Monday, November 23, 2015


Bewilderment in my own thinking is being completely and utterly confused and unknowing. One example would be when someone tells you something unbelievable you are totally speechless, as in you have absolutely no words to describe your thoughts on the information just given. Or another example would be if you were captured by a group of people, bind folded to where you were unable to see anything at all and taken to a place, dropped off, and left there with no signs, clues, or directional device to lead you home. You are completely confused and would not know where to start or which way to go to begin your journey back home. I think in some ways being certain about things makes your life much easier to predict and much easier to handle, but takes away the life lessons you learn and some of the fun you might have. Spontaneity simply creates the element of wonder and surprise for yourself and the people around you. Being spontaneous would manifest the idea of having no idea what rewards or punishments will come out of an event. Sometimes your spontaneity treats you well and rewards you with long lasting memories and a gain in your knowledge, but sometimes it also could turn for the worst and give you punishments depending on your actions. Maybe you decided to hop in your car and take a road trip to Winstar up in Oklahoma. Your punishment may include losing all your money (since those machines are like one in a million.) I believe the certainty is not what life is about. Life is truly about the lessons learned and the memories made, with little certainty for the things you absolutely need.

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  1. Bewilderment is a state at which a person is in when they have complete uncertainty in their lives. This state of bewilderment can be described as confusing and mysterious. The unknowing of certain things can prove to be a positive outcome in our lives because life would not be the same if we all knew what was going to happen next. Certainty is a key factor indeed. How astonished people feel about something that happened to them can help lead to bewilderment. This idea shows that people can be affected by the mysterious nature of life in a significant way. I think bewilderment should be accepted in our lives because it makes us feel human. This feeling is meant to provoke thoughts of what might happen next or of what happened already. That is why television shows are so effective, because they make us humans feel alive for that duration of time.

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