One of the great things I get to do regularly, is look for inspirational quotes. They pepper my marketing work and the other work I do. I pick them up, try to remember them and off I go. I was struck by this question and I'm buggered if I can remember who it came from. So if you know, do feel free to let me know. In fact, I'd really appreciate it.
Anyway, despite my lack of attention of where it came from...this resonated with me on a deep, deep level. You see I'm a committed learner. Doesn't matter what I'm studying, I'm a happy bunny. It would be true to say that if I won an obscene amount of money tomorrow, I'd set up a multi-disciplinary centre for learning. I think they used to be called universities. I'd focus on any subject with the potential to improve peoples' lives: art, literature, science, massage...you get my drift. And to get in, a student would have to justify their being there. They'd have to argue how they would use their learning to help others or make the world a better place. There would also be places for the complete geniuses who are too lunatic to make it in the real world.
Hey! It's my lottery fantasy. It's not supposed to be realistic. The chances of me winning an obscene amount of money are severely limited by the fact that I don't do the lottery. I'm actually genetically incapable of gambling. I lose every time. Without fail. And it's cool really. Though setting up my learning commune would be very many shades of awesome. If there's anyone with an obscene amount of money who wants to invest it in purely philanthropic activities...I'm your bitch. Yes I am. Honest to goodness.
So, what have I learnt today?
Today, I have learnt that I am still learning. And it's exciting.
You see, I'm having a rough day. And that's great! No, honestly, it really is great. Because it's become an opportunity to practice digging deep inside myself to find more resources. It gives me the opportunity to have a good old whinge and for that to be okay. It's giving me the opportunity to test out my beliefs to see whether they are robust.
And the best thing about today? I can go to bed and tomorrow will be a new day, a fresh start, the chance to learn something else.
fantastic stuff once more! you're truelly inspiring - I like the way you tackle life with all your energy and love!
ReplyDeleteAnd I do like the strategy for "rough" days you put forward so skillfully!
Thanx and keep up the good work! xx Tom
Hello Tom
DeleteThank you for your comment.
I suppose I am nothing, if not tenacious. :-)
Tom, your enthusiasm for life and the people in it are my inspiration.
So, thank you!
xx
I've now got M People's 'Search For A Hero' singing in my head.... even though I know that their lyric was 'what did you DO today... etc'.
ReplyDeleteIt will take me ages for me to make the tune stop now :-)
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I just found it on YouTube, it's been ages since I've heard it. What a great tune! Thanks for that honey.
DeleteYeah, it's definitely an earworm!
xxx
Oops..... wrong M People song.... well they all merge into one in my mind....*exits, red and flustered*
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It was... Proud... What have you done today to make you feel proud?
ReplyDeleteI am silly!
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Actually honey, both of those songs are perfect!
DeleteDon't be at all flustered. They are great for tonight. I've been dancing around my study.
Thank you so much!
If I win the lotto, I'll buy you and Miss Scarlet first class tickets to Texas!
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome LX, as long as you come over here first, so we have some time together. You could stay in my place, and Ms Scarlet and I will soak up the Texas heat!
Delete"What have you learned today?" - I am far from sure, but it seems to come from a kind of summarizing at the end of the day. Such a thing was - as far as I know - introduced and used by Ignatius Loyola. The Jesuits have a kind of questionaire each member has to work through at the end of the day. It helps to stay focused, to put things into perspective. I may be totally wrong about this, but that's where I would search.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe good ol' Dale Carnegie ...
I read the quote in the context of a father asking his son at the end of his school day. He says his father's question every day, filled him with a love of learning.
DeleteThank you so much for the historical reference, I didn't know that about the Jesuits. That sounds like a very sensible framework, for any kind of learning. It really does keep you focussed.
I've never read Dale Carnegie and it might be awhile before I get round to him. The pile on my book shelf is beginning to drive me nuts.
Don't know about inspirational, but I just came across this in Thomas Pynchon (Inherent Vice): "What goes around may come around, but it never ends up exactly the same place, you ever notice?"
ReplyDeleteAin't that the truth?
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