Life with Metaphors

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Title Life with metaphors Life has metaphors that can be found in our actions, thoughts, and circumstances. Two metaphors that can be found in our lives when we experience situations can be compared to “turning over a new leaf” that has positive effects, and “digging your heels in” that has negative and positive effects from choices people make. Our beliefs help us live each day to handle decisions, goals, and responsibilities during any period of our lifetime. Our purpose in life is to use the "turning over a new leaf" and "digging our heels in" metaphors to be better people in all circumstances. The phrase “turning a new leaf over” is about making a radical change for the better in a person’s life and is significant because each word in this metaphor has a deeper meaning. The metaphor “turning a new leaf over” resembles the change of a position in a circumstance a person is in, like having a job a person dislikes and then takes a risk to leave the job. Then the external action he or she takes is applying for a job that the person believes and perceives as being the career choice that would suit him or her. A leaf has two sides, and one side is always visible to a person. While the other side can be hidden from our view or the other side of the leaf is partially seen. Leafs go through stages like people do in their life and changes continually appear. “Turning a new leaf over” has more to do with good qualities than negative qualities because a leaf turning over from a person’s previous circumstance illustrates growth and potential. The internal action of “turning a new leaf over” is if a person believes and perceives within who he or she is, and sees something that needs to change. For instance, a man is dealing with stress... ... middle of paper ... ...h metaphors that are found in our daily lives. They are inevitable because we are always provided opportunities to begin a new chapter in our lives or make decisions to stay in the same position of our lives. Unfortunately, the negative sides of “digging your heels in” can result to bad results because of the resistance a person makes against a better change. The positive sides of both metaphors are utilized for a better change in any circumstance in a person’s life, as he or she believe it will help handle decisions, goals, and responsibilities during any period of a person’s lifetime. Works Cited Lakoff, George. “Metaphor, Morality, and Politics.” Summer of 1995. From Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in its quarterly Social Research (Volume 62, no. 2). Webster's World of Cultural Issues. 25 July 2011 .

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