How would you live if you lived forever?

I honestly wouldn't want to live forever. It would be fun for awhile but I'd get bored.

My friend Cassi- Id go crazy!

This week I'll be posting three questions the first question is What is true strength?

I believe that true strength is not based on how much you can lift, push, or carry. True strength is something that isn't always seen or noticed and may often be buried deep within a person. To release that strength there might have to be a challenging situation or an erge to do what you believe is right. Some examples would be to stand up to a bully, have confidence in what you say or do, or even prove others wrong about what they thought of you.

My friend Cassi- being strong. Having faith.

This weeks question is....How would you live your life if you only had one week to live?

Honestly I have no idea how I would live. I'd do all the things that I've always thought of doing but never did. Like skydiving, motorcycle ride, buy a cake from Cake Boss, finish my story, and anything else I can think of.

This weeks question is..."What is honor? Does honor matter anymore?"

Honor is defined as honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions. A source of credit or distinction. High respect as for worth, merit or rank. All of these definitions describe the same thing. Honor. To me honor means that you are thought highly of or take pride in yourself no matter what other people think. The question asks, Does honor matter? Well in our current world its hard to say. There has always been social problems in te world of humans, but here in the twentyfirst century I believe that it's worse than ever. Illegal drug use has skyrocketed, Teen pregnancy rates have gone up, and everyone s so worried about new technology and the world ending. -_-

Okay for one todays society isn't necessarily familiar with true honor and self respect. There are shows on television about teens getting pregnant and since many people lack common sense other girls get pregnant because they think they're going to get put on a TV show. Well it's not going to happen. what their really doing is setting up to ruin their lives and the live of others around them. Other types of media promote drug and alcohol use and the way they advertise it is so people think it's a good thing to do it. What's up with that? It doesn't make you cool. As for technology, sometimes I fear that we have gone too far. We keep inventing things faster than consumers can buy them, ecause its expensive to upgrade to a "better" computer, phone, or mp3 player. But technology doesn't always have to do with computer chips. Medical technology as also advanced, maybe too far as well. Like the whole freezing your body until the future thing. You basically pay a LOT of money for nothing, because wouldn't the freezing kill you anyways? And if the world is to end, then let it end. If it is written in fatethat i'm supposed to die, then I guess I die.

Alright i'm done ranting :) Even though i've mentioned theses bad things their are good things too. For our fallen soldiers ad other heros we honor them by having memorials. For example during the 9/11 attacks many firefighters, police officers and other city sevice people were killed. They died to save the lives of other people, and by doing so they went above and beyond the call of duty. They deserve to be honored for their bravery.

So honor does still matter, even when it seems like it doesn't.

This weeks question is..."do you think crying is a sign of weekness or a sign of strength?"

I believe that crying can be a weakness as well as a strength. It can be a weakness because it shows that you are scared or hurt. It can also be a strength because sometimes when you're really stressed you just let it out and cry. And that's alright because you usually feel a whole lot better afterwards.

"Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? Why do you do this?"

I will admit that I do push the button multiple times. I know that it doesn't make it faster but I can hope, right?

My friend Cassi-I push the button multiple times for fun!

My friend Molly -Yeah i push it multiple times, because I get bored in an elevator and have nothing better to do.

The question for this week is "If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like, while we like so many things we don't do."

My answer- In life we have many choices, but we also have responsibilities. Responsibilities include helping family, doing homework and going to school, work, sports ect. We may not always want to do our responsibilities because they aren't fun or cool, but we do them anyways because it's the right thing. We also have choices. Like choosing to get an education or not, going to work or calling in sick. Maybe we can't always aford the things we like to do, especially in today's economy. I like to swim, and that's not a cheap sport. You have to have a suit($30-$50)goggles($2-$10)cap($5-$10) etc. It adds up fast.

My friend Taylor-I think it is because some people are afraid to do what they really want to do and just go through the motions of life.

My friend Emily-Maybe it has to do with right and wrong, like we really want to go do something illegal and we don't do it, or it could have to do with courage as the comment before mine suggests.

Last week I posted the question, "Why do we kill the things we fear and fear the things we kill, while the only thing to fear is fear itself. You might be wondering why I decided to base my blog on deep thinking questions. Well I think it's interesting to see what other people think and compare it to my own thoughts. It may be the same or very different. Every week there will be a new question with my thoughts and the thoughts of my friends posted below it. If you would like to contribute your thoughts about the question or quote please post it in a comment!

Alright, This weeks deep thinking quote is, "Trying to change ourselves in order to please others-so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval-is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase." _Guy Finley.

What do you think this means?

I believe that this quote means that you shouldn't try to be something you're not just to fit in with the people around you. You should be yourself no matter how weird you are. You should stand out in a crowd instead of blending in. Basically don't be afraid of what others will or do think about you!

My friend Athena- People admire flowers for their beauty and shape and uniqueness. What the quote is trying to say is that we should admire people for the same qualities, and that we shouldn't try to contort ourselves into something we are not because it destroys the beauty of who each and every one of us are.

My friend Nikki- Yeah I totaly agree. Changing ourselves for someone else is just stupid. We are who we are for a reason and embracing it is the best.

My cousin Ricky- Changing ourselves so we can feel whole is something a lot of people do, but most people do it because they ar self conscious. But if you're like me, you make people accept you the way you are or you just don't hang out with them.

My friend Kayla-I think it means that you have to take away things about you so that you can fit in or fit the part.

My friend Molly- Sounds good. (:

My friend Katie-Okay, so this quote to me means that we shouldn't change ourselves just to make someone happy. If someone doesn't like you for you, then they can just get over it and move on. I believe to make yourself happy, you have to be yourself.

1. Why do we kill the things we fear and fear the things we kill, while the only thing to fear is fear itself?

I believe we do this because we live in such a complex society, that we don't want to deal with anything that will affect our daily lives. I also think that we have been raised to fear and hate certain things because our elders are afraid of them. Think of all the propaganda that we've been fed by the government, television, and the Internet. Most humans tend to believe almost anything they hear or see, which can increase the number of things that we fear. Tomorrow is going to be the 10th anniversary of 9/11. That day in 2001, four airplanes were hijacked by terrorists, but only three hit their targets. Two hit both the World Trade Center buildings in New York City and another hit a section of the pentagon. The fourth plane crash landed into a field in Pennsylvania. The reason that plane never reached its target is because the people on the plane fought back. Of course they were scared, but they knew that they were going to die. So by putting their fears aside they probably saved many lives even though their own lives were ended. My point that I'm trying to say is that  we cannot let fear rule our lives. After 9/11 there became a lot more racism towards Muslims. But people don't realize that not every Muslim is bad. When I went to New York this past summer my friends and I bought gyros from a Muslim vendor and he was very polite to us. And also, no matter what race a person is there will always be good and bad.

My friend Athena- Simple. Fear controls each and every one of us. Fear causes us to react in ways that are unnatural, yet to have no fear would be something dangerous in itself. For to have no fear is to not be alive at all. We kill the things we fear out of self preservation and so as not to lose control when in all truth we should fear fear itself because it is in actuality what controls us all.

My friend Taylor- I think we kill things we fear because we don't know what they are really capable of.

My friend Kayla- I have no idea. Sorry.

My cousin Ricky- The things we fear are different from fear itself because fear stands for False Evidence Appearing Real. So if we kill what we fear then we wouldn't need to fear anything at all.

My friend Molly- It's very logical if that's what you mean.

My friend Bri-Ahhh hard question!