My
challenge, my desire is for us all to regain our curiosity.
We enter this
world inherently curious. Everything is new, intriguing, exciting or
frightening in varying combinations.
Our natural
infant tendency is to be intrigued by the simplest things and stimulations. We can
play for ages with a rattle and every new touch and texture is a source of
intrigue.
We grow, our
knowledge develops, as does our ability to observe and ask questions in order
to satisfy our curiosity.
Busy lives
of those most influential in our life mean that often our curiosity remains
unsatisfied. This may be our teachers who have so many competing priorities
combined with a need to adhere to a curriculum. If only they were allowed more
flexibility to not only teach, but also inspire curiosity.
Our parents
are busy, often providing short and convenient answers and explanations as they
deal with the diversity of challenges from you and your brothers, sisters,
friends and all associated pressures.
We learn to
dampen our curiosity, to refrain from asking and to stop challenging the
authenticity of short form answers or explanations. We protect ourselves.
We become
accepting of the normal, less inclined to question the unusual and arguably
default to taking the easier, less confrontational but less curious path.
We spiral to
easy acceptance.
Join me in actively
re-gaining our youthful curiosity and reject the barrier of comfortable
banality we wrap around ourselves.
Commit to being
more attentive in all areas of our lives and refusing the acceptance of trivial
explanations but more importantly, lets commit fully to providing answers and
explanations be it family, business, social or wherever. Let us encourage
research, investigation and enrichen our and others lives by exploration rather
than interpretation.
We can
improve our own world, and that of all who move through it by returning to our
childhood curiosity and doing so openly and proudly.
Be curious,
proudly and assertively curious.
Welcome to your
new week
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