Sarah Zoelle
Global Lit. &Comp.
Per. 1
Being Human
One, wisdom is taken from the book of Genesis. The wisdom is that even though there are certain rules and guidelines put forth before us to protect and shelter us, we do not always follow them. We like to defy the rules because we think that if they are rules then it must be for a stupid reason. We like it to live our lives our way. We don’t want rules or someone telling us what we can do or cannot do, so we fight back by not following these so called rules. People do not realize that the rules are there for our benefit and not just because they felt like holding you back from living your life your way. Yes this wisdom still applies to today. For example when someone drinks and drives. It’s against the law, but people don’t acknowledge this law. They drink and drive anyways and guess what happens. People get hurt or worse die. Also privileges are taken away. Just like in Genesis when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil there privilege of living freely and innocently in the Garden of Eden was taken away by God.
A second, wisdom is taken from the story Popol Vuh. In this story the Gods aren’t perfect just like humans aren’t either. They were trying to create humans. Did they get it right the first time? No, they didn’t. They kept trying until they were satisfied with what they wanted which to them was the right way. Yes this wisdom still applies today, because you will not get everything perfect or right the first time. Does that mean you should give up? No, if at first you don’t succeed you try, try again. If you just gave up with certain things in your life you wouldn’t be going anywhere with it. You have to work hard at it and try your best to make it right, so in the end you will feel great about what you accomplished in life by just trying to work at it.
A third wisdom is taken from The Parable of the Prodigal Son. In this story a son goes off and makes mistakes which...