Original and Ordinary

I've been thinking a lot about how throughout this class we have constantly been mentioning two things.  The first being that nothing is original.  And the second is our assignment to have an ordinary day.  While I understand that everything has already been done before I have trouble fully accepting this concept.  We are constantly discovering things that are "new" and finding different ways to do things.  If everything has been done before than how are we able to discover these things? Wouldn't we have a cure for cancer?  Shouldn't the world be at peace with one another? None of these things are true, so therefore I have to believe that some things haven't been done before.  Or maybe this is more of a matter of the fact that they haven't been done by us at this time.  As we go through our lives we are constantly learning and making our own discoveries.  I think this means be are doing something original, but it is something original to us personally.  This also leads directly to our assignment to have an ordinary day.  As soon as we were given this assignment, everyone started to notice things that happened throughout their day that they didn't think was so ordinary.  I personally think the true aspect of this assignment was to stop going through the motions of everyday life, and actually live.  This simple task caused all of us to pay attention to our lives! Unordinary things happen to us constantly! But we will never notice them if we don't slow down and take the time to fully live and appreciate our lives.