Late because of a Friend // Braylan Stringfellow

     In book 60, Esther and Allan were going to court to handle some business. On their way there, Esther heard someone calling out to her. Esther then saw Caddy Jellyby calling to her. Caddy catches up to them and she was so joyful to see Esther and Caddy was determined to talk to Esther about she was obligated to give Esther a ride in her carriage for something Esther did for her, even though Esther has no idea what she did. Esther and Allan agree to go with Caddy. Whatever they did after that was enough for Esther to have a great time and have some fun because she “came off, laughing, and red, and anything but tidy” (Dickens 758). This whole ordeal cause Esther and Allan to be about fifteen minutes late unfortunately.

    The reason I what to bring this short part of the story up is because I can relate so much to being late for something because I decided to have some fun with my friends. Now I have never been late to something as important as going to court about something, but I can still relate. During this crazy time at the end of the semester, sometimes it does a whole lot of good to just take a break and have some fun with some friends. I know from previous semesters that when I get extremely stressed out over writing papers or studying for finals, that taking a day to just go have fun has helped me to do better with writing that paper or studying for that final than if I would have continued to stress over it. The cost of me taking a fun day is not having as much time to do my work, but in my experience it was absolutely necessary.

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  1. Emmett BryantNovember 15, 2021 at 8:25 PM

    I totally agree with you Braylan. Our society has many amazing opportunities but one of the things we have sacrificed is the ability to live in the moment. We're more worried about getting from point A to point B or making sure we make it to a meeting on time that we have lost sight of what it means to turn ourselves over to the moment and let whatever's going to happen, happen. // Emmett Bryant

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