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“Exhaustion
is a state of mind that must be overcome”
The quotation above is taken from
“Thin” a story written by Joan Bauer. It seems to have an interpretation that
the author wants to share her idea about exhaustion which is just an illusion.
Actually, it usually comes when we do something and then we get stuck with it.
We have idea no longer and those make people so lazy to do something. As a
result, the exhaustion is undeniable. When people think they are physically
exhausted, it is typically illusion that born out of desperation. People will
not force themselves to work if they are exhausted. They assume if they forced
themselves to do something, the result will be firmly dissatisfying.
In term of denying those things
above, what to do is not lying on the bed while listening to music or
collapsing in front of a television because without movement, energy cannot
exist. Although according to physics (energy law) states that energy cannot be
created and it also cannot be destroyed yet there is a popular quote said that
one of the great ironies in life is that to create energy, we must first create
movement. Anyhow we can interpret that the movement can spur the energy, and
the energy creates life. Energy is a capital which gets our brain ticking and
thinking critically, releasing the assumption or mind-set of mind weariness and
kicking our laziness in to action. The things that can reduce exhaustion are to
make a goal. Set one goal or target that is dealing with what you want. Such as
in “Thin”, Deenie wants to be thin. She promises herself to keep exercising as
stated on page 52 “I have to exercise, I have to move, make the exercise do
more”. Another is to imagine the worst scenario that will happen to us and to
think how to anticipate it. Deenie imagines that she gets round as that huge
Snoopy balloon and her entire body blowing up beyond oblivion and sailing over
the treetops (on page 46). That is a good thing to at least motivate herself in
keeping on exercising. Thus, exhaustion is just a state of mind that should be
shaken from our mind.
Course: Exploring Fiction
