Week 1 Reading

I am really enjoying this book so far because it goes along with a lot of my own philosophies.   In chapter one the author compared what frogs see or do not see to what humans see and I had never heard this point of view before.  Basically, we all (frogs and humans) are selective in what we are programmed to receive.   A frog does what it is programmed to do and as humans we have greater potential, but still have limits.

In chapter two I loved his statement about how we can extend beyond our borders that confine us to everyday reality.   In the world of measurement we tend to survive or try to find ways to stay alive.   As a human being we do tend to seek to acquire more and treat others as competitors.   I believe some of that depends on how we view ourselves and how much play our inadequacies or our belief of what they are have on how we tackle this journey we are on.

Giving an A was an interesting chapter because I could relate to the section that described Michelangelo’s visionary concept.   We tend to think everything must be earned and when we compare ourselves to fellow classmates or friends or family we can fall short and that does affect our performance.