A curious mind is very different from a curious person. Unfortunately, most of us belong to the latter category wherein we are interested in the lives of other people, colleagues, neighbors and celebrities. This we do to our own detriment, filling ourselves with envy and resentment.
However, those who cultivate a curious mind are forever filled with wonder and excitement at the universe around them. They are avid readers and learners and explorers of the worlds within and without. They discover, create, invent. They ask why to gain a deeper understanding and uncover mysteries. They search, probe and investigate to uncover the truth.
Why is this important? Well aside from the obvious benefits of being knowledgeable in a manner that is useful to you (and to others), the person with the curious mind takes himself or herself into an entirely different orbit of experiential living.
Try this for the next few weeks and see the difference: gaze at nighttime sky and wonder at how early explores traversed the oceans and continents. Pick up a good dictionary and probe the origins of everyday words. You will be surprised at what you discover. Open the hood of your car and try to figure out the relationship and use of all that’s there.
Keep asking questions like how and why things work or are the way they are. Ask who invented the machines and gadgets you use. Don’t just take your life for granted; start living in three dimensions.
However, those who cultivate a curious mind are forever filled with wonder and excitement at the universe around them. They are avid readers and learners and explorers of the worlds within and without. They discover, create, invent. They ask why to gain a deeper understanding and uncover mysteries. They search, probe and investigate to uncover the truth.
Why is this important? Well aside from the obvious benefits of being knowledgeable in a manner that is useful to you (and to others), the person with the curious mind takes himself or herself into an entirely different orbit of experiential living.
Try this for the next few weeks and see the difference: gaze at nighttime sky and wonder at how early explores traversed the oceans and continents. Pick up a good dictionary and probe the origins of everyday words. You will be surprised at what you discover. Open the hood of your car and try to figure out the relationship and use of all that’s there.
Keep asking questions like how and why things work or are the way they are. Ask who invented the machines and gadgets you use. Don’t just take your life for granted; start living in three dimensions.
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