Friday, October 9, 2009

Sentence12


Novel: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen


His Sentence

How much of the world did people miss because they were not calm enough, empty enough, to experience it?


Commentary: Cole has had a revelation and is asking some rhetorical questions, and out of all the rhetorical questions he asks himself, I like this one. I like this sentence for the simple fact that people do miss a lot of the world because they are to busy and stressed. Humans are too rushed and crammed for time to realize the beauty around them. I feel that the author used these rhetorical questions to get the reader to realize that there is a lot in the world and sometimes it is best to sit back relax, accept, become empty (not in a depressed way in an enlightened spiritual way), and experience the world around them in a new sweeter, magnificent view.


My Sentence


How much of what he said to me was a lie because he was not strong enough, brave enough, to tell the truth?

1 comment:

sheflair said...

I couldn't agree more. I've been having this same revelation. We can get so busy with life that we stop living. Sad.