Know What You Eat and You'll Understand!

**Bits of spoilers**

    I am reading the book "The Omnivores Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. In the book he undergoes a "quest" to find out what is our food mostly made out of. Almost every single food has corn, even in juice! Amazing isn't that!! Why is it that many people are so ignorant and don't even care about what is going on in our surroundings? I think that the author wants to make a difference in the world because many people are so ignorant and don't care.

    In the book, Pollan undergoes and mystery and finds out that everything that we eat has corn. From the meat to the candy! When he finds out he was so shocked how many things people use in their daily lives to go and the main thing is corn. We can't live without corn, it is just the truth. Corn hides in every single type of way, we just don't see it. If many people are so ignorant about what they eat then how can we deal with each other each day?

     The way I can connect this to the world is that we can eat all we want and trust what seems true, yet can we handle each other? I see in my everyday life how people treat one another. Many people don't realize that they behave or act a certain way because you don't know their story. Many people can be so ignorant that we just care what is on the outside, but not for their personality. Many people look repugnant on the outside, yet have a wonderful personality on the inside, or the other way around. we can only judge by who the personality of the person is.

“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”

Carl Gustav Jung

I Dream Light and Peace

I look and see
nothing to worry.
I see 
the bright stars that lead me to
Peace.
I sleep and dream.
Today
and
forever.
Something walks
passing me me.
Brave and secure,
yet without a worry 
in mind.
I dream the fortunes of others.
They all
seem dark,yet someday they will
light
up.
Soon.

Understandment Leads to Peace

The Sleeping Gypsy

     In this picture there is a women sleeping on the ground and a lion getting close to here while she sleeps. The colors are dark yet light at the same time. The women is dark skinned and sleeping;the lion is awake and conscience of what is surrounding him.The sky of night is clear with just a couple of stars.When I see this picture I see how life can be is we were all friendly and no one fought with one another. I think that if everyone opened their mind to other options this world would be at peace.


     I think this because this women I feel that she let herself be who she is. If it was destiny to be eaten in a lion it would be, but she slept without a care in the world. The lion is roaming by without the fact that she is there. The lion passes attentive yet calm. Usually when a lion is aggressive, his his face is different, but here he seems calm yet "awake" at the same time. I also think this because the night is calm, there both mammals are there with no sign of worrying.


     I think that if we opened our heart and brain to the world, it would be a better world. i mean the person next to you might not be mean, but have a different personality than you. We can't always understand someone a hundred percent of the time because they go through different situations than us, but if we try they wouldn't be our enemies.So many people want power and popularity, but if we try to understand them they are usually insecure about who they are. If we all try to make all of theme feel equal then none of this would be happening.

My Nomination is..

JOANNA  WAGNER

       I think that Joanna's post shows a good representation of what an "ideal" post should look like because when she starts her post, it doesn't sound like a boring post. It sounds as if it was a conversation. Also, I think that it is a good post because when she talk about her  theory, she makes it seem a daily moment. I also liked the way how she extended and interpreted her idea. Based off what happens in the book, she relates that moment in to a big topic and explains it. Like in the post for example, she talks bout how people do things because others are doing it. It shows me how many people do  things to  make themselves look better, yet not feel better. It also talks about life and the fact that we all have guilty pleasures and relates in to a topic. I feel that even though the post doesn't talk a lot the book, but the idea of it seems very interesting.

When it Happens (Click HERE!)

Friends- What if they die?

     In the book "Winter Girls", by Laurie Halse Anderson Lia's best friend dies so Lia starts to hurts herself. She starts this off by first not eating She believes she is so strong she can over pass anything, but can she? We are strong, but we all have a weak point. I think that Lia is behaving like this because even though she still can't accept the fact that Cassie, her best friend, died so she acts as if she can overcome everything.  We all are strong, but we aren't permanently strong.

      In the book, Lia starts to become "strong" by first not eating. She is becoming anorexic. When Lia does this, she always remember the words "...body found in a motel room, alone...". I think these words really impacted her because she starts to hurt herself just like her friend. I think that Lia would do anything for her friend Cassie. For some reason I feel that Lia is going to try to kill fer self in a room alone. It seemed like it, but I am not so sure. Earlier in the book, it says that Cassie ditchedLia when she was almost dying. I think that for that reason Lia is trying to stay strong. It syas that her brain is controllinh her, but I think that it is herself doing the damage. Instead of healing, she is falling apart.

     I realized that we would anything for a person that we loved. I think that we should care for the people we loved, but is it worth killing yourself for someone that you know won't come back? I think that people should try to accept the fact that the person they cared for died and that they need to move on. Many people now a days think that hurting themselves is the right thnig, but it isn't. I feel that you shold see if you are okayand then care for the others. It does sound kind of selfish, but you sometimes need to think in your self rather than others when they leave you, even when you are on the verge of dying.

-Life-

   In the book, "It's Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Nizzini there is a teenager named Craig. He is bulimic and has thoughts of suicide.He has now ended up in a physciatric department and realizes how bad he has ended up and doesn't find a reason to be the way he is. He is in the best high school, has an awesome best friend, and most of all has a family that loves him. I think that he has thoughts of suicide because he isn't confident of himself; he worries too much of others and his appearance towards others.
   I feel that Craig has thoughts of suicide becaus he isn't confident enough. In the book when Aaron got a girl, he wanted the same one. He wanted her. Also when he was trying to get in to the good high school he extra prepared, even though he was ready. He didn't believe that he could do it in himself. Aaron,lt that he was prepared and he took a shot at the test. I realize that Craig likes to be sure of himself. the biggest differencr between him and Aaron is that he wants to be sure; the other just guesses. Life isn't supposed to be guessed at. Life isn't a game, it is real. One little mistake could ruin your whole entire life, unless you don't care where you are headed. Everything is important in life and we shouldn't ruin it.
   In life, many people take life as a game, yet so many people take it so serious that they start to freak out about life. It think that this is what leads to suicide and other physcological problems. Many have to do with life and not knowing how to handle life. Life is almost like a glass ball, and if you make one mistake you can drop it and your life can end there. We should worry about life, but not exaggerate because it can lead to bigger problems.

**People should DEFINTELY read this book, even though it is kind of boring. Yet it is awesome**