Final Journal- Theodore Persinger

Part 1: the poem that caught my attention the most was "In Your Small Dream". The poem fully shows the unconscious terror and wonder in dreams. the dreams does a good job of making the reader know that the town is small and alone in the stark landscape and then we notice the unique building as a landmark for the roads. we explore and soon after we are desperately lost in a place that just recently seemed so familiar. It resembles life where we see the fork in the road with two paths and then suddenly we are lost and "look hard for the third road" when we never even looked down it in the first place.

Part 2: My dream for myself is a simple one. I am not seeking money or fame. my dream is one for security. I dream for a nice home where i can live happily with a family and never have to worry over income or work, where i could have family and friends over whenever there was time. in this dream there is no stress or burden flying like a cloud over my head and no long distance goal ahead of me, which would restrict me from enjoying the life i am living in that exact moment. it is, i am admitting, a selfish dream but in the end we ourselves are the ones that can ensure happiness because helping others into happiness always makes the world better but we cannot forget that we are not forced out of it as well.

Part 3: My dream for the world works parallel with the dream for myself. my dream is those who have found security or happiness would learn to help others. in the world today there are many who have much who continue to search for more to get. in this i see there is much dissent and sadness made, where the amount of resources we share are depleting and fewer are able to reach that safe place all the time. If the world were to help give back or share enough of what they have enough of then the pursuit of happiness would finally be considered the Journey to Happiness.