Personal Commemoration- Reflection #7

Sometime later in my life around 25, I wish to make a commemoration of a showcase that explains who I am. This will be jointed by multiple performances, mainly of me dancing, singing, and also exhibiting my artworks. This will be a very important event to me because considering how I have stage fright; me volunteering means a lot. One reason why I wish to do this is to show others the spiritual talents that God has given me. I also want to show those who went against my dream that dreams do come true if only you try hard enough.

         This commemoration will start off with an opening of a dancing and singing performance. Following that will be an exhibition of the different types of art I have made by then. Because this is a commemoration, I will not repeat this and only do this for one day. I do not want to repeat this over and over again because then, the value of this remembrance will start to decline.

          During this commemoration, I will make a speech,
“Thank you all for coming here tonight. I will first give my thanks to my family and friends who supported my dream. Through tonight’s showcase, I will show you the gift God has given to me. The gift that explains who I am, and who I have become. Everyone has a gift from God, and I will be showing you one of the gifts God sent out to His children.”

          Last of all, because this isn’t a strict commemoration, I will not ask to follow many rules. However, I will have few notes for people to keep in mind. The appropriate outfit for this gathering will be casual / party. Because this showcase is mainly about who I am, I will have few restrictions that go against my values and beliefs. Therefore, I will ban all cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs, and food will not be allowed—food will be provided.

        

         Although this is all for the future, I will start guiding myself to always trust in myself and work hard to make this commemoration of my gift from God become true.

The Morality of the Greek Myths, Reflection #6

Venus heard how Psyche was called more beautiful than her, and ordered her son Cupid to go down to Earth and make her pair up with a filthy man. However, Cupid, amazed by Psyche's beauty could not dare, and therefore chose to stay with her. However, Psyche could not see Cupid, and one day she was convinced by her sisters as they said, "one night kill him, and we can take over his riches." One night she decided to kill Cupid, however she was baffled by his beauty. Cupid then said he was disappointed how she betrayed him and took everything away from her; the beautiful place they stayed at, and left. The moral of this story is that we must let go of at least one thing to receive a great deed in return. In this case, Psyche had to give up her temptation of wanting to see her husband's face; this way she would keep receiving all the grateful things.  However because she kept wanting things, instead of giving up something herself, at the end she lost everything. In a way this would be a practice of 'karma,' a belief of Hindus how if one does a bad deed, they will receive punishment in return. Through this myth, I think we should all be thankful of what we already have.