Aphorism: Personal Experience

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I think this novel is about two people who learn from each other. In order to live a satisfying life, I must live a life with confidence, no regrets, continue to learn, and step out of my comfort zone. I also need to travel, listen to music, have friends close but keep family closer, and challenge myself. A person should always continue to learn and to enjoy the things that we have. A person shouldn’t complain about the things that they don’t have.
My opinion on adulthood depends on what I can be able to do by myself and how I’ll handle it. I don’t believe a person becomes an adult on a certain specific age. I believe a person becomes an adult when taking responsibility into their own hands. For example, moving out of my parent’s house, starting
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I believe this is important to remember because there are things we want to do and that we never had the chance to do so, but it will never be so late to do it. I this aphorism means to me is that it’s never too late to do things that maybe I have never done before or haven’t done in awhile. The significance of it is that everyone needs to understand that we don’t need to wait at the last minute because it will never be late to get it done. “ . . . if you really want it, then you’ll make your dream happen” (Albom 47). I this aphorism means to me is that to get to my dreams, I have to reach far beyond than I reached before to make it happen. The significance of it is for us to do things we want to do, we have to reach farther and work harder for …show more content…
He was on the phone and felt it was rude. Instead he slid down in his seat to finish the call as if he was picking something up off the floor. I feel the need to multitask as I feel like I might accomplish more things and save time. I also feel that multitasking can help learn how to deal distractions. I see our world today that is always moving so quickly that we find the need to multitask to get more things done in a short but quicker amount of time. As I looked back onto this chapter, I can see why Mitch was trying to say hi to Morrie and talk on the phone at the same

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