Group 2:

Arangoso Gonzaga
Canilao Pate
Delmo Solmeron

Why are we not thinking?

Man thinks thus, man knows. If man doesnt think, then he is dead. If thats the case, then
why are we not thinking? When we are awake and even a little in sleep, we think. But most of time
we are only aware of those that are obvious to our naked eye. We always consider the smaller
picture and forget to view what is hidden. We pride ourselves with achievements although deep in
our hearts, we know, that these are so little compared to the vast knowledge that this universe
contains. We are so little that we cant even manage to make ripple in the sea of knowledge. But
why? Why are we not thinking? In this essay, we are going to share experiences when it comes to
certain situations, reasons, and variables that involves the topic.

First, in certain situations we indeed forget the significance of human life. In the article it
stated an example about a baby but for us, we are going to use the perspective of an animal lover.
When I was about 9 years old, I was already aware of the importance of life. I valued life so much
even in plants around me. I loved animals so much to the point that I watch the animal channel all
the time. My parents were aware of this and seem to have thought that I was prepared to raise a
pet, to take care of life. Indeed, they adopted a white puppy and had us all take care of her. I was
in awe, at how fragile this little puppy is. It looked so cute, and friendly. At the first couple of
weeks I poured all my love to her. I fed her every day, made sure she had enough water to drink,
greeted her when I came home from school, gave her hugs and kisses, and even waiting for her to
get to sleep. But, as time passed by, problems also took place. Financial problems, school projects,
school work, and the pressure of having to pass a certain subject. I had no time for my little puppy,
that I even forgot to feed her and give her love. To the point that one day, she passed away. At that
time when I couldnt talk to her anymore, I regret everything and apologized. But it was too late.
From that, we can tell that life is held as something significant at first and at the end when it is too
late.

Second, we are truly aware that death is final and unavoidable. We are all destined to die,
and we never know when, where, or how. We are all afraid of death most especially when we feel
that we havent achieved something significant in life. Or when we have plans for our lives still.
This feeling is prominent when we are standing over someones deathbed. A thought comes to our
mind that someday, it could be us. But we always wonder that if it were us to die, would someone
be there to weep for us. Did we do good in life for us to deserve that? Thus, the anxiety kicks in
and we feel helpless at that moment. We all want to be remembered as someone worth their
precious time. Although this feeling stays for a couple of weeks or days, the good deed that we try
to do to cope up will eventually fade away. Because, remember that life keeps on flowing. And
this feeling of helplessness will be trampled over by the problems that we face in the real world.

Third, beauty fades over time. When we were a little kid, we always wanted a specific toy
that we probably have seen from our friends. For instance, I wanted a toy car. I loved that red toy
car that my friend had. It was the one that you had to drag so far back, and it will rush forward
automatically. So, I asked my mother for that car and she promised to give me one on Christmas
day. I was so hyped, that I would look at my friends toy car and had a deep thirst for the toy.
Every day I would yearn for it but assured myself that I would get one myself eventually. So every
day I would cage these feelings until Christmas day came. I was so happy and thankful to my
mother. I would play that toy every day, every night non stop. It was worth the wait because I
loved the toy car so much. But when, classes came back after Christmas, I learned that my friend
had a new toy car. It was a remote control car that he got from Christmas. I got so amazed by the
mechanics of the car that I eventually lost interest with my toy car. I stopped playing with it and it
became a display in our shelf. We can tell that beauty fades over time. We throw things away
when we have used it too much or eventually find something better than it.

Fourth, religious living is sometimes a fake faade that people put up to make themselves
look better. Some people proclaim themselves as a good Christian, which entails being good to
your neighbor. But do they really practice it? Having to stand, sit and pray in church doesnt make
you good Christian. Not more than standing in a garage makes you a car. Religious actions and
deeds sometimes is only imminent during the celebration itself, when we are troubled and need
help. But why cant we keep up to our teachings? It is because people are more distracted with life
itself that we tend to forget to do our responsibilities in the church. We consider it more of just a
celebration to make ourselves feel good with our faith. But we sometimes forget to do what we
were told to do during confirmation. For me, I had the same instances when I was in deep trouble.
I kept on praying and praying and when my prayers were answered, it boosted my faith up to a
week. I was reading holy books, praying everyday, helping other people with their problems, and
praying the rosary every night. But eventually, other problems stepped in and I forgot to keep true
to my actions.

Humans sometimes lack self-understanding that they tend to think of other problems and
omitting themselves in the calculation of the process. Some people dont know what they want,
and some do. But those who know what they want, tend to do things totally unrelated and thus,
stray far from their goals. Some people tend to be insecure of things that they dont even want.
Humans are always trying to justify their actions but what is seen is that we are constantly trying
to escape from real life and responsibilities. The reasons for these are: distractions, conventional
understanding, conventional expression, loss of wonder and anxiety.

In a nutshell, these reasons prevent humans from thinking more. These distractions become
a mode of escape for some people instead of actually relieving us from our problems. Conventional
understanding labels all actions as right or wrong. Thus, humans tend to conform to these standards
and forget to build himself his own identity. Conventional expression tends to create a language
in to which people must follow to indicate whether what your doing is right in the bat. It creates
formula to a problem but nonetheless, it is hollow inside. It prevents individuals from vocalizing
what for them is a standard of something. And lastly, anxiety is important since it challenges all
these stated. It is the one that breaks the standards because it lets the people to choose to fail or
succeed themselves. When we are too comfortable, we refuse to think because we are secure.