Writers Dreaming-Duffey

1. The caged bird sings because it dreams of freedom. All it wants is to be free. Free from the cage and its taunting bars. It means the bird wants to fly. It wants to break free of the bars that holds its true self. To fly is to feel free. There are no chains to stop you. I couldn't tell you if I agree but I sure do understand it. We all have that one thing that makes us feel like we could rule the world. Well that's our freedom, a bird's is flying, a fish swimming, land animals running. What's yours?

3. Talking about the bad things does give them power over you. It's like your feeding into the bad things instead of enjoying the good things. "You gotta have the bad days so you can love the good days." Bad things are going to happen but they're only temporary. Good things are forever that can turn into bright memories. I have known this to happen many many times. I'll dwell in something that was bad, awful and just the worst. Everyone does whether they like it or not. We are human and we're going to give power to bad things and love the good things. It's what we do.

5. I couldn't live that way to what my mind tells me but there were times where I did kind of do just that. Not in the same way though. I didn't stop talking like Angelou but I did shut out the world just like she did. I thought the world and God was against me when the events happened and all just seemed to pile up on itself. But now it's seemed to have. . .no it hasn't. I live in fear now of what will happen next and I keep a watchful eye always checking every dark corner that peeks in. Sometimes I talk quite a bit and other times I don't talk almost at all. If I were to listen more and speak less I'd probably see the world from a different perspective-like most would. I would see more how others take on the world. If I spoke more I'd grow by not being so afraid to speak in public. I have come along way from when I was just a little elementary student, but it seems to take a lot for me to actually say things unless I'm very powered up to do so.

11. I have to be honest and say that I disagree with Angelou. As you get older you learn new things still. The world is changing and it's changing fast. Everyone is learning and adjusting to the new lifestyle. Life isn't what it was 20 thousand years ago. What do you think we've been doing all those years? Learning. And we are doing just that right now. It does get a bit harder to learn new things. What's the point of calling them new things if they're not NEW. When you're older yes you do tend to focus more on what's important in life rather than dwell on the stupid crap. But we are all going to get distracted by things that keep us from learning, even the smartest of people get distracted. Once again we are human and it's what we do.