Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm
I was watching the hilarious movie Knocked Up yesterday and one part of it made me think. The one character with children says to the other who is about to have a child: “I wish I liked anything as much as my kids love bubbles.” Considering we never see children at all while being in a university full of overworked, sleep-deprived, irate or drunken students I guess I never realised how true that statement is. I have two brothers at home under the age of three and they love everything. Especially bubbles. I tried to think of anything I loved as much as children liked bubbles and, aside from my mother’s spaghetti, I drew a stark blank. I don’t know what happens to us after the age of thirteen but it seems like we just stop being enthusiastic. People say you can learn from children and I agree wholeheartedly. Bubbles are awesome so why not love them? If only we could apply that to, say, English 1 then we would be brimming with enthusiasm. I applied my mini-theory today in Journ and afterwards I felt not one hundred percent better but at least sixty five. Enthusiasm improves your mood and makes you feel like you aren’t just another pissed off student who can’t function before nine without a Kaif coffee.
Labels: bubbles, children, enthusiasm, experience, mood