again.” As the clock hit midnight I saw most of my friends get paired up sharing the moment with each other. Paul looked at his wife and gave her a cute kiss. Crista was with her group of girlfriends taking pictures they put on instagram. Brandon came up to me and said, “I’m glad you made it down here Jake. Isn’t it always fun when everyone gets back together?” I told him it was about time to get back to reality. That’s when I thought of another new year’s resolution. I would actively try to keep in touch more with my friends. This trip made me realize that I still did have interpersonal relationships with people.
I spent the night reminiscing with everyone back at the beach house realizing that this was the first time in years I had made it to a group trip. The next morning, I said bye to everyone slipping in that I would try a little harder to keep in touch. Everyone made quick remarks that they know I’m not that good at keeping up with people, but they heard about all the details from Paul.
I had to take a flight straight to Boston in the afternoon to get ready for a client presentation in Manhattan the next day. When I got back to Boston, I realized I should plan out to see Michelle. When I got back home, though, I spent most of the day in my bed thinking about the possibility of seeing Michelle again and how great the past weekend was. Ah, I shouldn’t rush into things so I’ll plan our next meeting for some time in the next month. Who knows, if things go really well we possibly could spend Valentine’s Day together.
It’s been about a week since the New Year and I just recently had another meeting with my therapist. She’s happy about some of the progress that I’ve made in my life, but she warned me that some of the elated feelings I have now might be a result of the New Year and seeing people that I haven’t seen in a long time. She said that I would have to actively work on my relationships and self if I want to continue feeling well. The one thing I didn’t want to hear was that she believed that one day I should revisit Eden as she believes I haven’t gotten closure with it. As for Michelle? I didn’t talk to my therapist about her.
Happy New Year. I hope this year brings me answers to questions I have been asking. By the way I scheduled a catch up with Michelle for the end of the month. True, I could have done it sooner but I have to travel a lot in the next few weeks to catch up on work.
Eden
“What if one day we found out that all the languages spoken on this planet derived from the same source?”
I heard her say that in one of the first classes I attended in college. I responded to her and said, “That sounds like an interesting idea. Are you trying to suggest creationism? That idea makes me think of Adam and Eve.”
“No, I don’t think so. I think this idea works whether you believe in creationism or evolution. If the world and humans were created, then humans could have had one ancestry. In the case of evolution, maybe language was such a survival advantage that the only lineage of humans that survived were those that adopted language at some point.”
I looked at her in disbelief.
She said, “I just believe it’s that you cannot separate language from our ability to think. I haven’t really thought about this a lot. This is just my reaction to what I think language can be. Isn’t that the topic of today’s discussion?”
I clenched my jaw. I ended up dropping that class, Ancient Languages, after the first week. But, what Kyla said that day would influence my thoughts and actions for the years to come. Ever since that discussion, I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said. For some reason, that question drove all of my thoughts in my spare time. How did language begin? After all it is language that allows humans to express complex thoughts to each other. It’s language that allows us to communicate feelings and ideas to each other. Without it, wouldn’t we
I spent the night reminiscing with everyone back at the beach house realizing that this was the first time in years I had made it to a group trip. The next morning, I said bye to everyone slipping in that I would try a little harder to keep in touch. Everyone made quick remarks that they know I’m not that good at keeping up with people, but they heard about all the details from Paul.
I had to take a flight straight to Boston in the afternoon to get ready for a client presentation in Manhattan the next day. When I got back to Boston, I realized I should plan out to see Michelle. When I got back home, though, I spent most of the day in my bed thinking about the possibility of seeing Michelle again and how great the past weekend was. Ah, I shouldn’t rush into things so I’ll plan our next meeting for some time in the next month. Who knows, if things go really well we possibly could spend Valentine’s Day together.
It’s been about a week since the New Year and I just recently had another meeting with my therapist. She’s happy about some of the progress that I’ve made in my life, but she warned me that some of the elated feelings I have now might be a result of the New Year and seeing people that I haven’t seen in a long time. She said that I would have to actively work on my relationships and self if I want to continue feeling well. The one thing I didn’t want to hear was that she believed that one day I should revisit Eden as she believes I haven’t gotten closure with it. As for Michelle? I didn’t talk to my therapist about her.
Happy New Year. I hope this year brings me answers to questions I have been asking. By the way I scheduled a catch up with Michelle for the end of the month. True, I could have done it sooner but I have to travel a lot in the next few weeks to catch up on work.
Eden
“What if one day we found out that all the languages spoken on this planet derived from the same source?”
I heard her say that in one of the first classes I attended in college. I responded to her and said, “That sounds like an interesting idea. Are you trying to suggest creationism? That idea makes me think of Adam and Eve.”
“No, I don’t think so. I think this idea works whether you believe in creationism or evolution. If the world and humans were created, then humans could have had one ancestry. In the case of evolution, maybe language was such a survival advantage that the only lineage of humans that survived were those that adopted language at some point.”
I looked at her in disbelief.
She said, “I just believe it’s that you cannot separate language from our ability to think. I haven’t really thought about this a lot. This is just my reaction to what I think language can be. Isn’t that the topic of today’s discussion?”
I clenched my jaw. I ended up dropping that class, Ancient Languages, after the first week. But, what Kyla said that day would influence my thoughts and actions for the years to come. Ever since that discussion, I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said. For some reason, that question drove all of my thoughts in my spare time. How did language begin? After all it is language that allows humans to express complex thoughts to each other. It’s language that allows us to communicate feelings and ideas to each other. Without it, wouldn’t we
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