Learn

Here’s my take on learning…

We are designed to learn & grow in order to advance from one stage in life to the next. This goes beyond moving from childhood into adulthood. As adults, we need to continue to learn & mature throughout the rest of our lives.

Since what we learn (or fail to learn) massively effects our state of being, we need to: learn that which is true and beneficial to life, align ourselves with what we’ve learned, and apply that knowledge & understanding appropriately.

Unfortunately, we often learn things that are not true which ultimately distorts our worldview.

And we often pick up things that are not beneficial to life, which limits our potential and can even be harmful to us & those around us.

So, I’ve found that we need to periodically audit what we’ve come to know & understand, change our mind whenever necessary and adjust our behavior. And then, of course we need to continue to learn & adapt.

Of course, things are always changing, so we have to either adapt to these changes or make other choices to meet our needs & desires. Either way, this generally requires us to keep on learning.

In the Modern Age

In this (digital) information age, it’s super-quick & highly convenient to simply turn to our screens & keyboards to seek whatever information we want.

We often look online to the experts and/or self-proclaimed gurus for instruction & advice and plug into whatever “news” & information is being broadcasted through our personally chosen outlet.

Rarely do we turn to those with whom we have a personal connection (save a handful of close connections) for this kind of information anymore.

However, we all carry within us volumes of information, boatloads of skills and a wide variety of unique experiences. And we can inform those with whom we connect on a personal level and provide enormous opportunities for bountiful inquiries & meaningful discussions.

And unlike many of these online outlets, we have a two-way connection that is personal and likely involves a certain level of personal care for the other party. And we can tailor our conversations to individually suit one another and either lean in with more if requested or back off when enough has been had.

Personal exchanges like these can be phenomenal — especially when we value what the other party has to offer — and we feel valued by those with whom we interact.

I believe exchanges like this — voluntarily sharing what we know with those who want to learn on a person-to-person basis & learning from those who want to give of themselves to us — can be a beautiful thing.

I say, let’s see if we can learn from one another.

Here are some of the kinds of things I have learned about over the years when I intentionally sought that which was true & that which was beneficial to life. 🙂

[This page was written by Carrie (not Kelly) and last updated on 4/25/25.]