The article from "Love and Living," by Thomas Merton started off with a curious statement that love is not something that just happens to us, free of all reason, it is actually a "certain special way of being alive.".
Through the curvy roads of life that indeed have no straight path from A to B, the article declares that love is our destiny. People find meaning with others and not just alone in the meditations of the mind. Becoming real means letting go in a sense, and entering into a loving relationship with another human person or with God. (Merton, 27).
The power of love affects more than just our thinking and our behavior, but our entire life. It is what guides a personal revolution. It crafts new identity and new life. Yet, actually, people do not create philosophies of love and life in general on their own. Our ways of thinking and our attitudes toward ourselves as well as others are determined from the world around us; from T.V, magazines, movies, and books. Our environment preaches and teaches us a way of understanding love, and expectations that we should have for love and others. As a result, people tend to lose sight of what is important and begin to think of themselves in terms of objects for sale on the market place of love. The fact that we want to be wanted, and we want to attract consumers. Moreover, we want to enrich our own egos by profitable deals with other egos. (Merton, 27).
People associate love with luck, and hope that they will meet the person that will fulfill them, make them happy, and enhance their life. But, this "me" attitude that is rooted in selfish desire is exactly what lures people away from the true meaning of love. The commercialized idea of love, the love that is defined in terms of "me," is what diverts our attention more and more from the essentials to the accessories of love. .
The article claims that "anyone who regards love as a deal made on the basis of "needs" is in danger of falling into a purely quantitative ethic.
A Different Way to Fly Have you ever dreamt of flying? People always wanted to fly. ... Everyone finds his own way to "fly." ... Horseback ridding has become my way to fly. ... The withers are attached to the saddle, so if you take to long to get on the horse, the saddle will start slipping and you will fall on the ground. ...
Super Fly I chose to watch the film Super Fly for our discussion on Blaxploitation. ... This song fits Super Fly perfectly in all aspects of the film. ... It seems that after a few years or even months that he would realize that he doesn't have any money left and fall back into his old ways of dealing cocaine with Eddie. ...
"Fly Away Peter- could be described as a journey of discovery. ... - In the novel, "Fly Away Peter-, Jim Saddler goes through a process of change and development, through which he discovers much about himself and the true reason why were are here. ... Jim's trip to Brisbane signals his "fall from innocence-, as is first exposed to the war and to the "real- world. ... It is experiences like this, which Malouf brings into "Fly Away Peter- that show the reader how man has both good and evil qualities and that these qualities lie within everyone. ...
David Malouf, author of the novella 'Fly Away Peter', and director of the 1930 film 'All Quiet On the Western Front', Lewis Milestone, both demonstrate their ability to communicate the presence of hope and courage in their texts via technique. ... Each being a promising representative of a lost generation of young men, the respective protagonists of 'All Quiet On the Western Front' and 'Fly Away Peter', Paul and Jim, are both swept up in the celebratory attitudes of the people around them as they prepare for war. ... The character Imogen realizes this in...
I mean does somebody come around in a truck or something and take them away, or do they fly away by themselves -go south or something?"" ... Holden probably knows that the ducks fly by themselves, but he wants reassurance. ... Knowing the ducks can fly south alone does give Holden some hope that he can change into an adult alone. ... While watching all of the children, he abandons the idea of himself being a Catcher in the Rye, catching children before their fall from innocence. ... If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them...
The pilots fly in all weather conditions, and all months of the year. They fly single engine, multi engine, land, and sea planes. ... During the summer and fall of 1978, I was working for the United States Air Force in Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. ... The planes only fly west from Cambridge Bay, twice a week. ... They must be able to fly in all weather conditions, day or night. ...
I will also explain how and why a disc fly's the way that it does. ... The disc will fly in a slight left-hooking pattern. ... The disc will fly straight, falling with a spiral. ... So why does a disc fly the way it does? ... When the disc fly's foreword it splits the rushing air at the front edge. ...
In the novel, "Fly Away Peter," by David Malouf, time has passed, and Imogen Harcourt is sitting on the beach and looking out to sea. ... But now, she sees something amazing in the distance - a surfer who is briefly riding "on the crest of the wave," and then falling "down fast into the darkening hollow." ...
South Vietnam was falling apart without being attacked... Commanding officers were able to fly south. ... In The Fall of Saigon by David Butler, Thieu is quoted admonishing the U.S. saying that the Paris peace accords "led the South Vietnamese to death." ... Tanks and troops conquered the city with little resistance. ( Butler) CONCLUSION The fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam war. ...
