Sociological Mindfulness

After reading "Sociological Mindfulness" by Michael Schwalbe, i was pretty interested in becoming more mindful of upcoming situations. He said that being mindful of something or someone "is to see and appreciate its unique qualities". But with the way we grew up, in America, where people hate and discriminate and judge, nobody has the right mindset to read the book instead of judging the cover. People judge others in one glance. But what factors made us this way? could it be the shows we watch and the magazine's we read? or could it just be the way we all grew up? Their could be many things that make us the way they are but i don't believe it will get any better unless people start to become Sociological Mindful of the people around them. Sal brought up the idea of world peace in class. I thought it was very interesting to think of everyone getting along, not fighting, not hating, not discriminating, just having total peace. This is what everyone wants, including me, but will be very hard to achieve unless people begin use Schwalbe's knowledge and become more sociological mindful.

you are your surroundings

Over the weekend we read an excerpt out of the story Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. This story was interesting to me because reading about Roseto reminded me of a place where my Great Aunt lived in Italy. She lived in a small town three hours south of Rome and it wasn't easy to get their either. When my mom visited her, she had to take a plane to Rome then a train then a cab to the town. This little secluded town had many generations of families living under the same roof, the same as the town in the story. The people in this town were stress free and loved to talk to one another,They drank wine and danced for hours on end. My mom said they all just loved each other and loved to have a good time. Also there are no grocery stores anywhere around the town, so people grew there own food and ate everything fresh from the garden or the farm. This reliance on others in the small town made everyone so close. Their surroundings were their family and friends and everyone was in perfect harmony with each other as well as their body's, because they didn't have much medicine. My Aunt died at the astonishing age of 104 and this age is not uncommon for this part of Italy. These people live such naturally long lives because they have a natural stress free surrounding to place themselves in. Good health to some can be eating healthy and working out regularly but to me another important thing is to surround yourself with good people that your happy to be around and make you feel mentally "healthy". You are Your Surroundings.  

Who am I?

I'm Feldy, a High School Senior with an open mind for learning about people and the things that people do. I like to expand my mind onto things that are unknown to me and sometimes awkward to discuss. These things are interesting to learn about if you can relate to others, which could be on a blog. This is why i like to blog about my ideas and relate them to others' ideas. I have always liked to bounce my ideas off of others since i was young. My mom said i asked more questions, when i was a kid, then anyone shes ever known, and have been like that ever since. My parents have taught me so much about my life but questions are ways to learn more about life. They have influenced me throughout my life to grow and to be a good person. My motto is "live smart, work hard, party harder" and have always lived by it. This motto has helped me to live a good life so far and hopefully will continue to do so.