Imagine waking up and knowing that you are going to die. What is the first thing that you would do? With most people, they would not just wait for it to happen, they would get out and do something about it. It could be as big as finding the cure for the disease or as small as making friends with some unknown neighbors or paying for the groceries for the person behind them. The lesson about cherishing things in life is in almost kind of source that can be thought of. Books, artwork, biblical stories, poetry, songs, photography and articles can all contian this life lesson.
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“These pleasures are forgotten or ignored. I will be the first to admit that I take a lot for granted, even after experiencing cancer myself. After reading Michael’s book, I vowed to change that. It certainly won’t happen overnight, but I will do it in small steps so I do it right.” (1875)
Artwork is one of the ways that the theme about treasuring things in life can be conveyed in. An example of a piece of Artwork like this is one right here . The reason that this picture is an example of cherishing things is not only because of what it says but what the meaning behind each of the things incorporated into it. “Cherish the Light Not Darkness” (Bach, Elizabeth. Cherish the Light Not Darkness. 2014.) means that people should not be focusing on the terrible things in life or the things that darken their mood. They should instead focus on the joyful things in life that lighten their mood up. The yellow orb symbolizes the light or joys a person has. Since you cannot see into the light, this could mean that the inside of the light can be anything that any kind of person would like such as kittens, sports, games and maybe even darkness if that is what a person ...
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...le things in everyday life. It can be almost anything as long as the person does not take doing any of those things for granted. So life should be enjoyed for all the wonders it has since it can vanish in an instant.
Works Cited
Bach, Elizabeth. Cherish the Light Not Darkness. 2014. Pencil on paper.
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Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
“His life was not confining and the delight he took in this observation could not be explained.” (Cheever 216) He had a perfect family, high social status and very few problems in his life, or so he thought. His life is so wonderful that anything objectionable is repressed. Not until he takes the “journey” into realization, where he learns through others that his life has fallen apart.
Hope-an illusion. Hope-something to be seen but never achieved. Hope-something to look forward to, never a reality. Reality comes from action, not wishes. Hope-a thing with feathers, flighty, beautiful, unreal. In both “Hope is the thing with feathers”, by Emily Dickinson, and Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, hope is portrayed as keeping up one’s spirit, and welcome when times are grueling, and sounding promising but not always making sense. Curley’s wife dreams of being a movie star, and this keeps her married, if unhappily, to Curley, but her dream is actually a delusion, and while promising much, never actually delivers. George and Lennie are sustained throughout their troubles by their dream of a farm and escape from the migrant worker’s life, and while it could have happened, Lennie kills Curley’s wife, thus making their dream impossible. The poem describes hope as a tangible thing that is constant in the soul, and attracts people to it, but isn’t based on reason.
Life is short and it is up to you to make the most out of it. The most important lesson that everyone should follow and apply to everyday life is “never give up”. In the novel, “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines, the important lesson can be shown in the characters Jefferson, Miss Emma and Grant Wiggins.
Robert Fulghum’s book covers elementary life lessons that can hold an immeasurably deeper meaning. The line, “Putting things back where you found them,” teaches one to not take from someone else. “Play and work some every day,” shows us that, to live a balanced life, rest and play are necessary and not just excuses not to work. “Hold hands and stick together,” teaches our nation to stand and argue for our beliefs and opinions. This lessons this book covers could make the world we live in a better place, we just need to remember
Dickinson’s Christian education affected her profoundly, and her desire for a human intuitive faith motivates and enlivens her poetry. Yet what she has faith in tends to be left undefined because she assumes that it is unknowable. There are many unknown subjects in her poetry among them: Death and the afterlife, God, nature, artistic and poetic inspiration, one’s own mind, and other human beings.
In conclusion, humankind is blessed with life as God created it. One must reflect on their actions throughout life because one will be judged by God in the next life, one must see the importance of gasping liberation, and one must have a loving and open heart when helping the poor. Life should be lived to its fullest because once time is lost, it cannot be regained; life needs to be appreciated.
Emily Dickinson and John Greenleaf Whittier were both exuberantly creative writers. Dickinson’s Hope is a thing with feathers and Whittier’s Snowbound prove that fact. Both writers were very strategic in how and what they wrote and it is because of that, that they are two of the greatest writers in early America. Dickinson and Whittier used vivid imagery to tap into a person’s senses and to help a person truly feel as if they were in a poem. Both Dickinson in her Hope is a thing with feathers and Whittier’s Snowbound both used imagery to a great extent.
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The lessons are numerous and range from trivial to profound, but there’s one that's had the most impact on my life. Fortunately, I was born into a unconditionally loving family with good health and parents that I feel comfortable talking to under almost any circumstance. Until I got to really know my friends, I was aware that not everybody’s lives were like this but never really understood what a life without those privileges was like. But then my perspective changed when I found out that a couple of my friends have terrible relationships with their parents and suffer from depression and anxiety. Another one of my friends suffers from chronic migraines and has been hospitalized three times in the past year. All of my friends are incredible individuals, and knowing in detail of what they withstand on a daily basis has made me more empathetic to the people around me. I think we all forget sometimes that other people are people, we subconsciously go into this state of mind thinking we’re the center of the whole world. But in actuality, that is not the case; everyone else has their own unique lives and issues they’re dealing with. So what I’ve learned by knowing of my friends’ distinctive stories is just to be more cognizant of others. It's difficult to have that state of mind all the time, but in doing so I have better relationships with
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Dickinson does not show death as an eventful thing. Rather, she invests in the image of it being a normal occurrence, even so insignificant that a fly can break up the smooth transition from life to death. This is a small glimpse into the world of Emily Dickinson and her marvelous