A Moment in Life

   Growing Up                When we close our eyes and imagine our childhood, we see simplicity, laughter, and joy. We go back to where we experience everything for the first time: heartache, pain, and love. I think we can all remember a time where we looked back on our lives and wanted to turn back the clock. The thing is, we can't turn back the clock, we can't change the past, we can just change the now.  The thief is not ourselves but time. Time is continuous and cannot slow down. Growing up is never easy. You gain more responsibilities,  make new friends, and wonder what the future will bring. But in life, we cannot hold on to the past, and we have to let go of things that hold us back. The future can be scary and uncertain. When we try to escape ourselves, life has an interesting way of creating situations that force us to come back. To look at who we are. The thing is that growing brings us to a new experience with life....

We have all been there, rushing to get to a place and happen upon unfortunate situations that often leave us financially hurt. Allstate Auto Insurance "Mayhem" provides humorous commercials to persuade the audience to rethink their safety and question their car insurance reliability. The Insurance company wants the viewers to express the positive feeling of knowing their insurance protects them no matter what happens. The creatively crafted ad depicts a situation we may all be familiar with, more or less. Allstate provides a quirky and humorous commercial that tries to persuade viewers, specifically car owners, to get Allstate protection and feel safe while driving.  The ad commercial starts with a man energetic and eager to get to a football game tailgate party and tailgates a civilian.  The civilian is getting upset at the driver but ironically isn't paying attention to what is in front of him, causing him to collide with a truck, resulting in extensive damage to his ca...

      You can only “be yourself” in public if “yourself” is socially acceptable.                        Who deems you worthy, successful, or acceptable? Not society, but that is what many people believe. Waking up in a world infatuated with looks and likes is mentally draining. Social standards are the hierarchy of these issues and the very basis of the reality of the world we live in. Conforming to this world and forgetting the basis of your opinions is a dangerous path and can lead to many mental illnesses and health issues.  Society always told you how to act, what to wear, who to be friends with, and what to believe. Society is deceitful and causes more harm than good. The stress of wanting to fit in and be accepted by society is a false reality far too many of us make, and we sometimes lose ourselves in the process. Constantly feeling a tug and pull from society norms and your true self, it is hard...

                               Close your eyes for a few minutes. I want you to take a few deep breaths and, in those breaths, I want you to reach inside and remember a memory from a childhood vacation. Maybe a beach or a peaceful camping trip. Then I want you to think about what kind of things remind you of those memories: the food you eat, the smell of your clothes, a candle, anything. Lastly, think of eating a really cold icicle drop on that trip. What was your experience? What was your feeling of thought? Did it engage your senses? What about opening the packaging of the drops.  The tingle of sensation felt from your lower vertebrae to the tip of your brain. The crinkles of the packaging perking your ears to the mystery of flavor and excitement that await. Who knew plastic sounds could bring such satisfaction? With the whole 6.25-ounce bag of coolness displayed on your hand,  you can almost hea...