January 28 Mersault

After that class period I was seriously surprised by how many people were against Meursault and some of his actions. I do agree with them disagreeing with the action of Meursault killing somebody. However I love how he's able to detach himself from worrying about the future, and thinking about the past. I find that aspect of Meursault interesting because I too attempt to live my life accordingly. I also found a very similar connection with Meursault because I too have lost my mother. I can't fathom however not crying at my mothers funeral. I do get the concept of how he's not trying to show any emotion because in doing so nothing will change, his mother will still remain dead. So in retrospect I already imagine myself to live my life like Meursault. I also try not to worry about the future, or think about the past. Also I make very rash decisions sometimes without any thought at all. Often times I also hear from people that I show no emotion, or they consider me heartless. The reason why i choose to live my life this way is simply because often times people stress out about things that are simply out of their control. I figure why worry yourself about things you can not change, but rather instead would focus my time on the present tense and what's going on currently in my life. This has caused many people to disagree with my lifestyle, much like a lot of my fellow classmates disagreed with Meursault's lifestyle. I believe though that if people would actually take their time to test the idea out of leaving their emotions out of certain situations , and to learn to live in the moment that sometimes the quality of life can seem much greater. Lastly I believe that if people would begin to be more open minded, and not just shut any concept that does not seem normal to them out of their minds that they might actually find themselves to agree with some things.