Glass Castle Blog #4

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So this week I chose to do a link to another blog that really was what I was thinking. The blog consisted of different lessons that were noticed in the Glass Castle. The one I agreed with the most was blog #3 which was about telling the truth. In the Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls talks about how poor they really were. They would scavenge for food, her parents were homeless, and had sugar and alcohol addictions. She wore the same dress 2-3 times a week--without washing them. All this she went through and she did not once regret it. She wanted to make the most of life and what little things she did have. In the blog that I attached, the writer talked about how now and days people blame each other for the smallest things, especially when you are poor. Jeannette not once blamed anyone for her the mistakes her family made. The blog also talked about forgiveness. The Walls children were super respectful to their parents and their friends that even when something happened it was forgiven. I am using this from the blog but one of their examples was the part of the book when a teacher came and observed her mother's class. We can all relate to the fact that when a assistant principle comes in to watch the class the teachers actually follow the rules and don't goof off with their students. During this part of the book her mother whipped her own child to show that was a punishment for misbehaving. Jeannette's mother was afraid to hit the other children that she just hit Lori. Her mother did pass that test. I believe people should be forgiving even when your first instinct is to react. When a person is forgiving there is a deeper respect for each other because you have the ability to control your actions. This to the other person is a power because let’s say someone steals your earrings or shoes. If you forgive that person before going after them like a lunatic, then they know you won. Brain wins always over aggression.