I was making chocolate chip cookies and while I was waiting for a batch to bake I scooped my spoon of dough and proceeded to stare blankly out the window. My music was playing in the background and I don't know why but I had a sudden feeling of complete open mindedness. It was almost as if the cookie dough unlocked a cage and my mind was set free. And as I was peering outside I saw one of my cats. Now I know you might not follow this or even think "that's so dumb. it's so simple and obvious. why is she even making this a big deal?" Well, I'll tell you why. Because I was feeling smart and observant so you can just shove it and come back to read when you get some respect for me and for yourself. Stop thinking your so high above me. Anyways, back to the cat. Just for the sake of storytelling I'll divulge the information that her name is Bumblebee. The window that I was standing out just happens to look out over past our driveway and out into a hay field, but during winter it's barren and a opportune place to hunt for mice. It's not like I haven't seen my cats hunting before, but something made me stop and stare. It had recently snowed and patches of white were spread across the ground. Anyone that knows anything about cats knows that they don't like to get their feet wet or cold, and I'm pretty sure if I didn't have shoes I would feel the same. Bumblebee was heading in a general direction but the thing that I noticed was that even though she was heading out to a place I'm assuming was straight in front of her, she kept weaving to the side to avoid wet patches and just kept heading back towards the same place. And I know this may be a little bit of a stretch for you to catch (mostly because my mind was going a million miles per hour and I can't remember how I connected one thing to another) but I suddenly brought up the idea of how we, as a human race, always aim directly towards what we want. If we want to get somewhere you can bet that we will do everything in our power to make that path towards our destination a straight unwavering line if we can. One example I tried to apply it to for understanding purposes was that if there was a goal to get to the other side of a mountain, the first thought that appears in our heads is to either go right over it or blow a hole through the middle and go that way. But watching Bumblebee make her way towards her destination towards the middle of the field brought about an understanding that even though going straight for it may bring us many advantages like quick progress and perseverance, what it doesn't bring us is patience. So I touched on many other things after this and will most likely bring them up sometime later, but I'm asking you as a reader to consider this. And because I'm a well-rounded IB student I will apply this to another thing in my life. Just as I was writing the previous words above this, I thought back to my new class I'm taking this semester called Theory of Knowledge. The reason this reminded me of it is because today, our second day of class, we discussed what knowledge is and how we think. It was some overall mind blowing stuff, but the basic thing I would like to point out was that we were asked to draw a picture of how we think and I would like to share mine with you. You might want to try this sometime because it's actually extremely... helpful in understanding yourself. Without further ado, here it is below. I wish you a wonderful day and hope I gave you much to think on. Until next time...
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