Section Three Blog

The quote I chose to respond to was, "The world of appearances is transitory.  Our hair and our bodies are themselves transitory." I really like this quote because it is so true because everything will fade eventually. Like what you do with your life will only be remembered by the people you were around while you are alive and about 50 years after your death you probably will not be spoken of unless you do something notable. But appearance is the thing that will fade the most; people will remember your acts rather than how you appeared. So you can spend all the time you want on how you look and really it will not be remembered for very long at all. Instead of spending time on what you are going to wear today or next it would seem to be a better idea to take a look at what you are going to do through out the day. If you spend each day trying to do thing for people rather than making yourself look good you might be remembered. For example, if you were to help a community that suffered from hunger by providing them food I think people might be a lot more focused on the fact that you helped these people rather then how you looked when you are doing it. You can look at some of the people who are revered in history for the kind acts they did and see they were not wearing the greatest clothing. A few people that stick out to me would have to be Jesus and mother Teresa. Form what the Bible says Jesus was a pretty plain looking dude. I would also assume he was not the cleanest guy he walked around the Middle East with his disciples (who were guys) in a robe and sandals. I bet his robe was pretty dirty, he may have smelled kind of funny depending on the day you ran into him. Jesus' appearance did stop him from teaching revolutionary things, healing people and all of his acts. And when people talk about Jesus you usually hear about what he did rather than if he was wearing while he did it. As for mother Teresa all of the pictures I have seen of her she is decked out in jewelry, wearing all the latest fashions. I personally think people should learn from this and see that the way they dress wont impact how people remember them. It is all about what you are doing with your life. What you do will cause you be to remembered to a point. But unless you do something super note worthy you will probably be forgotten 30-50 years after your death due to the fact that the people who around you while you were alive will be dead. So if you want to be remembered and not just be a fading memory make your life mean something.