Waking Life

windows, that heaviness with which I dragged myself about; my husband's and mother's solicitude; old Alexandrine the quadroon nurse with her high bandana tignon, her hoop-earrings and placid smile; old Dr. Faget; the smell of chloroform, and then waking at 6 in the evening from out of a stupor to see in my mother’s arms a little piece of humanity all dressed in white; which they told me was my little son! The sensation with which I touched my lips…

to be found. The life is very different compared to America, people who live in small towns do not have the resources for their needs. When a person gets sick it is very hard for treatment, hospitals a very far away and expensive. The people have never seen skyscrapers, bridges, and at some point it can take weeks to see or hear airplanes fly above the town. According to bahati, “the weather was unpredictable sometimes it was hot and sometimes is…

A wanderer’s journey Have you ever been in a position of leadership in which others were relying on you? Have you thought about your destiny, or imagined life without your family? A famous epic poem by Homer, called the Odyssey, uses the hero’s archetypal journey to demonstrate the three themes of leaders, destiny, and family--three important themes that are still relevant to our lives today. It is important to know what makes a good leader because without one, we are destined to fail. It is…

Waking up in a small hut with your mayan family is rough, but compared to this month it was the easiest thing in the world. It’s boring in my hut, because there is nothing for a mayan teenager to do after his teachings. So I recently started reading my grand fathers journal entries. There were a few mistakes, but I think he did alright. He had a interesting story about his mayan life as a teenager. After a few minutes more of reading I went downstairs and I saw tortillas, Tamales, and hot atole.…

There are no guarantees in life stating that if we are good, only good will come to us. You do not know death, and by making this assumption you are possibly contradicting your original statement that one who fears death is not wise because there is no reason to fear something you do not know. But, why would one trust in something they do not know? Death could be anything from just falling asleep and never waking up again to finally living in your perfect world; a world…

September 13th, 2016; 1:52 p.m. I arrived at the Calvary Cemetery with my advisory following a short walk from Bard High School Early College Queens. To be honest, I didn’t expect anything much from the cemetery, as my head was filled with one apprehension, “What am I going to write for my polished piece of prose?” I, in fact, have never planned to write about the trip. Given the opportunities to explore the vast graveyard, I decided to turn left and vectored toward the quietest part of the…

to beat death. That is why we are told to live life to the fullest because we never know when our time is up. Our Town is a play in three acts by Thornton Wilder that portrays this way of life. Wilder expertly utilizes the setting and literary devices to show that humans should appreciate the beautiful transient life one is given. The whole play is basically structured in three days. Thornton begins the play at the crack of dawn when everyone is waking up and concludes it with the dead at the…

Never has the wind blown across the barren plains. Never has a river flooded a town, without leaving victims to tell the story. When you live by yourself after waking up from a sleep that was meant to last forever, you’d walk through empty towns while thinking of those you last saw. You’d wonder why you’re alone, and why you’re not near anyone, and where everyone has gone. The last laughs of the century were long gone, with no trace of them or their owners. You’ve lost everyone and everything,…

There is a significant moment in life, where you realize, in that moment, nothing else matters. The horror, and fear in the world all stands still as you take in that moment. There are many significant times for people in many different cultures. Such as quinceaneras, birthdays, weddings, and bat mitzvahs. In these moments, nothing else matters but that moment. There's a calmness about the world But for me, my significant moment in time was when I was baptized. Sundays were, and still are…

routine of daily life and the deceptive attractive aspirations and hopes we have is apparent in our everyday lives. We often find ourselves struggling day in and day out to achieve the unfeasible targets set out by ourselves which greatly hinders our chances of achieving self-fulfilment, particular to us. In pondering the everyday treadmills, it is like a continuous cycle that only seems to elongate and stretch as we get older. When we were 10, this cycle would feature very little, the waking up…