Speeches are similar..

         In my opinion, "This is Water" by David Foster Wallace is an inspirational article because I've put myself in this situation; I always say I'm having the worst day ever when in reality there are people out there that are having it worst. Wallace stated, "Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think." he responded by saying "...being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience." Basically saying double think about what you're focusing on, because your situation might not be as bad as others may have it. 

On the other hand my opinion toward Morrison with her, “Nobel Speech” is a lesson due to the fact that language is important but many people take language for granted. In Morrison’s text it states, “Being a writer she thinks of language partly as a system, partly as a living thing over which one has control, but mostly as agency - as an act with consequences.” The article talks about how the children found it funny to make a joke out of the blind lady, not clearly realizing that she still had a say so (importance of language).  This made me realize that after losing one sense, your other senses become stronger. Even though the blind lady knew there was laughter behind it all she remained calm.

Both of these articles have made me realize the importance of things we take for granted and our perspective of life. We tend to take everything we have for granted, and only like to think about ourselves, not realizing that it can be taken away rarely quickly. In addition, we look at life in only our “view” of the way things work. We base off our experiences and not the experiences of others. We should learn from many and what they go through instead of focusing on ourselves because it will only direct us to many obstacles we can avoid.