Blog 6

Marco Cruz

　
The Main idea of both of these articles is about Metastatic Lung Cancer, as we all know cancer is a very dangerous disease and they are so many different types. In Both of the articles they talk about how it affects and damages peoples life. These both articles got to me because about three and half years ago my mom was test positive for breast cancer, and it devastated me and my family. All though hearing about the bad news we keep ourselves positive. The good news is that the doctors caught it early enough to were they could do something about it.
Reading the first article reflected me on how about how life is to short to be stressing over the littlest thing, because when we worry about things that have no meaning those are the things that brings us down even more.In the second article " My marriage didn't end when I became a widow" It's about how Paul made me see the bright side of the situation and also overcoming and spending as much time as possible as he could with his love ones. His wife over comes her husbands death and also tells us how much her husband really meant to her. Also the point of her article is to show you the point of the view of how she loses her husband but she also states that it will be okay. She also explains that you can move on and you can honor the ones you have lost.
What gives the Lucy Kalanithi a strong voice her being positive and making it through her hard situation. I would highly recommend this to everyone so they can see the story they lived and also so every one can see how his wife overcame the horrible death of her husband and still manage to move forward.

Blog 5

Marco Cruz
Mr. Still
English 0304



              This is a recommendation on the movie, Any Given Sunday. The Reason for it is because i watched this movie the other day and was motivated by the actors, and the coach. The motivation part i picked up form this movie is a part that helps me get threw the day.

             Therefore the motivational quote i picked comes from a coach named Al Pacino's in the movie. The reason for me picking this particular video is being because it defines the away your life is impacted and how you contribute to it and make a move. I was first shown this video from my coach from high school in a final game of the season that mattered the most.

             The reason for it is being because we were in a difficult situation we were in need of winning the last game of the season in order to go to playoffs.So therefore in this video it states you can't give up when your so close to the end. You finish the fight. The part of the video that stands out to me is, "Either we heal now as a team, or we will die as individuals" this part made me realize how much the value of your teammates is really worth.

            This impacts me in a way to were life is like a game of inches you have to over come difficult obstacles that aren't going be easy, and you can do it as a team or you can do it alone, but just know doing it alone is much harder than doing it with your teammates because at least you know your teammates will do anything to give everything they've got to win. Thanks to Al Pacino's Speech its giving me motivation in the small situations in life and has helped me get through the tough one.