So, here we go late night blogging!
Honestly, I am not in my right mindset at the moment. However, I recognize the need to fulfill my obligation to this class simply because...I love it!
The title might sound uncertain and confusing as I have noticed. What fresh start? What is so new here? Well, it is with novelty for me to start blogging, again. I used to blog. A long lost time ago. Perhaps, it has been approximately 4 years ago, back when I was a freshmen in high school, that I was blogging. Now I am a freshmen in college. Things have altered in a variety of ways. Things in general differed over time in specific aspects pertaining to my pursuit of transforming and growing as an individual. With that being said, my personality may have changed, but my given characters never have, and possibly never will. So won't everyone else's.
I am making a statement, which is testified with justifications, here. Please feel free to test its validity and liability if you must.
Certain individuals' personalities may change over time due to unique life-changing experiences or given scenario. One might lose or gain his hopes, trust, confidence, credibility, pride, reputation, or love because of one single incident occurred in his lifetime. Such impact may have manipulated his personality in a particular way. However, his characters should not be effected in any possible directions.
For instance, my grandfather, who was diagnosed with cancer and cardiac conditions, lost his stable mentality due to the sickness(es), medications, and age. He would wake up in the hospital and start making noises. He would desire things that he, if conscious and normal, never would have asked for. So there I observed a change in his personality. He would be moody, stubborn, or even confusing. Nevertheless, one unique thing instilled in the characters of which he has been upholding has never been lost even in uncertainty and illnesses: his passionate love for my grandmother.
He would wake up one morning and ask for my grandmother. We as family members tried telling him she was away to the market and she would be back soon. He would not wait. He asked us to give him the phone so he could call her and tell her how much he loved her all these years. He wanted to show her his appreciation and admiration for the love and the family of which she has prized him. He wanted to simply say he loved her through the phone.
My grandmother died roughly 12 years before my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. However, in his stage of uncertainty and confusion he had forgotten that, and in exchange, he upheld his character, which bears the love for his wife and family.
My grandfather past away 2 years ago when I was ready to depart for the States. He has always been an admirable grandfather, father, and husband. The character he held on to showed me how much he loved and cared for this family. I am glad it never changed.
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This is a really heartfelt post, and I admire the fact that you feel comfortable sharing this story with the rest of the class. I agree that personalities inevitably change over time, although our values may stay the same. I know that I'm not the same person I was 8 years ago, in middle school, nor am I the same as I was yesterday. Humans are adaptive beings, changing as we face hardships and encounter new emotions. But some things never change.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I would have to say about this post is that I'm not sure how it relates to rhetoric or civil life. It seems more of something that would be in the Passion Blog...