I find so much joy in the natural world and am so thankful that I have the time, ability, and resources to begin to understand more about the world we live in. As nerdy as it sounds, I love reading my environmental science textbook. There is so much to learn and I love being able to do so. There are few things I love more than to hunker down in my favorite corner of the library and read. The freedom to learn and ascertain knowledge is so precious and I am so blessed to live in a country that allows it, and come from a family that supports it. I am grateful for her ability to judge when to speak and when to just be silent, when to hug, and when to let me be on my own. My best friend can make my day she knows exactly what to do to make me happy. I do not know what I would do without their constant love and support. I have the most amazing friends all over the country. My brother is such a blessing through his child-like love and compassion, though he is a 16 year old boy he has such a good heart. I am thankful for my crazy sister each and everyday, I am thankful for the laughter she brings me. I am so grateful for my Father he works so hard to allow me to attend such a wonderful university. Her phone calls are always about hearing what’s going on with me, she has always selflessly put her children as her priority. I am so blessed to have a Mother that cares me enough to want to know everything. For all the love they so effortlessly show me everyday. But, what truly makes me happy is stopping and reflecting back on all the things that I am so thankful for in my life: It is so easy to become wrapped up in the business of school, work, relationships, and commitments. My mother always told me as a young girl, “a thankful heart is a happy heart.” As I’ve grown up and experienced much more of life, this phrase has become one of my montras.
Happiness should be a personal emotion, one that needs no explanation or portrayal because in it’s essence it is powerful enough. It is sad to think that the youth of our society are dependent on social media to prove their happiness, when in actuality it needs no proving at all.
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Some children don’t even know how to experience life with the absence of facebook. I believe that this is detrimental for society because it has made our youth less socially capable due to their obsession with the internet. Facebook has taken away from beautiful the simplicity of human interaction and replaced it with a complicated competition of “life portrayal”, or how happy they look on the internet. I find it hard to believe that people are able to have a wonderful time hanging out when they are constantly posting photos about it or a status with any funny comment. Regular status updates and a consistent flow of photos defines a “good” facebook user. The development of facebook has created an online culture that requires a level of impressiveness to succeed on. Many individuals are more concerned with posting photos about how amazing their life is, than actually focusing on experiencing their life to the fullest in every moment. With the invention of facebook, instagram, and twitter the concept of happiness has become more of a point to prove than an actual emotion to experience. In today’s society it isn’t enough to just be happy anymore, you have to appear happy to the masses for it to really count. I now perceive blogging as a unique and beautiful art form, one that takes time, effort, and creativity in order to be successful. Though I don’t see myself continuing on seriously with my blog I definitely have a newfound respect for the courage that it takes for bloggers to post their thoughts and opinions on the web everyday. This said, blogging has created a space where I feel that my writing is significant and therefore I thoughtfully consider how I express myself through text and images.Īll in all, I’m glad that I’ve had the experience to learn what it’s like to blog. I like to share my opinions with my readers because in a sense it makes me feel like what I say is meaningful considering it will be up on the internet for all the world to see. While audience is a very important entity to consider, I think that my blogging experience has proved to be much more personal than my simple consideration of my diction and how that relates to my readers.
However, as time has progressed I have found myself beginning to enjoy sharing my thoughts and ideas with my readers (though few). I have always prided myself on being a young adult that is not obsessed with social media, or the concept of upholding an “online life.” Therefore, the idea of maintaining a blog for a semester pained me. Though I never imagined myself keeping a blog, the experience of doing so has been interesting and in some ways, fulfilling.
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