The Unexpected

This weeks photo has minimum relevance to the topic...I guess you could say I wasn't expecting this sunset? I just really liked the picture lol

I think me taking a communication course was the best thing that ever happened. I had expected the course to be something related to english class, or to teach us how we communicate, the ways of communications. I had intentionally taken that class to learn the ways of communicating and become more social as a goal.

However it ended up being something entirely different and even more interesting than I had thought. It was about the power of language, the origins of languge, an oral culture versas a literate one. And you might be bored by the fact that you are reading this but let me tell you that the course goes over and explains more the ideas that I put on here. Now I did not start this blog to talk about my courses… I started it because I wanted to go over the idea of how somethings in our life end up changing to be things we could not have foreseen. Think of someone in your life. Reading that sentence should have popped an image of someone in your head above all others. Now think of the day that you guys met….obviously this isn't going to work if that person is a family member so think of a friend… Now the day that you met you could not have anticipated the adventure, drama and memories that you were going to share with one another. You didn’t walk into that one class room knowing you were going to meet your soulmate, or best friend. This might not seem like such a major topic to you as of now but lets get out the idea of people and into the idea of interest. Think of something you love doing; reading, writing, dancing, acting, that guy on the bus, talking, running, playing an instrument…wait…

What ever it is when you first encountered it it probably didn’t seem to you that this was the answer you were going to put down on the several amounts of sheets that ask that pointless yet fun question: What is your hobby?

And for some people it isn't a hobby but rather their scholarship to school or their job. However they could've never guessed that! How could someone watching a movie for the first time know that they were going to spend day and night practicing lines that one day led to them being an actor?

Its just to show that the most significant things that happen in our life we have no idea about it while they are forming.

This is not to say that when we work towards a goal its not going to be significant because now we know what we are looking toward. In fact that could even strengthen its significance because although you know what you are working hard towards the outcome could never be fully predicted and thats why it makes everything so special.

Imagine if you could predict the outcome of everything that you have every looked toward… on one hand it could satisfy you and make you thankful that you are working toward that thing. However on the other hand you could also be displeased. And even if you are satisfied after awhile your like “ I could’ve done better” “This could’ve gone better” raising your expectation for how hard you should’ve worked. Because when you are working towards something, then you realize you are going to get it, you’ll wonder if you could’ve gone for that higher position and so on, never letting you fully appreciate a moment. But when you are working towards something, HOPING you can accomplish it, when you do its so special and you get to experience that. From then on , in my opinion, its okay tools toward achieving something more.

For example when I started writing this page I had no clue it was going to drag on so much, however now I’m pleased of everything I got out and I know if I knew about its length before hand I would cut and adjust so it would not get all my points across….

I hope this rant :

1. made sense
2. has been the first time I’ve posted of it

Because it’s something that I am passionately aware of and would not be surprised if I’ve already posted about.

xx