Doubt

AutumnRocks

Shared on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 07:39

You know, I am a pretty smart girl. Not to be egotistical or anything, but I am. Yesterday was the first day of classes for me. Normally I get the pre-semester jitters, thinking "oh this will be so hard." But not really this time. No, this time I wasn't jittery or concerned...I should have been. I certainly should have been. My first day in class was upsetting and ridiculous, and I have come to doubt a lot of things.

So, I thought I would dedicate this blog to Doubt. To describe "doubt" in all it's glory, I need Dante.

from the Inferno

Canto II Lines 31-35

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Translation by Robert Pinsky

And then, Like one who unchooses his own choice

           And thinking again undoes what he has started,

           So I became: a nullifying unease

Overcame my soul on that dark slope and voided

          The undertaking I had so quickly embraced.

Comments

hilskie's picture
Submitted by hilskie on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 01:59
seriously my favorite book in HS...I took a college prep english class...then had to read it again sophmore year in college...didn't hurt my feelings any.. ;)
DEEP_NNN's picture
Submitted by DEEP_NNN on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 06:23
That quote is basically what it is like to get old and senile. Sounds like a normal day to me. lol
Pantengliopoli's picture
Submitted by Pantengliopoli on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 11:34
Nice selection... I can relate. All will be well.
AutumnRocks's picture
Submitted by AutumnRocks on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 11:16
:lol:
CricketCross's picture
Submitted by CricketCross on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 07:59
Dante was a cool dude in Clerks. He got all the chicks. ; )
IACO's picture
Submitted by IACO on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 08:35
simple slip of the classes I am shure your not the only one in the world.. dont be to hard on your self.. your waaaayyyy smarter than you give your self credit for:)

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