Books

Books open up gateways to other worlds and take us to places we couldn't dream of otherwise. Books are important in our world and provide us with entertainment as well as memories. We hold an emotional attachment to books, some more than others. Books are magical creations and it takes a skilled author to bring a world in a book alive.

Books are great sources of entertainment and can often remind people of fond times long since past. What do most people do when the power goes out or they get sick of watching television? They reach for a book. Books are always ready to transport us to far away lands and give us insights into cultures and people we otherwise have never experienced. Books are also good as they can contain information and vocabulary that will assist in education. Books are versatile and come in many categories, shapes and sizes. There are adventure books, comedies, romances and mysteries. There are large books, small books, round books and square books. Books that contain facts and books that contain fiction. There are so many different books around us and it takes a curious mind to uncover them (I totally just ripped off an advertisement just then, comment down below on what advertisement you think I copied). People often associate books with memories. Personally, I relate reading "Where's Wally" with happy car-trips with my family when I was young. Others may relate other books to past experiences in their lives. Books hold an emotional connection with people and it isn't until we look back that we realise this.

Often people hold emotional attachments to books and grow to love the characters within them. Sometimes these connections can stem out into obsessions (like Twilight or Harry Potter but not The Hunger Games [you can never be too obsessed with The Hunger Games]). These emotional connections can cause passion about a book and often we can begin to feel empathy for the character we are reading about. We may start to grow feelings of hatred against the antagonist, or feelings of love towards the characters families. Sometimes we even get upset when something sad happens to characters. Marley and Me is a great example of this. I grew an emotional attachment to Marley and so I got upset when, in the end, Marley got sick (especially in the movie, I was actually crying a little) and had to be put down. It is times like these that you realise how skilled the author must be to be able to hook a reader in and have them grow emphatic feelings towards the characters. Good authors are adept at doing this and a great book is one that hooks you in and doesn't let you go until the last word.

May the odds be ever in your favour, see you tomorrow!

Music

Music is one of the greatest things we have to offer. Each civilisation throughout history has had some form of music and it has entranced people for centuries. There is some special quality of music that can hook people in and allow them to have an emotional attachment to a sound. Music is so diverse and each person has their own taste of it. Some people like pop music while others like rock. Some like classical while others like hip hop. Music can make us feel things, or make us think of things. Music is also used to inspire. Music is all around us, we just have to look for it, or rather listen.

Music can be used to create emotion and make people think of things. Music can draw out sides of us we may have thought lost forever. A good piece of music can stick with us forever. Whenever we hear it we instantly think of something we relate the song to. Music may make us think of movies such as the soundtrack of Jaws, Psycho or even James Bond. Music may even make us think of times in our lives. Every person will have their own thing they relate music to. Some people could relate a song to something joyful like their wedding while others may relate the same song to something such as a funeral or a break up of a relationship. Songs can mean different things to different people but one thing is common: music has meaning for everyone.

Music can also be used to inspire people. There are great examples of people using music to inspire change in people. Beyonce's "I Was Here" is a song calling people to action and to make people think about what they have done that people will remember them for. Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" is a song that challenges the prejudices people have against each other. It calls people to think about what is so different about us. It is great music like this which makes people think about the reasons behind their actions and what motivates them to do something. Music is great in this sense and can really create a change in the way people think.

Music can do many things and it for each person it does something different. Music can make us think of something such as an event or it can inspire us to change our perspectives. Music is a very powerful thing and is not to be underestimated.

May the odds be ever in your favour, see you tomorrow.

Pressure

Pressure, we all feel it from time to time. Pressure can come in many forms and at many levels. It can affect us in different ways. Pressure can be a bad thing but it can also be a good thing and can motivate us to new levels. However too much pressure is not a good thing. We all experience pressure in our daily-lives and some of us handle it well while others don't. Pressure can come from many different sources as well which can sometimes throw us off guard if we aren't expecting it.

Pressure doesn't have to be bad thing, it can be used to motivate us and push us to better things. If we feel pressured to do something we usually will do it almost right away just to get it over with. This can also mean that we have more time to work on it such that it turns out better than if we felt no pressure at all. A great example of this is a school assignment that we have a short period of time to complete. Some people feel pressured into starting straight away so they can get it over with, this tends to leave the person with a lot more time at the end to go over it and spend time on the presentation of it. Some others would leave it to the last minute and they feel even more pressure and they get over-worked and don't complete the work to as high a standard as the people who started straight away. It just goes to show that even though pressure can be a good thing too much of it is not such a good thing.

It's no secret that we all face pressure in our daily lives and that this pressure comes from many different sources. Pressure can come from school, work, friends or even family. It can come in the form of work (assignments, reports), relationships or even illness. Pressure can change us and can bring out the best in us. For example, we might be feeling the pressure of a family illness. This puts a lot of pressure on a person (trust me, I know) and it can bring out the best of a person. It can show a person the depth of their emotions and the ability of theirs to keep up with the work load and their family issues. Pressure can bring out the best in us even when it comes from a number of sources.

Pressure comes in many forms and can be beneficial and detrimental to us in many ways. It can also come from many different sources and can bring out the best in us. Pressure can teach us things about ourselves we otherwise would not have known.

May the odds be ever in your favour, see you tomorrow!