Jonathan Dayton High School - Regionalogue Yearbook (Springfield, NJ)

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2 -J REGIONALOGUE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY SPR1NGF4ELD, N. J. Jonathan Dayton Regional High School Springfield, New Jersey

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. . . the mind is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding ... as difficult to subdue as the wind. . . .. Bhagavad-Gita S ef i i V » M . » ' - JPI ; ;,--f -: •K-VW- ' 1 . . f V A book is opened, a page is read, a young man ' s mind is incited to wonder and exploration. As the wind pierces a haze, so has the mist confounding the mind been dispersed, freeing a vast in- tellect to investigate the enigmas of existence. Inherent in the nature of the wind is J change and constant movement — an agility and ability to have bizarre and unpredictable manifestations. By its very nature it defies being directed in a preconceived manner — it wants to move in the way it may experience the greatest freedom. Distinctively, in this respect, the mind is much like the wind. Wanting to channel its strength as a creative force, the . mind becomes involved in something which adds meaning and form to the 1 individual ' s existence. For the mind to 1 truly exist it. must strive for the un- 1 attainable — as the wind attempts to 1 triumph over seemingly immutable 1 forces. It is in this capacity that the 1 mind is great, and paradoxically tragic, 1 for although it will be a failure in 1 trying to attain the unattainable, never- theless, it will be noble. His attempt 1 to find truth is the real beauty in life. ' 3 • ... V » V V . if: ) .. . . . ' •«■ ' ' ■ rfe ' i • •