The Tempest that is Life
From Shakespeare's The Tempest:
"Now my charms are all o'erthrown/ And what strength I have's mine own,/ Which is most faint (Shakespeare Epilogue).
I feel so much like Prospero. He has decided to give up the control and submit to the way things have to be. I know it has to be hard, realizing that you are at the mercy of the natural forces of others, time, and so forth. He's no longer going to play the hand of God, he'll instead have to trust fate to get him through. He knows, however, that his daughter is getting married which will help him sleep easier.
You can continue to read (warning: it's just me whining) or go back to the course webpage to see what others have to say.
So...I've pretty much decided that I'm going to dedicate this blog to feeling rather emo in this point in my life. I don't watch TV anymore (partially because I have night class every night but Friday forcing me to miss "The Big Bang Theory" and "Smallville" on Mondays and Thursdays.) I didn't mind at first because I thought I would just watch them online...no biggie. Well I'm sad to say that I don't have time to speak to my roommates let alone go on a website and watch television shows. My whole life is consumed with reading because it seems like the majority of my professors feel that their class should be my top priority. What does one do when there is so much work and no time to do it? How do you know what to cut? Should I cut work? Soccer? Both of those things get me money that I really need, so what? I can't opt to drop classes if I want to graduate in time... I can't get much more honest than this. I had to get it out of my system. Thanks to reading/listening to me if you finished reading this. If not, you didn't miss much so don't worry.
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Jodi Schweizer on The Tempest that is Life: Take a deep breath, close your
Derek Tickle on The Tempest that is Life: I understand what you mean. Tr
I understand what you mean. Try to take a day at a time and try not to get stressed out too much. I know it's hard to do, but its not healthy if you don't relax for a little.
Ok - so back to the point of this comment!
While reading, I thought that this quote applied to your line of thinking.
Sebastian stated:
Why
Doth it not then out eyelids sink? I find not
Myself disposed to sleep.
Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and pick what you think is the most important. Everything else will fall into place after that. If you spread yourself thin on everything so that you can get it all done, you are going to miss out on the few things that you can do really, really well. It will all work out!
I agree. As Prospero notices, it is hard to watch your life pass by and not want to control it. Fate is a difficult concept to swallow without absolute faith.
Isn't it fabulous how 400 year old dead guys can incite a rant? I feel you on the life is flying by and what do I do next feeling. It gets tiresome going around in circles with literature as well, especially with literary criticism. Sometimes it would be nice to have a few rote questions in this major.