On any given day, we come into contact with thousands of things. We interact with countless people each day and live with a couple more. We do things that we want to do, things that we have to do, and things that we are not sure why we do. All of this helps to shape our environment.
Our minds create the worlds we live in.
It is pouring rain, but the environment does not establish my world. If I am in a great mood, I may put on some boots and go dancing in the rain. Conversely, if I am depressed, I may just start crying at the prospect of not seeing the sun all day.
The influences in our lives such as the media, school, parents, and community can contribute to creating our individual worlds, but in no way do they possess the final say. For example, I know that a decent amount of students hate school. This hatred translates to a way of seeing the world. The world to someone who hates going to school, is just a cruel place that makes them go to school. This person, so oppressed by their perception of their environment, is probably not going to go dancing in the rain.
Clarice Starling was in a male dominated environment. The world she created for herself was one of challenges that she would stop at nothing to overcome. She could have created a world in which she was complacent with her rank, and stepped aside in the Buffalo Bill case.
There is a difference between our environment and the world we create for ourselves, and it's a lot easier to change the world.
Interesting thesis that it's our "minds" that create the world, Dylan. The school example is interesting, too. Imagine a student from a third-world country who would "kill" to have a New Trier education -- they might see a current NT student hating school as a joke, maybe even immoral.
ReplyDeleteHere's a suggestion: can you work on your transitions? The Clarice paragraph kind of comes our of nowhere in your post.
I would have too agree that the rain does not shape your world. But after you dance in the rain you might get sick, possibly develop pneumonia then your world would've been shaped by the environment and the rain. Even with a good mindset you cant get around the fact that you are sick!
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