Georgia Laws of Life Essay
Patience
“Adopt the patience of nature; her secret is patience”, says Ralph Waldo Emerson, which greatly depicts the life many wish to obtain; a life with patience and security in nature. The only real entity in our lives is nature; the rest is only artificial. Patience and living is becoming an object of the past, what else could we call it now besides, mounting impatience and instant living. With all the new technology, such as faster traveling, communicating and entertainment, why acquire patience? With one click of a button you can have it all. If there weren’t all of the restraints from technology; how would you gain patience?
Just within the last year, I feel as if I have acquired this trait. Around this same time last year my family purchased a hunting lodge in South Georgia. Almost every other weekend we pack up our things, head out the door, and within the next hours arrive in a place some would perceive as a ghost town. I see it as something totally different; more like an escape from the ever-present chains of Alpharetta. With a sigh of contentment, I sit back on the patio and start my relaxing weekend. Unfortunately you cannot relax for long when you know the endless amount of adventure waiting for you. My sisters and I jump on a four-wheeler and begin weaving in and out of trails eventually ending up in a secluded cove. The wind glides through the Spanish moss and wiggles through the pond cracks. The cypress trees intimidating you as you walk by, you cannot help but think to yourself, no one will ever know how beautiful this is besides us. The scene seems to come directly out of Jurassic Park. We stare for what seems like hours at this, but leave off again to explore. This time we leave to have a little amusement; I drive directly through a mud puddle; filled with who knows what and completely bury my sisters in red Georgia clay. As the daylight begins to fade, we climb up in a deer stand overlooking an entire countryside filled with birds chirping and crickets dancing. The soothing sounds of nature bring us peace. Waiting for hours to see if something decides to pop its head out doesn’t even faze us. For the first times in our lives we don’t say a word, we don’t complain, we just sit and listen. As the sun falls under the hills, we reluctantly climb down back to the trails and begin our route back to the cabin. This time it is different, we don’t race or even make an easy joke, just simply coast back and enjoy the beauty of what we had never noticed before.
The Essay on Down: Personal Life and Time
In college it is easy to stray away from the main purpose, which is having a higher education. College years are supposed to include fun but not too much fun. There are many ideals to consider when trying achieving success in school. They way students manage their time and consume energy has an effect on the outcome of their success. Relaxation also plays a significant role in the turn out of ...
You never know how much you miss in life until you take a step back and realize all the small things. Who says one experience cannot change you, that patience comes with age, or even that patience depends on wisdom, because I certainly do not. Patience is a gift to appreciate. Especially patience learned through such effortless commodities. As Joseph Crossman, an entrepreneur and marketer, said, “ The greatest power is often simple patience.”
