Blog # 6: Forever

Book Title: Now and Zen
Pages Since Last Week:337
Pages Since Semester:353
Weekly Summary: Nori visits The Temple of the Silver Pavilion. She learns about her parents through her great-uncle and auntie referred to as Jiji and Baba and is told that she is reminded much as her mother.
Weekly Thoughts: "I am my mother's daughter." ( from the movie of Spanglish); I did not understand what this statement meant when I first heard of it. Initially I thought that this comment was only stating the obvious, but I was sure that this comment defiantly had some kind of importance since it seemed to be the moral in the movie. About two months ago, this quote finally made sense to me when I was thinking about my birth date, who I am today, why I am this way, and what made me this way. This made me realize that a person can try to change themselves as much as they want, but can never change the fact that he or she is his or hers mother's son or daughter. Some people do not like what they see in their parents and try to not let themselves be that way. The fact that you are your mother's daughter is unchangeable and nothing else can be done about it. Even as much if you try to change yourself with the characteristics that you seem to obtain from your mother, you will still always be your mother's daughter.