The sun sets on another day…
I watched sunset reflect in the eastern building as it set in the western sky. The shadowy light reflecting off of the dark building created unique patterns and shapes and made me smile with the simplicity of it all.
Sometimes seeing something the right way is just a matter of perspective. I speak a lot about how personal bias affects our approach to the world but I don’t get to say enough how powerful personal bias can be. Imagine for a moment being so tied to our beliefs that we dare not even consider someone else’s perspective. Imagine the moments if we are proven wrong and have to consider reevaluating the way we think.
I have mentioned before and find myself thinking always about how much I learn every day. There is not a day I can remember that I do not walk away feeling some sense of awe at how little I actually know. Of course some people disagree but I can say with utmost surety that I know very little.
Years ago I read a comic book where the X-Men fought Doctor Doom. The X-Men were very powerful superheroes and Doctor Doom was one super intelligent person. In the midst of the fight the X-Men begin to lose and their battle plan falls to pieces. Doctor Doom then says “I have forgotten more about battle strategy than you are ever likely to learn”. I think about that statement from time to time and wonder the level of some people’s intelligence.
I know someone who has forgotten more about music than I am ever likely to learn. I know someone that has forgotten more about cars than I am ever likely to learn. I know someone else that has forgotten more about art than I am ever likely to learn. With that in mind I know that I will always have something to learn. If only the world would realize that.
It is my strong opinion that we should walk into every day with a child’s eyes looking into the world as a wonderful masterpiece of a university, ready to show us a path that is both uplifting and opens our mind to something new. Anything else just doesn’t holds the magnificence that I know is in the world. Anything else just doesn’t give us the satisfaction of realizing how large we are and how small we are at the same time. It is with that in mind that we should challenge ourselves to learn more, always.
So as the sun sets on another day I will keep seeing the world as a playground for the mind and I hope you do as well. Be amazed and amazing, be fiery and passionate, but mostly be you each and every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and keep learning…