“We are very far from always knowing our own wishes”
~ Francois de
La Rochefoucauld
Read the quote above and think about what the author is
trying to say? Describe in writing your
opinion of the quote. How can we be far
away from knowing our own wishes?
Explain your thoughts and reasoning fully. Secondly, write about how having a wish come
true could have a negative affect instead of a positive one. Explain your reasoning and rationale
fully. Respond in 250 words by Thursday
the 27th and reply to a classmates original post by Sunday the 30th.
In my opinion the quote is trying to say that we havent lived life to the fullest yet and we dont know what we truely want in life. Sometimes our fears hold us back from doing the things that we want. Even i let my fears get in the way of a lot of things that i want to do. Having a wish come true may have a negative affect because the outcome can turn out differently then what you wanted.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about what your saying , because everyone do let there fears hold you back frrom doing what ou have to do and get things done . And yes something might go wrong with your wish coming true
DeleteNikki I defiantly agree with what you're saying. Our fears hold us back, and that isn't a good thing. We should be able to let ourselves fully out there any not be held back by anything. Try not letting that happen :) Or maybe you can work around things and get close to what you wish for.
DeleteIn my opinion the quote " We are far frrom always knowing our own wishes " means that we dont always know what we want in our life because something new happens everyday and you might end up changing your mind about something you want to do in our life. We can be far from knowing our wishes because you dont know what the day will bring as it comes in. My thoughts about this is that as we do some thinking your mind will most likely change because we our to young to know what we actually want in this life time. We have to wait until we get older to really know even though you might not know when you get older but only time will tell. Having a wish come true is a postive thing because you wouldnt really expect a wish to come true
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion this quote means that we don't actually know what our wishes are because they always seem to change all the time. When one thing in our live happen our wished change to something diffrent. We are far away from our wishes because we never know when our wishes will ever come true..if they ever do come true. We don't know what our true wishes actually are until they come true and when they do come true we're not always as happy as we thought we were going to be with them. Our wishes could have a negative effect because if they come true they could in return make something bad happen and we could not like the outcome and in the end regret ever wishing it happened in the first place.
ReplyDeletemy wishes always change, theres always going to be new things thrown at you in life. everything and everyone changes overtime.
DeleteIn my opinion the quote stated above is trying to say that yes, we are very far from always knowing our own wishes. I think that we are far away from knowing our wishes because as we go through life, we go down roads and take turns we'd never expect. And as we go through life, we always want something different. At every birthday you have, when blowing out the candles on your cake, do you wish the same wish every year? I may only did that a few times when I was little, but whatever I wished for lately in the past few years has happend do with things taking placing in that time area. Having a wish come true can have a negative affect instead of a positive one. I feel like this reminds me of the quote " Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it." Some people try to make their lives better by making positive wishes, but life isn't always so perfect as it seems. With people taking things for granted, they make their wish and it comes true, they end up burning down things that truly matter to them.
ReplyDeleteYour so right heather. People take alot of things for granted. For example family, i moved out for two months i dont know how i did it but now my mom is very sick and i wish i would of been there to take care of her. but you have to take two steps forward not 5 steps back and even if i wish for her to get better it is not necessary going to come true. Like if anything happened to you i would regret not talking to you as much but you'll always be my bestfriend<3 love you girl!
DeleteAw! love you tooo girl! :)
DeleteIn my opinion the quote "we are very far from knowing our own wishes" means that yes alot of the time we are. In life you may go through tuff situations that you might not think twice of but you still do it anyways, it might of been something you always wished for and always wanted to accomplish or vise versa. If every single person believed in the same things and thought the same this world would be very boring! Alot of people keep to themselves, which is some cases they dont explain their feelings. A quote that reminds me of this quote when i read it was "i am this or that". Fear holds alot of people back like myself. I know other that it effected also, i think everyone should let go of the negative issues in life and focus on positive outcomes. You cant live on what you wished for because it might turn out to be bad in the end down the road.If i were someone who makes wishes and it came true everytime it wouldnt be so fun but when you deserve it at the right time it will come and thats a fact! So dont take things for granted because one day you might have that!
ReplyDeleteThe quote "we are very far from knowing our own wishes" in my opinion is trying to say that we have not fully lived our life out yet. there is so many adventures left to go on, so many things you've never seen before. you haven't expeirenced enough to know what you want or what your dreams are. theres so many countries, states, cities and so on left that you haven't seen. think of how many people are out there that youve never spoken to or how many different languages are out there that youve never even heard. you have not expeirenced even half of the things in life. theres so much life out there and different occupations and activities that you don't even know exist. we are to young to know exactly what we want in life or what our hopes for the future are. explore the world to your fullest capability so you dont miss out. never regret and never forget your past memories because everything in your past makes you who you are today. there is nothing stopping you from making your wishes come true, you just have to figure out what they are.
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ReplyDeleteMany times we are so set on and truly believe we know what we want. We go to explore more into and realize that that is not what we truly want. It happens to everybody. This is a common thing to high school students who are going to try to figure out what they want to do with their life. They pick something do some research and realize that is not what they want. People dont always truly know what they want to wish for. Negative things could always happen if you wish for something. If you want to be a a movie star or singer and it comes true, there are sacrifices you have to make. Sacrifices such as being away from family alot and missing holidays and other special things. You may wish for it and not even know the negatives about it.
“We are very far from always knowing our own wishes”
ReplyDeleteI think this quote is true in a way. Most people who were granted a wish would wish for money or a fast car or even maybe a super power. But what they don’t wish for they would definitely eventually regret not wishing for it. Like say I wish for a 100 billion dollars, that still will not bring that person I miss back to me. Doesn’t matter how much money you have once someone is dead they are gone forever. Maybe someone would wish for a resurrection. But I doubt it. Most people just think about something off the top of their head, but what they really want to wish for is in the back of your head. Its hard to call it. Because I feel like if you wished for one thing, you would live your whole life wishing you had wished something else. All people do is want want and want some more. It is never ending.
If you wished for having a billion dollars that could also turn out bad. You might just get hypmotized by the money and just lose friends, or the tings in life that you truly care about the most. Because people are definitely more important then a stupid peace a paper. At least I think so, If I had a wish I would try to wish for something that would benefit more then just myself, maybe world peace, or for everyone to be good on money. Not just myself. Or maybe just save my wish for when I need it, I don’t know , wishes are fucked up to think about.