Chapter 4

“Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.” – Ice-T (Page 78 of the Art of Being Human)

Passion is what keeps people going even in times of love. Passion keeps not just relationships going, but keeps your passion for anything going. If you have a passion for your job or anything you will try harder. Love makes a place safe because when there is love there is no hate. Hate kills and make the world angry but where there is love is acceptance. Having a safe world is important but unrealistic. I hope that we can see a world that is passionate about loving to have a better place in life.

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” – Emily Dickinson (Page 86 of The Art of Being Human)

The essence of feeling like you can have so much going that you are running around without your head seems like it makes so much. First reading the quote i was very confused. People will usually call a certain death poetic or a certain things poetry and i can see why. Ugly things can be beautiful when you change how you look at them. The physical act of not wanting to feel pain or anything is almost inspiring. This makes it poetic, and poetic things can be painful not just beautiful and this makes things unique.

“When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his experience.” – John F. Kennedy (Page 72 of The Art of Being Human)

I choose this quote mainly because i have a deep respect for John F. Kennedy. I really believe that not only was he a great president but he was a great man as well. He was alive when there was lots of unequaility in the country and this quote stuck out because of current evens now. The current administration to me does not care about the people but only about the power coming from it. The more you read and realize that history can repeat itself and that when people are more exposed to cultures and diversities that you learn to also respect it and appreciate it. Many people have not learned to respect each others differences, and it really shows.