1. I am a lucky girl. I have family and friends who stand beside me. I have a house and a job and a place to sleep. I am safe when I fall asleep at night, and I am lucky to have the opportunity to educate myself at this university where I am studying. I am lucky to have gone to high school and worked with the people I worked with, the opportunities I've had, and I'm lucky for the places I've been.
2. I love to write. I love to write fiction and poetry and non-fiction. I love to write because it helps me figure things out. Sarah Kay-- the speaker in the video-- says she writes poems to work through what she doesn't understand.. and I do it too. I write to figure out how I feel, how I want to grow and where I want to go. Maybe a reader can't see it from the things they read of my writing, but that's how it works for me. By the end of a story, maybe unrelated, but I know where I stand, and I know how I feel.
3. Ted Talks are awesome and distracting. I can't focus on that paper I mentioned yesterday because I'm too interested in listening to Ted Talks about Language. I've been on 55 words since 12:30 and I have about 500-550 words to go..
This is a Ted Talk by Sarah Kay. I like the first 8 minutes, but I love the rest of it too. She is amazing. Her words make sense to me. I like it a lot. I think you might too. Enjoy!
"If you tell me that I can do the impossible, I'll probably laugh at you."
The first 3 minutes of that video are amazing.
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