The Important Earth

When Siddhartha loses his way of life to the desires of humanity, he sees something that reminds him of what it means to be living: water. Water changes, moves (sometimes harshly, sometimes in calm manner), and adapts. Water is a representation of existence, in the way that it has its inconsistencies. It can display the most bold or mellow patterns of life.

In Watering the Soul, the author describes life as something that is grown. At the beginning of a journey, an individual is nothing but a little seed that needs to be nurtured to grow into a beautiful forest. To take care of something is the most delicate process of one's life. For example, when learning something new, it almost never comes to an individual on the first mention. Rather, it is necessary to practice something to understand it.

Within both Siddhartha and Watering the Soul, there is an appreciation of the natural world. This appreciation grows into a comprehension of humanity and life as a whole. After all, what can be more similar to life than life itself?

For the second semester of my senior year, I would like to take things slowly, instead of rushing. For most of my high school experience (of what I can remember), I was always scrambling to force a concept into my head, just for the purpose of completion. Now that I have realized that there is no advantage of doing this, my goal has become to take life as it comes to me.

Maybe the important water all along has been the water that we use to grow our souls.

 

Until next time,

A Second Semester Senior

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