In the Dictionary ,it states that Enlighten means to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to, also for the definition of Enlightenment it means the state of being enlightened: to live in spiritual enlightenment.
As Basho had his Enlightenment as a Spiritual one , I have experienced an encounter in my own life as he did.I have always been brought up in church. My mother is always attending her groups at church and my father is always staying home taking care of my younger brother; since he has autism. My mother has always taught me to be very positive and strive for what you want in life and fight for it because no one else would do it for you.My father taught me how to be independent and to learn how to do accomplish things with out counting on people.
When I turned the age of fourteen, I started attending this youth group called "Jovenes De Valor" which in English means "Youth of Value". Did not know why was so attached to this youth group. I would never miss the meetings; which were always taken place every Friday. Many teenagers would meet up and discuss about how they go threw certain situations such as temptations,peer pressure and issues with their family's. I never quite understood many of them , however I did try my best to help them out in what ever way possible. Every Friday would pass by , the group would get bigger week by week. Then one day I just started talking to this one girl who was having family issues who attended the group and she was seeking for help and I prayed for God to give me wisdom for me to help this young girl out , and I gave her advice on how to work on her bearings. The next week comes and she comes to me and says , 'Thank you for helping me out; I took your advice and I'm learning how to understand my family and I'm willing to cooperate with them all.' When she told me this, it was such a time of Enlightenment in my life. I never knew I had the potential to help someone out and to have such a driven passion to assist people in my youth group. This experience made me much wiser and more ambitious to help make a positive difference in this world.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Pilgrimage
I have been to many places within the United States, and I only been to the Dominican Republic outside of the US.My recent journey was when I decided to go to Georgia to spend time with my family. It's a sixteen hour drive! Which means that you will get pretty exhausted.In the car was my two cousins and my aunt.It was comfortable ride.There was three drivers including me. Me and my cousin had the longer shifts, since my aunt could not be driving for so long. The drive getting over to Georgia went pretty quick.Once we got there my family were extremely excited to see us. It was overwhelming, however enjoyable.
We stayed in Georgia for about four days,spent time with my baby cousins , they are very entertaining.Children have such a passion for life, its very intriguing. I have a three year old cousin named Micheal, he talks like a man, very intellectual ; he states "Auntie Marisel could I have a blackberry because I really love that game called brick breaker?" He surprised me , how does a three year old know about blackberry's? and of course I replied to his question and told him "Micheal, I can't afford to buy a blackberry, were in a recession!" he ignored my response and kept on playing with my phone. He definitely made my trip to Georgia worth whiled.I decided to check out the Georgia mall, extremely huge and beautiful.I was basically window shopping.Also I went to the movies to see "Secret Lives of Bees",by the way its a phenomenal movie. I recommend everyone should go take a look. Additionally I Spent more time with the family; ate a whole lot of great food, which of course is pleasant.
The Fourth days comes along and We have to say our farewells and indeed was it sad to say bye to the people you love the most.The ride back to New York City was draining.My cousins started driving, she drove for about four hours straight, then decided to let my aunt to drive . My aunt drove for about three hours.Then I took over, drove for six hours straight. Couldn't go over the speed limit because I knew their were state troopers behind every exit or a gigantic tree. It was very intimidating since I wanted to get back home fast. The worst state I must say has to be Virgina. They are a lot of cops everywhere. They enjoy giving out those tickets that cost you a lot of money. Since I drove for a long time my cousin took over.We were all extremely exhausted, we have three hours left. Pass New Jersey , were finally in the city! Thank god . Then finally on the Williamsburg bridge to get on to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.
Finally my adventure is finished.My parents were happy to see that I still had energy and awake. Later on that day I fell asleep around 8:00 pm and woke up around 12:00 pm the next day.Woke up energized and ready for my next adventure.
We stayed in Georgia for about four days,spent time with my baby cousins , they are very entertaining.Children have such a passion for life, its very intriguing. I have a three year old cousin named Micheal, he talks like a man, very intellectual ; he states "Auntie Marisel could I have a blackberry because I really love that game called brick breaker?" He surprised me , how does a three year old know about blackberry's? and of course I replied to his question and told him "Micheal, I can't afford to buy a blackberry, were in a recession!" he ignored my response and kept on playing with my phone. He definitely made my trip to Georgia worth whiled.I decided to check out the Georgia mall, extremely huge and beautiful.I was basically window shopping.Also I went to the movies to see "Secret Lives of Bees",by the way its a phenomenal movie. I recommend everyone should go take a look. Additionally I Spent more time with the family; ate a whole lot of great food, which of course is pleasant.
The Fourth days comes along and We have to say our farewells and indeed was it sad to say bye to the people you love the most.The ride back to New York City was draining.My cousins started driving, she drove for about four hours straight, then decided to let my aunt to drive . My aunt drove for about three hours.Then I took over, drove for six hours straight. Couldn't go over the speed limit because I knew their were state troopers behind every exit or a gigantic tree. It was very intimidating since I wanted to get back home fast. The worst state I must say has to be Virgina. They are a lot of cops everywhere. They enjoy giving out those tickets that cost you a lot of money. Since I drove for a long time my cousin took over.We were all extremely exhausted, we have three hours left. Pass New Jersey , were finally in the city! Thank god . Then finally on the Williamsburg bridge to get on to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.
Finally my adventure is finished.My parents were happy to see that I still had energy and awake. Later on that day I fell asleep around 8:00 pm and woke up around 12:00 pm the next day.Woke up energized and ready for my next adventure.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Miranda..
The Tempest has many captivating characters; after all I can not relate my self to any of the characters in Shakespeare play.How ever the character that caught my attention would have to be Miranda.
Miranda was a great daughter to her father Prospero, very obedient I must say. Even though she never had the dignity to stand up for her rights nor did she ever have a say, she always seemed to live in a box. It was not her fault, since she only grew up in a world aware of only her father and a beast.Prospero always raised her as almost being a queen Miranda, did not know of what other way to live.She was very limited as if the Island she lived on , she could never leave it because she did not know what else is out there.
It is very disappointing that a female had to live such a reserved life, especially being the only female in the play. My sympathies goes out to Miranda's character. I would never want to live a life that my own father would choose all my decisions, life is all about chances and discoveries and thrill.Living in a island that all you could go by is what your father decides for you; must be very depressing.However her character played a role in the play very well and her message went out clearly to the audience in a affirmative matter.
Miranda was a great daughter to her father Prospero, very obedient I must say. Even though she never had the dignity to stand up for her rights nor did she ever have a say, she always seemed to live in a box. It was not her fault, since she only grew up in a world aware of only her father and a beast.Prospero always raised her as almost being a queen Miranda, did not know of what other way to live.She was very limited as if the Island she lived on , she could never leave it because she did not know what else is out there.
It is very disappointing that a female had to live such a reserved life, especially being the only female in the play. My sympathies goes out to Miranda's character. I would never want to live a life that my own father would choose all my decisions, life is all about chances and discoveries and thrill.Living in a island that all you could go by is what your father decides for you; must be very depressing.However her character played a role in the play very well and her message went out clearly to the audience in a affirmative matter.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Personal
My name is Marisel Rodriguez I currently reside in Queens with my family. My Father and his siblings own a building which some of his siblings live in. Four of his brothers and other family members live their as well. Its a great place to live in;spending time with family every day, it's pretty overwhelming how ever it's a great experience. I was born and raised in New York City , my parents are both from the beautiful Caribbean Island the Dominican Republic. I am currently attending Borough of Manhattan Community College,pursuing my career to become a principal of a special education school which concentrates on helping out children who have autism,down syndrome, speech epitome so on and so forth.
I decided to take this online class because I needed to take an English course and this class was available , I decided to take it. I am looking forward to learn more about literature and so far I have been.The books I love reading are mainly about UN-forbidden love and family, and adventurous mainly what catches my attention.The books that I have read that I simply adore is 'Like water for chocolate' by Laura Esquivel,"Cheaters" by Eric Jerome Dickey , 'The Notebook' 'Message in a bottle' 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks and so far I have been reading the series that Stephanie Meyers wrote which is 'Twilight' 'New Moon' 'Eclipse' and I am almost done with the fourth book which is called 'Breaking Dawn'. There's many more books that I have read however these are the ones that stand out to me.
As I stated beforehand I am reading Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer . This book is from the Twilight Saga; This novel is mainly about Bella Swan (main character) how she finally gets what she wants from the love of her life which is Edward Cullen who is a Vampire. Bella goes threw certain obstacles to actually get what she wanted from Edward.Also Bella's best friend Jacob plays a great role in this last book as well. He gets to show his side of the story on how he views the life of Bella and everyone around him. This book most definitely demonstrates how in life many things could come against you all at one time however at the very end you know everything would be possible.
The book that most has influenced my life has to be the Bible. The Bible talks about many abundant teachings and you learn from the great scriptures and you could apply it to your life in an absolute way. Within the Bible I just recently finished reading the story of Susanna. The Story was simply marvelous. It's mainly about how if you condemn someone who is not guilty , God will see your wrongness and the person whom you accused of such a harmful sin will not be accused since they have not amiss.The innocent are always favored.
I decided to take this online class because I needed to take an English course and this class was available , I decided to take it. I am looking forward to learn more about literature and so far I have been.The books I love reading are mainly about UN-forbidden love and family, and adventurous mainly what catches my attention.The books that I have read that I simply adore is 'Like water for chocolate' by Laura Esquivel,"Cheaters" by Eric Jerome Dickey , 'The Notebook' 'Message in a bottle' 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks and so far I have been reading the series that Stephanie Meyers wrote which is 'Twilight' 'New Moon' 'Eclipse' and I am almost done with the fourth book which is called 'Breaking Dawn'. There's many more books that I have read however these are the ones that stand out to me.
As I stated beforehand I am reading Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer . This book is from the Twilight Saga; This novel is mainly about Bella Swan (main character) how she finally gets what she wants from the love of her life which is Edward Cullen who is a Vampire. Bella goes threw certain obstacles to actually get what she wanted from Edward.Also Bella's best friend Jacob plays a great role in this last book as well. He gets to show his side of the story on how he views the life of Bella and everyone around him. This book most definitely demonstrates how in life many things could come against you all at one time however at the very end you know everything would be possible.
The book that most has influenced my life has to be the Bible. The Bible talks about many abundant teachings and you learn from the great scriptures and you could apply it to your life in an absolute way. Within the Bible I just recently finished reading the story of Susanna. The Story was simply marvelous. It's mainly about how if you condemn someone who is not guilty , God will see your wrongness and the person whom you accused of such a harmful sin will not be accused since they have not amiss.The innocent are always favored.
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