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Be a Lifelong Learner
Remain curious, open-minded, willing to discard the preconceived notions of the past, willing to learn, to become better than you were before. This is the purpose of life. Growth, unfoldment, development.
Manuel Enrique
December 27, 2023
As a kid, you think that after school, learning will slow down, that learning will somehow be done. You can't wait for it to be over, for you to be a grown-up. How easy life seems from the structured, demanding, and sometimes boring life inside the classroom.
But the truth is, when we are thrust into the outside world, when we are forced to start figuring our lives out and things for ourselves, that’s when the harder lessons of life come. That’s when we are truly tested. That’s when we realize that school was the easy part.
As best-selling author Ryan Holiday eloquently expressed:
"Part of being a philosopher is being a lifelong learner. School is never out for summer or spring or winter break. You can never be too old or too good at what you do. No, school is for life. And life is school. Learning is a daily thing, wisdom an endless pursuit. You never arrive, you never fill up, you never graduate. Because the world is always revealing new lessons. Even in the oldest texts.”
Especially in the oldest texts. The ones that have survived the test of time. The ones whose timeless wisdom applies to our modern lifestyles. The ones who were written by those who have traveled the path before.
Don’t stop studying merely because you finished school, whatever your calling may be. The way to unfold faster is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
And you must learn from every experience you are given. From the people you interact with every day. All of them are your teachers. And in truth, you have no choice. As the Yogi philosophy teaches, even if you wanted to stop learning, you wouldn’t be able to. Because life will find a way to impart the lessons assigned to you.
Remain curious, open-minded, willing to discard the preconceived notions of the past, willing to learn, to become better than you were before. This is the purpose of life. Growth, unfoldment, development.
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