Sometimes sifting through the endless updates and links that your friends post on Facebook can be a daunting task. You see pictures of what they ate for breakfast, a news story that doesn't really seem attention grabbing, or that they need help buying a chicken in Farm Town. This is something I experience every day, so I've learned to skim through looking only to pay attention to what is being posted by my closest friends. It was while I was doing this that I almost past over something really amazing. It was a speech by a man named David Foster Wallace, called This is Water. After giving this as a commencement speech at a college graduation he also published the thoughts in an essay that I have not yet read, but plan to as I find his ideas so inspiring. Wallace speaks about the Truths of living a monotonous adult life, the ability to perceive life how we choose, and even the true values of a college education. I have listened to the 22 minute speech itself and also a 10 video that was made with his speech dubbed over that follow along with the ideas. I'm going to link it below and I hope some of you will take the time to watch it. It has really caused me to stop and analyze what I'm thinking. Sometimes the thoughts that go through my mind are just bias unfair judgments of the people around me, and I am now training my brain to not jump to such harsh conclusions. If you can watch this speech and truly take it seriously, it can change your perspective on life.
Friday, December 13, 2013
This is water
Hey everybody,
Sometimes sifting through the endless updates and links that your friends post on Facebook can be a daunting task. You see pictures of what they ate for breakfast, a news story that doesn't really seem attention grabbing, or that they need help buying a chicken in Farm Town. This is something I experience every day, so I've learned to skim through looking only to pay attention to what is being posted by my closest friends. It was while I was doing this that I almost past over something really amazing. It was a speech by a man named David Foster Wallace, called This is Water. After giving this as a commencement speech at a college graduation he also published the thoughts in an essay that I have not yet read, but plan to as I find his ideas so inspiring. Wallace speaks about the Truths of living a monotonous adult life, the ability to perceive life how we choose, and even the true values of a college education. I have listened to the 22 minute speech itself and also a 10 video that was made with his speech dubbed over that follow along with the ideas. I'm going to link it below and I hope some of you will take the time to watch it. It has really caused me to stop and analyze what I'm thinking. Sometimes the thoughts that go through my mind are just bias unfair judgments of the people around me, and I am now training my brain to not jump to such harsh conclusions. If you can watch this speech and truly take it seriously, it can change your perspective on life.
Sometimes sifting through the endless updates and links that your friends post on Facebook can be a daunting task. You see pictures of what they ate for breakfast, a news story that doesn't really seem attention grabbing, or that they need help buying a chicken in Farm Town. This is something I experience every day, so I've learned to skim through looking only to pay attention to what is being posted by my closest friends. It was while I was doing this that I almost past over something really amazing. It was a speech by a man named David Foster Wallace, called This is Water. After giving this as a commencement speech at a college graduation he also published the thoughts in an essay that I have not yet read, but plan to as I find his ideas so inspiring. Wallace speaks about the Truths of living a monotonous adult life, the ability to perceive life how we choose, and even the true values of a college education. I have listened to the 22 minute speech itself and also a 10 video that was made with his speech dubbed over that follow along with the ideas. I'm going to link it below and I hope some of you will take the time to watch it. It has really caused me to stop and analyze what I'm thinking. Sometimes the thoughts that go through my mind are just bias unfair judgments of the people around me, and I am now training my brain to not jump to such harsh conclusions. If you can watch this speech and truly take it seriously, it can change your perspective on life.
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