I watched the video about curiosity and couldn't help but think of Van Morrison's song, "Keep Mediocrity at Bay." Using my Web. 1.0 tool, C&P or CTRL P, here are a few lines from the lyrics:
"You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay/
Gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay/
Got to fight with all your might not to get in the bleeding heart's way
You gotta fight for your rights,
you can't bury your head in the sand/
You gotta fight for your rights, you can't just bury your head in the sand/
Politics and religion,
superstition go hand in hand."
Curiosity is the first part of learning. On talkradio once I heard a man say that his earliest memory from childhood was the joy he felt from learning something new. If this "joy" is not acknowledged by parents or teachers, I feel, personally, that it doesn't extinguish the desire to learn. I think we just get quiet about our curiosity....and jump for "joy" on the inside, or, until it's safe to yell, "eureka!"
Play more, learn more, fear less....we can take that with us!
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