Crystal's Personal Journal Blog

I belong with the community of body art and self-expression. Piercings, tattoos, etc. Since I was little, I loved to draw on my hands and arms, pretending they were tattoos (then having to scrub it off when I got home and my parents saw). This community values self-expression and non-judgement. Everyone's body is their own to with as they please. If they want to keep it untouched, get some earrings, get a few tattoos, or go the whole nine yards, that is their decision. Unless it was a drunk decision, tattoos usually have a strong personal meaning behind them for the individual, so they are a great way to get to know the person and their inspirations or their past.

I know this monologue is VERY brief, but Morrie is speaking to not only the field reporter but to viewers like us as well as he is discussing our own importance in life and death. I read Mitch Albom's book, Tuesdays with Morrie , in which Albom describes getting back in touch with Morrie, his former teacher, after he is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease and is interviewed on Nightline (this video is a clip from the interview). Throughout the book, Morrie teaches Albom valuable lessons about living and how to not fear death, which was consequentially taught to the readers as well. Tuesdays with Morrie is one of my all time favorite books and the lessons I learned from Morrie's experience actually really helped me when my grandfather was diagnosed, and just recently passed away, from lung cancer. It helped me understand that things that can seem so terrible and largely unfair at the time are all just apart of the bigger picture, allowing me to keep an inne...