How do I keep a life of learning? While in school, learning is natural and forced. However, that part of my life is now over. One of my biggest fears is to become stagnant with who I am, what I know, what I believe. The world is far too big and mysterious to become content with knowing what I already know, I should I always be seeking new ideas, new ways of living and expanding what I already know… for I know so little.

These are the reasons I want to continue reading everything from novels to theology works to political advocacy. Learning is not only from reading, it is also gained through experience of life, whether traveling to new lands and cultures or attending a form of the arts that you’ve never been to before. As Dr. Thoennes once told us: “Always cultivate a heart of wonder.” Thus I will always find the world a magical and mysterious place, much like a child does.

As I’ve spent the last two and half weeks with my nieces and nephew, I have seen the beauty of their excitement for life. They will explore their own backyard everyday and find new things they’ve never seen before. Simplicity. Joy. Contentment. So many questions about life all the time. They want to know how everything works, why it works, what makes it work.