iMedia: The American President

http://youtu.be/mWRVbWMvi7c


This Clip from one of my favortie movies, The American President, it brings out the imporatnt traits of a president and what the American people should be focused on.
In the movie clip Pres. Andrew Shepard, played by Michael Douglas, is giving a speech to the American people and mostly to his competitor, Bob Romson, about needing serious people, character and the little things that are not relavant to his presidency like his girlfriend, or burning an american flag.
This reminded me of Obama, how people make such a big deal about a little detail, like his birth certificate, or his background. Obama has wonderful character and you need that to get elected as a president but the American people shouldn't worry about the little things in the president's life, as long as they are doing your job you should not worry. But as said in the movie , "the American people do have a funny way of decideing what is and what is not their business" -AJ.
The little things make you think if it will change the presient's ways or not. But Michael is saying they do not matter, he is the president and it is his life. According to him it is time for serious people, not the ones blaming other's for things so they look bad, we need serious people in serious times and something like a birth certificate is not as serious compared to an overthrow of a president in a thrid world country.

Inconvenient Truth: We are mortal

The hard fact to face is that we might not be living for another one, ten, twenty fifty years; we are mortal and we will die within the next ninety years. Everything we take for granted today we might not have forever. I live thinking nothing is to be cherished or valued because we will be back to those place or have those friends or possessions back, the truth is we might not. We need to value everyday for what it is, live in the moment and realize we are not here forever. For me, death is my number one fear, maybe for others too, but I try not to think about it and enjoy life while I can. I get joy from simple things like nature, sunsets flowers, trees, and try not to let a day pass by where I regret something. I think people do not value or treasure what they have because they do think that they are immortal and are going to live to see tomorrow but the sad truth is we might not. But the good thing about a timeline is you cannot procrastinate about life goals as much you only have about one hundred years to experience what you can, if that. Some other people also are satisfied and ready to go, they know they have lived a happy and satisfying life and are ready to go. In general you have to realize you cannot take what you have for granted because it might not always be there for you. Bottomline, we are mortal and one day we will die, hard pill for me to swallow but I try not to think about it, but I cope by treasuring everyday given to me.

Blogging Around 5.4.11

First I commented on Katie's blog about the connection between challenging the status quo and happiness. She said she learned to take a step back from her life activities and realize what makes her happy. Then she changed what she did in order to be happy. I Responded with:

This is definitely true with me too Katie. I get so absorbed in what I do and just go along with it and it is kinda blah, but then you take a step back and realize what could make that moment even more special for you or the people you are with, it makes a difference in you satisfaction. Like if we look back in 50 years at our lives we want to remember what we did and we want to know that we were happy back then. This is a great connection that made me think about my own life and to really realize what needs improvement for satisfaction. Good Job Katie.

Then I commented on Kathryn's about the Do You Mind questions we do in class. She has learned a lot from herself and other in the class because of these questions. And it opens up new ways to think about the questions given. I said:

I totally agree with you Kathryn. Do you mind questions are great because they make you realize so much about yourself because you can be totally honest and no one can judge you and you do not even need to tell anyone your thoughts. The sharing part is great too, you can find out and absorb the way others around you might see a question differently than you that you might have passed over. DYM questions are good to get to know others and yourself more deeply and teach you things like living in the moment and realizing what is going on around you in the world.