Principles I stand by before entering this course:
- Golden rule-"do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
- Think before I act- "because everything you do will impact your future."
- Learn from my failures.- "failure is a great teacher"
- Be myself- "Dare to be Different"
These principles were developed through my experiences. My parents taught me some of these principles when i was younger but i never followed them. It wasn't until I got older when I started to adopt this principles. As I got older, the more things I when threw in my life and made me start to follow these principles.
After our reading assignments and class discussions, I have even a strongly bond to my principles. Existentialism had drawn to me the most because I believe that life is all about us,human beings have the freewill and our life is a series of choices. that Existentialists believe are true and I agree with some of those too. I agree with how life is a series of choices. In life, we always have decisions to make. There are decisions in life that require a lot of thought and people never want to make the wrong decision because they always want to pick the right path in life.
After our reading assignments and class discussions, I have even a strongly bond to my principles. Existentialism had drawn to me the most because I believe that life is all about us,human beings have the freewill and our life is a series of choices. that Existentialists believe are true and I agree with some of those too. I agree with how life is a series of choices. In life, we always have decisions to make. There are decisions in life that require a lot of thought and people never want to make the wrong decision because they always want to pick the right path in life.
After reading your blog, I noticed that some of the principles that you live by are some that I follow myself even though I didn't state that in my blog. I feel like that we are kind of on the same page when it comes to the principles and the connection I had after reading your blog. I too was more drawn to Existentialism due to the fact that I got a better understanding after the discussions in class and seems to fit the mentality that i have.
ReplyDeletePaul,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your principle “Think before I act”. Similar to you, I believe that (most) things that happen in our daily lives are the result of our actions, and at the same time, the result of actions taken by others. I can also relate to your “Dare to be different” principle. As you may have read in my blog, similar to you, my parents tried to instill on me their principles and values, and even though I adhered to many of them, I took the challenge to discover things on my own. I am also drawn to existentialism because I too believe that we are to some extent “The captains of our ships” or, in other words, free to make choices that will affect us either in a positive or negative way. However, I noticed that there is a slight difference between our views: you mentioned that life is all about us “humans”, whereas I believe that there is a greater force that created us and designed us, namely, God. I believe that God has chosen to give us the free will to make our own choices and be held accountable for them.