Sunday Morning 9/16
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This week's Sunday Morning episode touched on many areas of interest from bacon to the music business. Overall, I felt that this was a very optimistic episode. I was most intrigued with the segment on aging gracefully----being young and 80. I thought that this was a very uplifting, and inspiring piece. I feel that so many of the elderly, whom I know, are very depressed. The people who spoke in this clip were doing the opposite; they were living their 80's as if it was the best time in their life.
Those in their 80's are so very close to the end of their life. Knowing that you don't have much time left on this earth is scary. As (probably) a defense mechanism, many find themselves being reclusive and glooming on the great life they are leaving behind, while fearing death. A much better approach is looking at your remaining time as precious. Advice given from these optimistic Sr. Citizens was to surround oneself with moral support, involvement, and fearlessness. These people did not look back on their lives wishing they could stop leaving it; they looked back on their lives as if each event was building upon another to form who they are today. They lived life with no regret, and in the moment. The point I liked most was when one of the speakers spoke about turmoil in life. Whatever hardship you are going through...just remember that there is always another day, and hardships will only strengthen who you become. I think it would be invaluable to respect their wisdom.
I thought this was a great first week of class. Almost everyone seemed enthusiastic in our discussions. My food for thought would be regarding the commentary with Ben Stein. Many argued that he was biased, going overboard. I guess I’d just like to point out that it is very hard to find a (political) commentary that is not biased. I think that part of being educated is having the ability to view bias, while still pulling out important facts.