Blog 6

Today we started watching this really sad movie. It was about a teacher who was dying with a disease that paralyzes you. One of his students, now a sports reporter, finally after 16 years took the time to go and see his dying former professor. As soon as they saw each other it was like seeing an old family member. They clicked and they were just plain happy together. Many interesting discussions came up about the need for time, and the need to always be on the move. As the professor said, "1, 2, 3....12. Last week I could go up to 16." In our culture today, we are always on the move. Always needing to be doing something and always having a perfect schedule. Free styling it is not acceptable. Even if we have free time it is planned in. Also, this movie really puts into perspective what we truly value. Do we value our jobs more than our love, or our friendship? Sadly, the answer seems to be yes. Now most Americans would jump at that statement and say NO! We value family more than our jobs is this really true? Phrases like, "hold on one sec" or "coming in just a minute" kind of prove that what we are doing always takes precedence till the last possible moment before we move on to a new activity.

That is a culture that I would be afraid to live in. Where material things mean more than indescribable values.