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We can learn by exchanging and discussing our own lists of "10 Things I Know to be True."
After listening to Sarah Kay's beautiful speech and poetry, I tried to write my own list of "10 Things I know to be True." I learned one thing immediately: I don't know much. I learned a second thing more slowly: that's okay! I tried to distill my limited understanding of the world into this list, without being overly philosophical nor literal.
One thing I know to be true, but that is not on my list, was that Sarah Kay was right when she said that if you share your list with a group of people you will find that someone has one thing very similar, someone else has something totally contrary, another person has something you've never heard of, and still another has something that makes you think further about something you thought you knew.
So let's share ours, and find out! What do your lists have on them?
Here's mine:
1. Fiction can, at times, feel more real than fact.
2. One person, with a good idea, can change our world.
3. There are things about our universe that we will never understand.
4. #3 is not an excuse to stop trying.
5. Everyone has a story worth hearing.
6. There is always another side to the story they tell.
7. Questions can sometimes teach more than their answers.
8. Children can sometimes teach more than their parents.
9. Everyone should travel.
10. No one's truth is universal.
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Clark Ho
1.) If you believe hard enough, and trust in what you do,you will get where you want
2.) Life is tough sometimes, but if we just smile a little, the day become a lot pleasant than it is
3.)The colour i see is not the same as the colour that you see.
4.)A large part of life, is to search for the meaning for your own life.
5.)Skin colours, countries borders does not separate people, the decency of people do
6.)When you just about to give up, because you can't hold on anymore.... just hold on for a little longer, and you will see a whole new world.
7.) The whole financial system is a totalitarian system that manifest itself.
8.) The things that we see, or we hear,is not the total picture that we are seeing or hearing.
9.)Yesterday is gone,tomorrow is too far.... we can only live today
10.)If you choose to be happy, then you are happy, the outside world we can not change, but we have 100% of our emotion.
Anastasiya Kochevanskaya
Michael M 30+
I like #6 New worlds are fun.
Clark Ho
Margaret Lam
Phillip Beaver 10+
However, I want to share a response to No. 1.
To maintian open-mindedness to reality or what-is or the truth, it is important for humans to not believe. Once you believe, you may have turned your back on reality.
For example, if you believe there is no god, but there is a god, you have turned your back on the god. Or if you believe one God and it is not the God, you have denied God. Of course, if you have believed God, you should not respond to my thoughts. This paragraph reminds me of writers who leave us the message, "I have a god, but I will not share it." I understand their humility and fear.
Phil
Clark Ho
But yes totally agree that we have to maintain open-mindedness, but at the same time, really trust in what your direction. Because pure trusting without constant reflection, and evaluation, then it turns into blindly foolishly following.
Phillip Beaver 10+
Phil