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A blog dedicated to the life of a contradictory college student whether it be long winded rants or pretty things that catch her eye.

Este blog está dedicado a la vida de una estudiante de universidad contradictoria, de los gritos largos o las cosas bellas que ella ve. Mi español es terrible, pero estoy intentando aumentar.

"I have a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than of boredom."-Thomas Carlyle
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only the good die young

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So, I was going to write a laundry list of how to properly shop and interact with sales associates given my past three days of working, but then I read this article via the College Prepster, and I couldn't help but bring a somber post to the Future Cat Lady Diaries. (NOTE: Read the article!) Because it got me thinking. How many stories have we read or heard about these amazing people dying young? The kid who had a particular sensitivity or the witty high school student who dies in a accident at prom. What could they have contributed to the world had they been able to live longer? The Marina Keegan of this article was on the road to bigger and better things. She had a job lined up in New York City to write for The New Yorker. She was writing for the Yale Daily News. She was president of Yale College Democrats and part of Occupy Yale (which, in my liberal -so-left-I-should-be-registered-as-communist book makes her awesome). Reading her article, she had the right depth, right amount of wit, and the perfect level of sensitivity that as a writer, I wish I had. Who knows? If her life hadn't been cut short, and I hadn't heard of her this way, I would probably be bitterly jealous of her.

But by all intents and purposes, Keegan seemed to be one of those good who die young. And here's the kicker. She died in a car accident. And no one hit her. She was wearing her seat belt, as far as I know her boyfriend (she had a boyfriend too!) was not under the influence of anything, and it was simply a case of him losing control of the car. Do you know how many local stories I hear about car accidents that involve no seat belt or drugs or alcohol? And yet, Keegan was doing everything right. And she died. Which is what makes me wonder the most. How much better could our world have been with all the good people who died?

I know, you can't what-if. It'll drive you mad. And to be fair, when I learned about the romantic poets, I learned that the best of them had the shortest life. Maybe Keegan's best work was what she wrote for the Yale Daily News. Maybe if she had lived in NYC, her life would have taken a turn. Who knows? I doubt what I just wrote, but none of us will ever know if she would go on to become one of the famous columnists or not. What we can do is look and be inspired by the work she already wrote and the way she led her life in the twenty-two years she had.
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Quise escribir una lista que describe cómo ir de compras e interrelacionarse con asociadas de ventas porque acabo de trabajar la ultimo tres días, pero leí este artículo por la College Prepster, y necesite escribir una entrada sombría a la Future Cat Lady Diaries. (¡LEE EL ARTÍCULO!) Porque el artículo me hace creer. ¿Cuánto historias hemos leído u oído sobre estas personas increíbles que son jóvenes cuando mueren? El chico que tuvo una sensibilidad particular o la estudiante de colegio ingeniosa que muere en una accidente a baile de fin de curso. ¿Qué podrían haber contribuir al mundo si sus vidas había más largas? La Marina Keegan de este artículo fue en un camino a un mundo más grande y mejor. Tuvo un trabajo en la Ciudad de Nueva York  escribir por The New Yorker. Ella escribió por la Yale Daily News. Fue presidente de Yale College Democrats y una parte de Occupy Yale (y en mi libro liberal-tan-izquierda-que-debo-ser-una-comunista le hace alucinante). Después de lees su artículo, puedes ver que ella tuvo el profundidad correcta y la cantidad correcta de ingenio, y el nivel perfecto de sensibilidad que, como una escritora, deseo que tuve. ¿Quién sabe? Si su vida no había abreviada por esta accidente, probablemente sería celosa tremenda.

Pero, por todas intenciones y propósitos, Keegan pareció una persona buena quien muere joven. Y aquí es la parte peor. Ella murió en un accidente de coche. Y un coche no choca contra su coche. Ella llevaba su cinturón de seguridad, y, de yo sé, su novio (¡ella tuvo un novio también!) no había bebido o tomado drogas. El caso fue simple—él perdió control de su coche. ¿Sabes cuántos historias locales que oye sobre accidentes de coches que no envuelve un cinturón de seguridad o envuelve drogas o alcohol? Y, Keegan hace todo correcto. Y ella murió. Este me hace preguntarme la más. ¿Aumentaría nuestro mundo con estas personas buenas que murieron?

Yo sé, no puedes que-si. Te hace loco. Y, cuando entiende sobre los poetas romanticos, entende que el mejor tuvo la vida mas corta. Es posible que el  trabajo mejor de Keegan sea lo que ella escriba para la Yale Daily News. Es posible que si ella viva en CNY, su vida no sea buena. ¿Quíen sabe? Dudo que yo acaba de escribir, pero nunca sabemos. Podemos leer y ser inspirados por el trabajo que ya escribió y la manera que ella vivió su vida en los veinte y dos años que tuvo.

5 comments:

  1. He estado leyendo tu blog y me encanta! Yo también quiero desconectar de la tecnología , pero es imposible....

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  2. I had a good friend die at the age of 22. He was riding his motorcycle to a 4-H event. He was always super careful on his cycle, did everything right.

    A car in the oncoming lane swerved into my friend's lane. The driver had a diabetic attach. Hit my friend, who flew off the bike.

    He died immediately.

    My friend was one of the best people I've ever met. He loved people and loved helping them and being there for them. He was such an amazing person. To this day it hurts me to know he'll never live out his life. It's so sad.

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    1. I know =( It always kills me when the person who suffers is doing everything right.

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  3. I believe the best way to think of tragic accidents like this is; her mind, intelligence, emotions and essence was needed somewhere more important than here.. Things like this always remind us how beautiful and fragile life is

    Xx

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