This section we studied the examined vs. the unexamined life. Living an examined life means looking at where you are right now in your life, and asking yourself "Am I where I want to be?" and then taking the proper steps necessary to make the changes in your life to bring it to where you want it to be. The unexamined life is when we do not asks ourselves how we are doing, we just live. Living this way can take us down the wrong path in life to places where it is not healthy for us to be. Eric Clapton and Deion Sanders arre great examples of people who were not living an examined life, but then stepped back and looked where they were and then made the changes that they wanted to see in their lives.

2.List and explain three of the most important ideas you want to remember from this week.

Does my ship have a rudder?~ We learned to ask ourselves if our ship, which is a metaphor for our lives, have a rudder. This means, 'Am I in control of my life, or am I being led by society and others?'

Some ideas and opinions are not as good as others.~ People in this world have ideas that are harmful to others or just plain wrong. Among these would be racism, bigotry, and the idea that the sun does not exist. In fact, saying that this statement is not true is a contradiction of the statement itself. (Just think about it, it will come.)

What the greatest commandment is.~ Jesus told us that the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and all your mind.

3. One good image that reminds me of key ideas.

Thank you to knopfler.net for the image.

4. One good question to keep with me and ponder.

Am I in the area of opinion, belief, or fact. If opinion, why did I respond this way? If belief, why do I believe this? If fact, what evidence is there as to why it is true?

5. What should I try to do to make me a better person, a more faithful person, from this study?

I need to take a hint from Socrates and St. Ignatius Loyola and examine my life at all times, in every aspect of it. This means slowing down when life speeds up, taking personal time, and just reflecting on where I am, where I came from, and where I am headed. Then asking myself If I am happy with what i did in the past, and do I want to go where I am headed. This will help me not only to see my faults and shortcomings so that I will be able to work on them/fix them for the future, but also to see where I succeeded and did well, so that I am not only focusing on "The Negative Drew," but "The Positive Drew" as well. Eventually prayer will work its way into this reflective mix, and then it will be even better and more helpful.