
about some things. The main thing is you are capable of reflecting. What about
you? Why do you like reading (Sure, if you like…)? As for me, I like to find
interesting ideas and author’s suppositions, reflections which make me think
and compare with my own thoughts, with my real life and my real actions. That’s
why I want to present you some sentences from the book which seem readable.“I’ve learned to get really good at this—say one thing when I’m thinking about something else, act like I’m listening when I’m not, pretend to be calm and happy when really I’m freaking out. It’s one of the skills you perfect as you get older.”
Can you
agree with this? I can. The characters of the book live
in an authoritarian society. They hide their real feelings because they are controlled in everything by the
government. They are afraid of pronouncing words like love, sympathizer because
they will be punished for that. (“You have to learn that people are always
listening”). I think this statement is partly true. Sometimes we say something but actually we don’t
think so. Maybe we don’t want to offend a person, maybe we are afraid of being misunderstood
etc. Sometimes we are listening but not hear. We try to be patient and calm
for anybody else (maybe because we want to support this person) but actually we are "freaking out”. Anyway, we try that our behavior, our actions agree with our
moral values. It’s our target.
“It’s so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it’s taking forever to come. Then it happens and it’s over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed”.
Indeed,
sometimes we ask yourself why it happens the way but not another. When you have
a burning desire (it might be weekends, first love, date, New Year, holidays, an
important meeting etc) you can’t wait when this day will come. It happens and
then finishes. When we recall these events, all we think about that it
went so fast. Everyone had a dream to get a chance or an opportunity
to repeat something or correct. It would be price
With best
wishes,
Kate
Maybe if we had an opportunity to repeat something or correct, we would be more irresponsible. It would be like - "I don't care, anyway I have a chance to change it." What do you think Kate?
ОтветитьУдалитьIndeed, it's one side of this question. Sure, you are right, we wouldn't appreciate the moment so much. On the other hand, nothing will change first impression and if we were given a chance to live some event again, we would compare it with the previous and the impression wouldn't be so "wow". However, what about déjà vu? Maybe the second chance exists but we don't know about it. It's a philosophic thought, isn't it? :)
ОтветитьУдалитьHmm... It's definetly a pilosophic thought) Next time when I have deja vu I will think of your words and maybe I will do something differently)
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