It’s been about two years since I was sitting in Tono Ramirez’s PHIL 1 class and we were discussing the potential of actual knowledge and reality and one day, I forget why now, he asked us what kept us coming back to school? I didn’t think about it at the time because I was having such a fun time basking in the glory of the Big Red Machine and it’s benefits if you will, (I was madly infatuated with this girl named Eunice at the time and I always looked foward to work and talking to my buddies John S., JB, Jimmy, Ricardo, Daniel, Gurmit, and others). Anyways, I didn’t think about it at the time but I always driven to learn something new and school did that for me. This is where I learned to enjoy and be enthralled with the knowledge of Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, English, and a subject that I’ve come to enjoy Speech. Ever since then, the reason that I believe that keeps me going back to school is the ability to learn something new and exciting. But besides that, there is always the prospect of getting a better job down the line and making some room for myself to have a family as well. There are other things that keep me motivated to… well live life dangerously(not in that way though) and here they are:
1. I like meeting new people.
This one I like doing because as much as I like interacting with people, I enjoy talking with people one on one rather than in a group setting. At work and at school, they can come and go but the one’s you stick with are the ones who you know will not be plastic and fake to your face.
2. Wrestling.
Let’s face it, I’m a mark for wrestling, I enjoy the promos and the angles that they run but the wrestling is what pulls me in. The best thing about wrestling is how it mirrors real life whether it be in the stories they tell in the ring or the angles they run on the show because I see myself emotionally connected to the wrestlers themselves or seeing how it may just be fun stuff as a whole. I hope one day wrestling will boom again because I’ve been a wrestling since 1993 and if people get on that train again, I can say I was there when it was good and bad.
3. My family.
I love my family, I feel I’m letting them down if I call off from work for some inept reason or if I’m sick because I can’t hold it within myself to miss anything that is hurting them as well. As I’ve gotten older I’ve seen that they need help with money and I find it hard to at least give them a bit of money every month to help them out. They also push me to try harder in life and in school as well.
4. Music.
Music is something I love, every day I wake up to music on my IPOD Touch listening to a song I’ve put on there whenever it was as I’ve made it one of my goals in life to prusue the discovery of new music and new artists as well. These past two yeasr I’ve disocvered The Clash, Billy Joel, Cuisillos, 98 Degrees, The Mamas and the Papas, and one of my favorites that probably no one has ever heard of Felipe Arriaga.
5. My Dog
Yes, Paloma keeps me motivated, ever since I got her I’ve loved her ever since because every night I come home there she is jumping in joy to see me and you can’t get that every night from everybody so when I see it, I can only smile deep down inside and wonder, wow if an animal loves me like that, then I’ve done well in life.
Well, happy joy everyone and enjoy your weekend.
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