Latin and realizations
�So which do you prefer, Roman or Greek?� The gentle Serfass asked me today. I thought a minute and said �I prefer Roman, but I love Homer most of all.� I always cry at the end of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
As I�ve grown, I�ve come to several realizations that have made me a much happier person. They are:
-Other people really don�t pay that much attention to me. They aren�t waiting with bated breath to see what I do, and they aren�t focused on the pimple on my forehead or whatever else I�m feeling self-conscious about. Everyone�s far too absorbed in their own lives.
-It�s not important that I have an opinion about everybody, and in fact it�s better to keep an open mind. There�s no need to hold grudges or manufacture enemies.
-It�s just not possible to do all the homework they assign me here.
-I�m not the president. If I don�t have a fully formulated foreign policy plan, that�s okay.
-I�m not my brothers� keeper. They have their own life.
-I�m beautiful, and I like being tall.
-Sitting up straight does wonders for my concentration.
-And my latest realization: I�ve just spent two hours on the internet when I have a three page paper proposal and three classes� homework tomorrow. Perhaps I should start those.