Week 1 Blog

Throughout my life time I have experienced many insights on many different things. A lot of which have changed my life for the better. One in particular I'll never forget was when I once had a good friend who was really intelligent, got straight A's his whole life up until his senior year of high school. Who was taking advanced placement courses, and was going to graduate number one in the class, and had schools such as Yale and Harvard looking at him. That summer before our senior year however he experimented with drugs. I never really believed all those things adults used to tell us about drugs when we were kids, until I really saw my friend go from being ultra-intelligent to just not giving a damn about his education at all. This changed me because it motivated me to keep my distance from drugs that he consumed and other people who consumed them as well. I have encountered many insights similar to this by knowing people who were arrested and others who went to rehab, but I must say this was the most extreme case in my eyes. I guess if I were to relate this insight to a character I would say the character of Sarah Goldfarber in the film "Requiem for a Dream" by Darren Aronofsky, because both my friend and she had high dreams of success that were shattered from consumption of drugs. I find that sometimes it is better for people to see others make mistakes in their lives then to make those mistakes themselves. It's a lot less painful that way, which is why I usually tend to stand by and observe others. I find that observation has been the ultimate insight in my life. Everyone makes mistakes; some can be downright horrible and often at times unforgivable to some. Sometimes we misinterpret the fact that all mistakes whether our personal individual ones or others, must be embraced to be learned from. This is why it is often said that anyone can forgive a mistake that has been made but forgetting can be nearly impossible. Within every mistake one makes there is new found knowledge of how to avoid it in each and every individual . It usually depends on the power of the mistake made, if that power was so strong to where it was considered a crisis in one’s life it might be difficult for the person who initiated the mistake to be forgiven. For example, someone who purposely killed another’s beloved family member might have trouble forgiving their family members killer.  A good example of a crisis that could be forgiven would be if a guy’s girlfriend cheats on him with his best friend. This of course would be devastating to anyone in a relationship, but can it be forgiven in time. I personally believe so because though it is a terrible thing to come across, it can be resolved in time. All insights can be given by crisis experienced.