To begin I want to say I'm sorry for being a day late, but like I said on the about page things are going to be a little rocky to start out.
So let's take ourselves back in time, not to long ago when there was Joysticks, Reebok Pumps, and Micheal Jackson! The 80's was a time where things were totally tubular, bodacious, and rad. But little do we know that the 80's has a lot of similarities with the 21st century. And a main one being The American Dream, which when some people hear this, what comes to mind is freedom, family (and what usually comes along with this is suburbs), and a nice refreshing Coke. I know that's pretty stereotypical, but honestly it's true to a certain extent. I mean freedom most people will totally agree with so I don't think I'll have to defend that. But suburbs, just think of all the movies with suburbs being something desired: The Truman Show, The Family Man, and others. And when I was watching the Olympics at least every commercial brake had a Coca Cola advertisement. And really when we think about it, this hasn't changed much. In the 80's once again freedom was evident, and suburbs where in practically every movie or TV show: E.T., Sixteen Candles, The Wonder Years. And Coca Cola, well that was iconic in the 1980's, just look up a 80's Coke commercial. Now I kind of went a little off topic, but let me steer us into my main point. That almost all of these things require money. A house, a car, soda, and all the other things that come with it, they all cost a lot of money. So really The American Dream could be considered money. And a lot of people would think, "That's not true." And really I would agree "Money Can't Buy Me Love", along with a lot of other things. I mean don't forget about the most important parts of The American Dream: freedom, equality, and opportunities. All things that aren't bought. I got the idea to write about this when hearing the question: If money cannot buy happiness, can you ever be truly happy with no money? And with all of the things about what The American Dream and The Pursuit of Happiness really is, most people think that success is money. When really there's so much more than that: love, family, God, freedom, and too many more things that are really what happiness is all about.
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Lately I've been going through some stuff. I just had a knee surgery which was to remove loose cartilage since I had popped my knee cap out and back into place. This whole thing then resulted in me having to take pain killers, which I would wake up frequently in the night to take. When I would do this I would be half asleep and eventually I woke up with my chest throbbing. The next day when it was still like this I went to the ER. They came to the conclusion that one of my pills hadn't gone down all the way and made a tube very distressed or something like that. It's been a few days since that and my chest is doing better, but my tummy has been a bit queasy and stuff. Now you probably think I'm just rambling, but I'm not. This all relates to a very important point. And before I get to it I have to relate to another story. Now I'm betting most of you have either watched the movie or read the book Unbroken. And if you haven't you should since they are both terrific. But anyways it's about a man named Louis Zamperini. So this is a long story so I'm going to tell one little story within his life. It was World War 2 and Louie was in the Air Force at the time and on one of his missions his plane went down and everyone on board but himself and two other men lived through the crash into the Pacific Ocean. They where in their lifeboat which was surrounded by sharks, and had been in there for a very long time (the total time they spent on the raft was 47 days). And suddenly they hear the sound of a plane and they quickly tried to get it's attention by shooting flares, dyeing the water around the raft, and waving their arms. The plane sees them and quickly swoops back and begins to fire at them, turns out it was a Japanese pilot. And as they threw themselves into the water to avoid the bullets the sharks sprang at them at their chance to finally eat the tired and starved men. And to think that not that long ago Louie had been in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics! He was an Olympian for crying out loud, who was now going through a terrible ordeal that worsens as you read/watch Unbroken. I often think about this particular moment of Zamperini's struggle, of how terrifying and hard it must of been to somehow escape imminent death. And really it puts everything into perspective. That even though I feel crappy and especially since me being a runner, I am unable to even walk more than a few feet down the hall, I'm still not in a situation as bad as that of Louis Zamperini. Which is really why I think people share these types of stories to put things into perspective with the rest of the world. Whether it's a drug addiction story or even something social like being bullied, it really just puts a bit of perspective into the lives of everyone. Which I think is truly amazing, that from other's stories, our live's problems can be overcome knowing that it's not the most worse thing to happen to us. This can help us to be more positive in situations and even to power through them and never give up.
To a joke there's usually a punchline, the ending which gets the listener to hopefully laugh. This is the same thing for most movies, books, and conversations. For example in the movie The Wizard of Oz is about a girl named Dorthy who travels through the wonderful land of Oz, but the "punchline" or the theme, deeper meaning, moral... is that "There's no place like home". And throughout the movie she learns this little thing by seemingly being no where near home. It's just like a friend who tells you a story that seems like there's so many details and dumb little add-ons that the story will never end. They go on so long that you may begin to wonder if there even is a "punchline" or if they just decided to share their whole life story when really you could of just saw it on their Instagram or Snap chat. So now to my point, that there's almost always relevance to things. And that I hope throughout my writings I try to bring relevance and that it's not just something pointless like what I ate today or something along those lines. I want what I say to be relevant to life in general and really this whole thing is just an explanation to why I called my site It's All Relevant. I'd like to end with this, that with a strong relevance or "point" to a subject there can be major impact. Whether the point is from a sword or a small conversation anyone can jab a hole or an idea into someone. And I'm not necessarily calling for action (especially for you to go and jab a sword into someone), I'm just making a point.
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AuthorChloe Miller is an athletic girl who loves running and Nordic skiing. She also enjoys playing Uno and hanging out with her family. Archives
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