The thing that I miss most about being a 5 year old was the innocence of time spent and what we did in our time. My sisters and I would come up with imaginary friends (the ice cream monster) and we would spend countless hours of fun together. Those hours have now passed as though they were seconds. My sisters and I would play with my dad once he got home from work. We would lay down in a large blanket that covered us from head to toe, then our dad would pick up the corners of the blanket and hold them tight while he swung us around the room. My sisters and I would also go out and play with neighborhood friends. The best days were those crisp autumn afternoons we spent eating raspberries in our neighbor's backyard. I also remember raking leaves in the fall and jumping into a pile of leaves that we had just so neatly collected. Once Dad got home, we would also play a laser pointer game. He would spell out words on the ceiling, and we had to guess what word he had just written out. It's an amazing thing how vividly we can remember things from so long ago.
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Prompt: Why do the most ordinary things in life impact us the most when we no longer have them around? Would life be different if everything was just big events? Why or why not?
Response: I think that the reason most ordinary things in life impact us the most when we no longer have them is because those ordinary things were little parts of our day that gave life a new color, and made it worth living. However, these small ordinary things are always taken for granted. Whenever I look back on a year that has passed by, I always remember and find joy in the little routines in life that allowed each day to become a new adventure. Most of all, I think we take for granted our relationships with other people. The people I have met over the years have given me more exuberance, happiness, and life than anything else. The people that have now moved on, or who I don't get to interact with as much anymore, will always hold a part of my heart that now realized what they meant to me as I don't have them anymore. It's about realizing the true effect these things had in our life. Sometimes that realization can only be made through a new perspective, a perspective that shows us what life is like without that ordinary thing. I think that life would be different if everything that happened was just a big event, because we would see "big events" in a different way. When you are repeatedly introduced to the same stimulus, that stimulus begins to diminish in magnitude and significance. The same would go for if only big events occurred in our life. These "big events" would overtime be seen as ordinary events if there was no contrast given against the grandeur of those occurrences. |
AuthorHi! My name is Brooke Christenson. I love to spend time outdoors with my family and be involved in nature. Archives
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