Maya Angelou Questions

Question 10) I think that writing is harder at times. You are your own worst critic, especially when you are producing something that comes strictly from within you. I have a problem with thinking that everything I write isn’t worth reading. I have a hard time with being creative with my words and painting a picture through my words. I want to be able to write something that just perplexes people, and fascinates them. I want to write things that are deep and mysterious and make people wonder how I even thought that up. I feel like my writing is very straight forward and bland and I wish I could change that. Or I guess I wish I knew how I could change that. I also tend to have writers block when it comes to happy topics. I feel like I write the best when I’m going through rougher patches of my life, I think it brings out a lot of raw emotion. I think it brings out emotions that you don’t feel every day and it makes for very true, pure writing. Like you aren’t leaving anything out. I find that the easiest writing for me.

Question 5) I feel like I could learn more by talking less and listening more. I have difficulty listening to people without thinking of what I’m going to say next, and actually hearing what they are saying. I don’t do it because I’m inconsiderate, or because I don’t care about what the other person is saying, I just see it as I’m trying to relate to them and agree with them. I also think that by pay attention to what other people are telling me, I would be better at taking advice. I think that if I was always listening to other people, it would teach me to be a better person because I would be learning from other people’s mistakes, I think that would also come from watching people as well as listening to them.

Question 11) I think that you continue to learn every single day, no matter what age you are. What about surgeons? Doctors and surgeons are in medical school and internship years until they are in their middle twenties. I would hope that they continue to learn even after the age of twenty five. I think you can always learn new material, it may not be as easy to pick it up quickly, but I do think you can always learn new things. As well as lessons, I think you learn lessons about yourself and your life constantly. I think you learn from mistakes too. Life can test you on so many things and so many levels and you can only learn from them. Also, new people come into your life constantly and they can help you grow intellectually and emotionally. They can also walk out of your life and that teaches you something entirely different, but it will still teach you and you still learn a lesson from it.

Question 3) I think you can choose what has power over you. I do think that paying too much attention to bad things does have an effect on you and it can consume you if you think about it too much, thus giving it more power than it should have. It’s like if someone is saying things about you that aren’t true and you react to it, then it gives that person power over you. It lets that person know that it bothers you, and you’re thinking about it, which is exactly what that person wants, and that’s only giving them more power. But if you ignore that person and what they are saying, then it doesn’t matter, because you’re not letting it have the power to have an effect on you. If you know what they are saying is not true, then let it go. Who cares if other people believe what they are saying, you know you, you know the truth and that’s all that matters.