..."I´m talking about being fearless ; being terrified; but willing yourself to the next step...."
"Rome is burning, and the problem is not with those who started it. The problem is with us, with us who do nothing, who try to maneuver around the flames."
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
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"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
I think that this phrase means that we have to watch our own backs and to take care of us ourselves,because nobody will do it for us.As the same time it refers to he fact that everything we do must be thinked because they are our decisions and that we must face the consequences.
sorry it was thought and not thinked jeje
"Rome is burning, and the problem is not with those who started it. The problem is with us, with us who do nothing, who try to maneuver around the flames."
I think this phrase is a true fact. Everybody cares about who starts the problem, but nobody does anything to solve them.
For example, in the problem between the goverment and people who works in the countryside. Everybody says thinks like "i hate Cristina" or "I am fed up of this problem". But nobody tries to find a really good sollution to it.
"Rome is burning, and the problem is not with those who started it. The problem is with us, with us who do nothing, who try to maneuver around the flames."
We always blame the ones who started everything that is happening all over the world, but noone stops to think about how to solve the problem. The point is not really to find the scapegoat but to get together forming campaigns to help each other and our planet.
Today's society winks at the problems, and we do not face the fact that the only ones who can improve the planet, country, society, or whatever the problem is about, are us.
Will we ever realize that if nothing is done, we will end up very badly? Does something really have to happen to make us react? The best thing to do would be to start trying to find the solution to our problems before they get worse. Why does everyone want to be so innocent? We all make our mistakes so why not accept that maybe for once we did something that was not so good for us and try to solve it?
I think that all of us should have this phrase in mind every time we accuse someone else of having done something bad instead of going further and fix the damage made.
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
When you are a child you always have someone, usually your parents, there to tell you what to do, to decide for you, especially because you are not mature enough to do it by your own.
When you stop being a child to become an adult you start learning how to think by your own, how to face life alone and take your own decisions because you are grown up enough to do it.You have ample freedom to decide what you prefer or what you think it is better.
Then is when you realize that these people that have been supporting you for all this time, are not going to be behind your back , watching everything you do and telling about the consequences of your acts forever. From then on you are the only responible of your acts your decisions and its consequences. Even though friends and family are there to give you a hand, some advice.You may listen to them, they may help you but you are the one who have the last word, the last decision.
"All the decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
This phrase reflects one of the main themes of the movie, which is: Decisions we make.
Regarding this topic, we discussed in class that when you become an adult, parents are no longer there to help you make decisions, or even take any kind of responsibility for your own acts; so we have to learn to make the right choice in life, because making a wrong one, may lead to drastically modify your life, and only with luck, time, and a lot of effort, you have possibilities of changing what was wrongly decided.
I once read that life is like a road and, just like any road, there are corners, detours, and crossroads. Now the question is: what is the guarantee that we would choose the right road along the way? would you take any road, or just stay where you are: in front of a crossroad?
You do not really know where will a road lead you until you have taken it; but since life offers no guarantee that your decision will be wrong until you make it, you should take the risk and decide. Although it is tue that a wrong decision could get you lost, there is also a possibility that could be a great opportunity, which may lead to the opening of new roads in your life. It is all a matter of perspective. we also have to be cautious about this: taking risks is not about being careless, but the opposite. Identify and create options, then study the pros and cons of this options, and finally and not less important, trust yourself and make the decision.
"No lifeguard is watching you...you’re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours and yours alone from here until the end."
Decisions…What are decisions? Are they just something that we think about some minutes and then we have our ``decision`` made? Or are they something that we must always think very carefully in every moment of our life?
Whatever we did, do or will do must be thought first (at least one second) and the words that come out from our mouth are our own decisions because we thought about it and nobody else did it for us. This is what the phrase means, that everything we think, say and/or do leads to something else in our lives, affecting our future in proportion of how sensible we were at the hour of making the decision.
But what would happen if we did not make decisions in our lives because we were afraid of getting in the wrong way? And in the opposite way, what would happen if we took decisions but we did not take care of the consequences of our acts? I think that in both cases we will be losing because we have came to the world to live and to be part of something and not to be only someone else. You do not need to be smart, rich or even special to change things in the right direction, you just need to have trust on yourself and you can be sure that things will change, because good decisions have good consequences.
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
Making decisions is what we do every day and it has been part of our dairy life. Maybe when we are children, our parents decide for us and choose for us; but when we grow up and start having conscience of who we are, what we want; we tend to decide and obviously we are free to decide.
When I say that we have the freedom to decide, it doesn’t mean that we can do or choose whatever that please us without thinking the consequences; but be careful in each decision we make. My mother always tell me that either my dad or her will be always behind me finding solutions to all my problems because someday they will go to heaven before me, and that I have to learn to be independent, to think with open mind each situation, analyze it, find the best solution and make the most assertive decision; as for her one step is wrong, all is over. Moreover, she also tell me that when I am facing up a situation that I don’t know what to do, I can consult to an adult because they are wiser, they have lived other situations that I haven’t experienced yet and that they can give me good suggestions. Obviously I’m not necessarily to do what I’m told, but not to be stubborn and have an open mind to hear different thoughts and points of view, because the last decision is still on my hand.
My mother is quite negative in this sense I would say but in certain degree I agree with her. In a videogame, to win you have to go step by step and during it, you will have to make lots of decisions. If you make the right choices, you will be the winner but if they are wrong, you will have to start all again, from the beginning. In a game, you have a lot of opportunities, but in life sometimes you only have one opportunity, if you lose it, there will be no second chance!
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
When we grow up and star becoming adults, we have to face with a lot more responsabilities.Things change and usually its more difficult for us to continue because we realise that we are not five anymore and we don´t have our parents to defend us.Yes, we can have friends and our family that support us in difficult moments but they are not going to be our lifeguard, nor will decide for us.Only we can decide how our life will be, nobody will do it for us.
We have decisions to make, and we have to think carefully before taking them, because sometimes the decision you make today could change forever youre tomorrow , and once you take it there is no way back.
On the other hand, sometimes if we don´t take the risk we will never know what would have happended. That is why in some cases we should just listen to our hearts and not think of anything more,trust youre self
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
Anything you did yesterday, anything you do today, or anything you'll do tomorrow will always affect your life, for bad or for good, and will be part of you, of your decisions, of your present and your future.
I know I'm surrounded by people, because I live together with my family and friends, and face new faces everyday. I was brought up by mum and dad. I grew thanks to their education, love and support. But now I am who I am, and what I am because thanks to God I had the possibility to choose how, what and who to be. Who I am is my decision. Is who I want to be. The reason for that is that I have my eyes open to see how well I can do things, or how terrible I can reach to be. I know perfectly that if I put my hands over the fire, I will burn. It's so evident, but despite that, some people choose to burn anyway. Every single person is different, and I can make me and you sure that I learn from each one of them. What I admire of their abbilities and virtues, and what I can't tolerate about their mistakes and faults, and the same with mines. I learn from every rock on the path and I learn from every mistake. I love meeting new people, having long and deep conversations with them, as well with friends or very close ones, because I want to understand. I want to know why people act like they do toward others, and why they let themselves fall, or suffer so much. Why they don't fight or try to fight for what they want. Everyday, that's what I know I want to do. But at the end I know that I'm alone, that my life is only mine, and that its continuity depends only and exclusively on me. That if I want to survive, I will have to work hard. I will have to walk, jump and run if I want to get to the top. Only me. Only by my own effort, my own work. Mum and dad will not always be alive, and money will not fall from the sky to arrive over my hands. We all become adults before we know it, and that's why we have to be prepared. There's a time for games and fun, and there's a time for work. Work will make us reach high in our lives, and by studing and having experiences, we'll get there easily. Or rather, it's the only way we'll get there, and it depends on us. Focusing on making a big effort to live a better life will make us strong, and that will give us the tomorrow's gifts and benefits. But it depends on us, only on us, it will ALWAYS depend on us. If you want to be happy, you will have to fight for it, on your own, being aware that everybody has the same aim. You will have so many obstacles, but you don't have to give up. You will not, if you wish that happiness with your whole heart. It seems so easy, because we're limited by options, and you don't have to be very intelligent to know wich is the right choice. And you will be there, in front of many doors, all by yourself. You will have to make a step. Make sure you really know which door to open.
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end"
This phrase means that when we are kids or adolescents our parents or somebody else may take the responsability of our acts. For example, instead of studying for a test i watch tv or play with the computer and i get a low mark, and then i may blame somebody else like my teacher for making a hard exam or my parents for not telling me to study all the the time. But when i grow up and make the wrong decision, it's my fault and then i will have to blame nobody else than me.
Taking the responsabilty of your acts and accepting the concequences of them, are a big part in growing up and becoming an adult.
In my opinion, every decision we make somehow affects our lives. But there are some moments in our lives when we have to make a decision that will change the rest of our and even other people's lives, dramatically.So, personally i think the mayor difference between being an adult and a kid, apart from the things you do and that you are bigger, physically, it's the abilty to take responsabilty of your acts and to accept the concequences of them.
..."I´m talking about being fearless ; being terrified; but willing yourself to the next step...."
This phrase presents a clear contradiction but it´s clearly refearing to a same idea.
It presents two different feelings that are common on our every day life.Every one of us has gone through a moment, were we feel we are unvencible, and through a moment were we feel everone can beat us but this feelings are the ones wich prepear us and teach us how to deal with problems.And it is our duty to learn from that moments,and face the problems,and try to face life, to make it better;and to transfomrm this feelings in actions, actions that could help people and could improve our lifes.
Improving our selves, doing something for ourselves is the first step to improving everybody elses lifes and also it is the first step to make a differnce and change the world.
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
Since you are young theres someone who takes the decisions for your safety.But what happens when that someone disappear?
Well theres a simple answer for this question YOU BEACOME INDEPENDANT.From this moment untill you die, you are the one who takes the decisions for your life, taking a decision opens a door to a new way,the right or the wrong way depends on your decision.Its imposible not to take a wrong decision and this is how we mature,by learning from all your decisions.
This is a verry old phrase used by parents for us to beacome responsable of our acts but i think that this is a verry important lesson in life and theres no better way of teaching it.
Nowadays people takes decisions and dont face the consequences that those decisions bring,blaming others and making them face the problems you should be solving.
In conclusion we must take decisions in life, it doesnt matter if they are good or bad face the consequencis.
"No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
I really like this phrase..!I think that is very related with us.
Now it's the time that we start to decide and choose thing only to reach one objective: "hapinnes"
Of course sometimes we fall but it's very important to stand up again and continue fighting.. life it's like a game.. during it you can choose and take many desicions but you have to be concious of what you choose because everything has it consecuences.. good or bad!
When we became teenagers we look for new things,experiences and it's the period in which we get more mature and we are able to do things alone,with out our parents;because from now on we are alone in some way!
As the phrase says "you are your own man".. you are prepare to look and reach what you want..it will be hard but you have to be sure that you can do it!It's simple.. if you put all your effort in something you will see the good resuts..!if not.. you will only see bad thing but remember that there is always an other oportunity to show that you can!
No lifeguard is watching you...you´re on your own...you are your own man. The decisions you make now are yours, and yours alone from here until the end."
When children grow up, becoming adolescents they start changing their minds, the way they think, and also the decisions they make have a lot of importance.Besides that teens want to conquer the world and don´t take care of consequences. But during their way they have to take many dificult decisions that are going to change their lives.
People many times have diferent ways to take. They have to stop, think,and when the decicion is taken, continue.
Also they have to take into account that they are alone in this.That the result could benefit or negatively affect them.When they are going to decide, be really concious about what are they doing.
What happend if you need help and nobody helps you?Many times this could happend.You have an obstacle an you can´t continue.You need someones helps,you shout and nobody listen to you.It is sad but a reality.
Finally, that advantages of oportunities,think before you make something and take care.
All the comments are very interesting. I just have a couple of things to point out...
Isaìas, it was a little short. You don´t seem to have concentrated much when writing....
Hanna, you need to look up the word "scapegoat" and learn to use it in the correct sense....
EVERYONE needs to re-read what they write before publishing. You make a lot of sloppy mistakes that you could catch if you read what you wrote several times.
I hope you take advantage of this blog to write more. It´s really nice to read what you all think!So, USE IT!!!
April 17, 2008 7:36 PM
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