I still think of his question everyday - and every night I try to think of something that I learned that day.
We are never to old to learn. I do believe that I learn something every single day. It may not be something I actually 'want' to learn - but we learn good or bad.
Do you feel you learn everyday?
This old world is so big and there are so many people who do things differently. I love learning about others lives and ways.
This is why I am happy to be here and have you all along for the ride. Life is sure interesting and intriguing.
I love this quote.
I do believe this is why we are all here and we are all learning to live within our means from one another.
Stay focused.
Keep plugging away.
Every little addition or change is important and helps.
Start slow - don't try to conquer the world all at once.
Baby steps is how we all started this journey.
Keep moving forward and don't get discouraged.
KEEP LEARNING
Sounds like your Daddy was a good teacher. I'm glad you learn something new each day.
ReplyDeleteOh he was. Lessons learned that have helped me in many ways in life.
DeleteIn my opinion, there has never been a better time to be a student of life.I also learn something new every day,and it's often by following "rabbit trails" on the web. Just this morning, I was fondly remembering my grammar school days when we would have the May Day celebration; we were the last school in my town to still do this. That got me wondering about the origins of that festival, so I looked it up. That led to studies of Celtic festivals of equinox and solstice. I spent a very entertaining hour learning a lot. How lucky we are to have information at our fingertips!
ReplyDeleteIt is something indeed. Boy, are you right about the 'rabbit hole'!!! That is so easy to do.
DeleteWe have the whole world at our fingertips.
PS: I remember May Day celebrations as a child. Such fun.
I needed this today as I am in a slump mentally, keep telling myself not to be a baby and make some plans and carry them out, I mean really.
ReplyDeleteWe all have those days as well - don't kid yourself. But learning something new, just enhances us.
DeleteBe happy dear!
Never too old to learn. It's the best.
ReplyDeleteI ask my hubby at the end of the day, "What made you happy today?"
Exactly - never to old.
DeleteI like that - what a nice way to end the day!!!!!!
We watch a bit of a documentary each day. We have learned so much. Our favorites are anything by Ken Burns.
ReplyDeleteI love documentaries. I find some stuff on You Tube and some on Netflix and others from TV
DeleteWe watch Jeopardy every day and this often leads to us looking something up to learn about it. Today it was the Gunpowder Plot.
ReplyDeletewhat a fun way to learn! Love it.
DeleteI think most of us are reading blogs on frugality in part to learn new frugal ways. At least I am.
ReplyDeleteMy father also used to ask the same question at the supper table.
If I said I hadn't learned anything in school that day (which happened often), I got a dinner table lesson in advanced mathematics or engineering. A checkered table cloth makes a great two-dimensional grid, points were plotted with the salt and pepper shakers, and lines were knives and forks. I went on to get a degree in Math in college.
I developed a lifelong love of history and genealogy by reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books in early grade school and listening to my older relatives' stories about my ancestors' lives in Kansas as pioneers. Where were my ancestors and why did they go there? Just this past week I fell down a rabbit hole looking for my 3gr-grandmother who owned Catholic statues (despite no one else in the family being Catholic). I am the sixth generation to own them, and I want to solve the mystery. Genealogy research also kept my brain from turning to guacamole while I spent 13 years as a stay-at-home mother, too.
When the company I worked for suddenly closed three years ago, I found myself needing a diversion, so I began cataloging the wildflowers I encountered when I walked the local walking trail. I would take pictures on my cellphone and look up the flowers on the internet or in field books at home. Nothing formal, just the colloquial names. I was starting to do the same with butterflies and moths when my smart phone died and I couldn't take pictures any longer. Maybe someday I'll get back to it when I have a good way to take pictures.
Possessing an insatiable curiosity, I have been learning all my life, whether formally or informally. I hope I never stop.
Well your Daddy definitely made an impression on you!!!! That is so cool.
DeleteI love genealogy as well. I wish I had started years earlier, so my Daddy would have seen what I learned. I guess it doesn't matter now - as he is with all those folks!
That is how I developed my love of all things Amish - yep ancestors!
How cool on the flowers and butterflies. What a wonderful hobby and you learn and if you pass it on you are helping others as well.
If we are growing - we should be learning!
Great quote.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
DeleteCheryl, Thank you for the thoughtful post. I love reading your blog. I don't always comment but am inspired by e eyes post.
ReplyDeleteBig hugs,
Patti
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