Since the beginning of the semester, performing my small act of service by turning the lights off in empty rooms to conserve energy has been like a rollercoaster ride. In the beginning, I was on top of things and made sure to remember turning the lights off to make it a habit. I even remember keeping a reminder in my note app in my phone until I didn’t need it anymore. As I was trying to continue performing my small act of service as it got to the middle of the semester, I noticed that I was less motivated and started to completely forget about continuing my task, especially during the school breaks where I didn’t actually have any work to do. As I was reflecting on my unsuccessful task during the middle of the semester, I came to the point
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Wisdom is not only knowledge, but a way of genuinely recognizing the dignity of human beings so one can have positive insights and yield successful imperatives essential to life (Farley, 2006, p. 3). I like how this concept involves the other two concepts of dignity and justice for it to fully work and become effective. Wisdom should be strengthened in order to successfully work to produce justice and defend the dignity of others. From our discussion in class, what stood out to me was when we were talking about and asking ourselves how people can motivate themselves and actually care about others and the public’s overall health, and coming up with a conclusion that since we all affect each other and are all interconnected, we should care about each other. As human beings, we all have an end, and this life should be used as a means to make a change and be put to use, not wasted with egocentrism. As Farley stated, we all have lives involved in our normal community of learning for education (Farley, 2006, p. 7), and this is where we apply our wisdom. When we go out into the world, the ability to make a mark in time, not necessarily as a popular figure in history, but simply doing good deeds that will help others, like conserving energy, even without them knowing, will produce benefits in changing the world for the better and also changing our own selves for the better by feeling good inside with generativity, which will lead to a life with satisfaction instead of
Wisdom is not only knowledge, but a way of genuinely recognizing the dignity of human beings so one can have positive insights and yield successful imperatives essential to life (Farley, 2006, p. 3). I like how this concept involves the other two concepts of dignity and justice for it to fully work and become effective. Wisdom should be strengthened in order to successfully work to produce justice and defend the dignity of others. From our discussion in class, what stood out to me was when we were talking about and asking ourselves how people can motivate themselves and actually care about others and the public’s overall health, and coming up with a conclusion that since we all affect each other and are all interconnected, we should care about each other. As human beings, we all have an end, and this life should be used as a means to make a change and be put to use, not wasted with egocentrism. As Farley stated, we all have lives involved in our normal community of learning for education (Farley, 2006, p. 7), and this is where we apply our wisdom. When we go out into the world, the ability to make a mark in time, not necessarily as a popular figure in history, but simply doing good deeds that will help others, like conserving energy, even without them knowing, will produce benefits in changing the world for the better and also changing our own selves for the better by feeling good inside with generativity, which will lead to a life with satisfaction instead of