Are we part of those who we meet?

I do believe that the people who meet have influence and help shape our lives us in some way. We can't help them changing us. They help us change in either a good or bad way. Usually in a good way. The people who we meet shape our very life. They can alter us so greatly. Like knowing your grandma and not knowing her can change your whole life. With a close friend as well. I believe this can go for anyone we have met. Going on with knowing and not knowing someone can change us. With everyone we meet they change or help change our lives, helping us change into the person we hope to be. People I know have helped me change. My way of thinking is definitely different from that of two years ago. My friends, my family, the school and so many more have shaped me in my personality, my thinking, what I know and what I have yet to learn. I believe that because of these changes; good or bad, they have helped me become a better person. An example I think will be Desert Academy. I know that if I did not go to this school, and went somewhere else, my life would totally different. I would have different friends for one. The way I viewed my life and the whole world's would be different. Desert Academy has helped shape my life in a very good way.

WHO WE MEET

I think the people we meet in our lives do effect and shape who we are. There are constantly people and things around us, and each person has an idea of who or what we are like. I think if your were to leave someone on an island they would change in a great matter. They would shed something I like to call a shell, and the shell is made of ideas that form us. When you shed you "shell" you become who you really are. People have a huge effect on me. My friend Rachel owns a peace organization and every summer I come over to help with the camp. I meet other people from the middle east and I form and idea of the world. Rachel has huge impact on me in the way I think of other people. Or when you watch a movie of a dog dying you cry not from the fact that the dog is dead, you cry from the fact that people will miss the dog, and those people will feel pain, and thus you feel pain because your human to. When people kill themselves it's usually because they feel know one loves them, or they feel their life is incomplete. So in conclusion people effect who we are and how we act in life.

Are we part of who/what we have met in life?

In my opinion, we are very linked to every single event that happens in our life. Whether it is a big thing, or a small thing, it all has an effect on us. It all shapes us in some way or another. Think about little babies, they start out as imprintable beings, and who is around them through their whole life will effect who they become. In this way, I think who people are is always changing. We never stay the same for very long. Unless we are sleeping, we are always absorbing information, and taking things in. Everything from a huge fight with a sibling, to a movie we watch effects who we are. It might only effect our point of view on something or someone, but that still changes us. And it all comes back to people. We influence each others choices, as well as change who we are, all the time. Whether it is something subconscious like advertising, or something personal like asking someone to go to a movie with you, it all ends up at the same place. It all changes who we are, and what our points of views are.

"Part of all those I have met"

I fully believe that I am part of all those I have met. Every single thing that happens to me, every person I meet or thing I do has shaped how I live and my perspective on the world. Humans affect each other in huge ways, often without even knowing it. A few chance words or an unremarkable encounter can have a huge effect on someone else, both good or bad. This does not mean that we should never leave our houses for fear of being hurt, but that we should look for new experiences to learn and grow from. Children learn by experiencing things and gaining memories. This does not stop when we get older and people will always be able to influence each other. I am who I am because of who my parents are, who my friends are and who my teachers are.

Those We Meet

Are we shaped by those we meet? My initial answer is no, we are not. I would like to think that we are who we are regardless of other people. The choices we make, the places we go, all those have affect on us. But when I stop and think about it, I realize that my choices are all influenced by people, whether I am defying them or following their advice. And the places I go wouldn't have had the same affect on me if I was alone and the place was empty. The people we meet have a huge effect on us, whether we realize it or not. And when we do realize it, it usually isn't until much later. I didn't realize how much of an effect my grandmother had on me until she died. And it is so often that way, that we don't realize how much people have changed our lives until they are gone and no longer can.

Those I Meet

I am shaped by those I meet. Every encounter I am faced with, every obstacle that blocks my path, alters my life in some way. The friends I have met stay with me, long after we chose different paths. I have met strangers in many places. Strangers who assisted in forming who I am today. Some assisted me to the next level in my growth. Others only pushed me down. I have been inspired and heartbroken. I have rejoiced and mourned. Our life begins as an empty canvas. But with each experience and encounter, a brushstroke is applied and eventually a full portrait takes the place of the empty canvas.

Are you "part of all you have met"

We are all made up of the people we have met and our experiences. Everything anyone ever did or said to me has changed me at least slightly. Our memories in a way are like a road map to who we are. An image that comes up in my mind is a heart. At birth the heart is perfect and unscarred. This is us. As we meet people, we give them pieces of our heart in exchange for pieces of theirs. This is who we become. Everyone we meet leaves a handprint on our heart so the heart is still ours but it is shaped by people and events in our lifetime.

We are unique in our own way because each person is influenced differently by the same people. We must let people into our heart if we are to grow to our full potential. Everyone we meet we were meant to meet in some way. Sometimes one just has to let go of your perfect unscarred heart for one to become who one was meant to be.

A Final (or maybe not final) Thought

I know that I am no longer a part of your class, however, I enjoy reading and writing these blogs. For some reason, today I remembered them. I decided to look and see all of what you're discussing. As I read the newest blog question, I couldn't help but wish to answer it. So here, I write the following:

There are certain things in each of our lives, that we neglect to have control over. One must learn to go with the flow. There will be negative and positive times, each of which contribute to who we are-as an individual, as a culture and as a people. In simple terms, I would have to say, "Yes, I completely agree that we are who we meet (note that "meet" is not simply pass on the street, but rather one with who we engage in communication), we are what we do and we are how we feel." So, whether you know it or not, reading this now, a new part of you is being created...or maybe simply discovered!

In Mr. Wynn's English class, I learned just this-even if I didn't completely know it. Our class discussions inspired me, puzzled me and generally amazed me. Each and every one of you shared something with me-something I wasn't capable of seeing on my own. These ideas are now a part of who I am-and I thank you. I wish you all well with your "English endeavors" this year. Feel free to fill me in every once and a while.

"Love individuals not only for who they are, but for who they neglect to be."

- Zoe

I believe that what he is trying to say is that it was his experiences that made him. The things we experiance in our lives make an impact on our personalitys in one way or another and since our experiances are unike, so are our personalitys. A lot of our basic personality is there when we are born but the things we experiance can have a small effect or a huge effect on us. I beleive that what he is saying is that everything and everyone that he has met in his life so far has had an impact on his life in some way.

Are you "part of all you have met"

In Tennyson's Ulysses, our hero soliloquizes that he is "part of all that I have met." Do you agree with this? Does this idea apply to your life so far? Explain how. Answer by Tuesday 10/13.