Metacognition: Mashup

I had no idea how to make things taken from all different places flow into one. I thought I would spend hours just searching for a few simple quotes or pictures and eventually throw something together that I thought was somewhat presentable. I do not like it when things are out of order, and for me, this assignment felt extremely unorganized.

Right when I put my first quote on paper, thats when everything just starting flowing. It was almost funny how difficult I thought it was going to be to fill 19 lines. I was surprised that I was able to complete the assignment but also enjoy it while I was working. It was cool to be able to take things that seem completely unrelated on the outside but find a deeper meaning for them. 

I wish that I was able to get my mind to work harder towards the beginning of the assignment, so I could have made it better for myself. But nonetheless, I am proud of the final product.

Best Of The Week: TED presentations

I think one of the most insightful things we have done all year is getting the opportunity to learn about innovation and advancements in the world. All of the presenters who taught us about up and coming things in society really showed me how different our future is going to be.

Getting the chance to peek into the future and see what it has in store for us is huge. Being able to know all of this information whether we think we will use it or not gives us a leg up on other people who are not as informed. To be honest, at first I thought this assignment was going to be a drag. I hate getting in front of people and giving speeches. But now that I realize how useful all of this information will be for my future it makes it all worth while.

Mashup

Love: 

        beauty is in the eye of the beholder

        the present transforms the future and reflects the past

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Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love, there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you with without having to step outside it.

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I travel light and my bags are packed, just as long as I’m where you’re at, I’m going to have a real good view. I’ll go anywhere, anywhere with you.

3.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

4.

Anywhere in the world there is beauty. If you look around you, everything in nature is special and unique. Whether you realize it or not, it is there and there is no way to get around it. Life is beautiful, all aspects of it. Open your eyes and experience the joys of life through nature, embrace and love the beauty of something so simple.

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One sees lovers kissing in the shadows of buildings, in a frozen embrace that will never let go. The loved one will never take his arms from where they are now, will never give back the bracelet of memories, will never journey afar from his love, will never place himself in danger or self-sacrifice, will never fail to show his love, will never become jealous, will never fall in love with someone else, will never lose the passion of this instant of time.

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Only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them.

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We think of a love, but it is nothing like the love we have yet to feel which is the same human love but on another level. The love of two solitudes. People who understand the differences and beauties in the world, and push their thoughts aside and love for the sake of loving. Love and solitude go hand in hand. You can have one without having the other, but it will never feel whole.

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Well you drive me crazy half the time; the other half I’m only trying to let you know that what I feel is true, I’m only me when I’m with you.

10.

It is hard for people to be alone. No one likes to go through life feeling unloved. Some think that caring makes you weak, but loving without restraint is what makes you strong. Being able to clear your mind and focus on what is in front of you. Letting yourself go and slip into your own mind to think about your love are two things that do not seem to go together. Love and loneliness. But in reality they go hand in hand. You need to let things go in order to realize your love for them.

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Life is harder when you truly love someone.

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I believe that love remains so strong and intense in your memory because it was your first deep aloneness and the first inner work that you did on your life.

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When you are looking inside of your own memory, and things feel out of place, let them be. Things from the past can be motivation to change the future. 

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But what is the past? Could it be, the firmness of the past is just illusion? Could the past be a kaleidoscope, a pattern of images that shift with each disturbance of a sudden breeze, a laugh, a thought? And if the shift is everywhere, how would we know?

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We create things differently in our brains than everyone else does. Everyone lives are different, therefore their visions of the past, present and future are different. Only you can decide what your future will be, what your past used to be and what today has in store for you. No one else can take that away from you, or know what you have planned next. The way you live your life today affects your life in the future. Live in a way that you believe will give you happiness for your future. Love like you will never see life again.

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When you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of aloneness and trust.

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This love will be returned to you thousands upon thousands of times, whatever your life maybe become--it will, I am sure, go through the whole fabric of your becoming.

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If you have love for what is humble and try very simply, as someone who serves, to win the confidence of what seems poor: then everything will become easier for you.

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4. Personal Reflection

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