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Thursday, April 7, 2011

A Learned Man Came to Me at Once

--->A learned man came to me once.
He said, "I know the way, -- come."
And I was overjoyed at this.
Together we hastened.
Soon, too soon, were we
Where my eyes were useless,
And I knew not the ways of my feet.
I clung to the hand of my friend;
But at last he cried, "I am lost."<---
 
This poem by Steven Crane really shows me that when you follow someone, 
they might not be trustworthy. He says "I knew not the ways of my feet" and I feel 
like he meant that when you follow someone it isn't YOUR path, the way you were
suppose to go. He says he clung to the hand of "this man", obviously with trust, 
but his friend cried out "I am lost" therefore "this man" wasn't trustworthy to 
begin with. Be an individual, then maybe if you get lost you can blame yourself for 
being so misguided.  

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Mark Twain Quote

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
I really like this quote by Mark Twain. This is a quote that really explains the point of living outside of the box to me, well, this is how I interpret it. Being yourself and how you interpret things is something that is necessary for your life. If you adapt to other people and their ways of living you have ceased to live and that is the main point I got from this Mark Twain quote.