Online Journal Entry 20

"Normality is a fine ideal for those who have no imagination." - Carl Jung

Consider the above quotation. What does it mean to you? How does it relate to the ideas of the Romantics and Transcendentalists whom we have been discussing in class? What about you? Do you, as Thoreau suggested, hear the beat of a different drummer? Should you?

Online Journal Entry #19

“I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.” ~Richard Bach
Ahh, Valentine's Day--that special day for everyone to think about true love--whether they want to or not! :) You may or may not have a special person in your life right now, but you can always think about what it is you are looking for in that person. Are you looking for someone who is just like you? Opposite of you? What characteristics are you looking for in the one you love? Ziglar said, “You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have.” So, what qualities are most important to you? Think about it!
"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out. ~Roy Croft

A Must Read!!

Hey, this just went too perfectly with our last few journal entries. You just gotta love Bill Watterson!

Online Journal Entry 18

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter." ~Confucius

Since we've been so greatly appreciating the wisdom--and vocabulary--of Mark Twain in class lately, let's look at one of his famous epigrams [brief, clever, memorable statement]:

"NOTHING SO NEEDS REFORMING AS OTHER PEOPLE'S HABITS."

Why do you think this is so? Why do we look to correct the small irritating habits in others and fail to reflect upon our own? What is it we are trying not to see?