Overall Readings

One of my favorite readings so far over the entire class, and the one that I think is the most thought-provoking reading would be Summer Day by Mary Oliver. It's in the form of poetry and has to deal with life and the world, and has a good tone of reverance and appreciation for the preciousness and complexities of life and the world that we all live in. She puts great detail in describing even the smallest of creatures, which gets across the mood of awe and her inspiration for this writing. She makes great insight into what she thinks the meaning of life is, an age old question that no one might be ever to answer except maybe for themselves. It doesn't necessarily matter what you believe in, because in the end you only have one shot at life and one life to live, so it's important that you live your one life to the fullest and make sure it's a happy life. When you die it'll seem like everything went by too fast, so it shouldn't matter what others think, just go out and do what makes you happy.