When I was younger, I like most people, thought I knew everything and knew more than the next person. I thought that gaining knowledge was based on what you read and seen and observed. I thought that you needed to learn everything quick before you forget it all. I was wrong. And was I ever wrong, only to a certain point…….
You do learn from reading and observing. The most important way to learn is by making mistakes, whether on purpose or by accidents. We all live by a certain amount of rules that we learn from out parents, teachers, government, work place and we test those rules. It is human nature. Not to test to see if we can get away with it, but to see what would happen, like putting you hand on the burner, or sticking a finger in the electrical outlet after being repeatedly told not to.
We learn from it and build from that knowledge. Those that do not and repeatedly keep doing so eventually end up in a place with grey walls and bars to protect themselves from the outside world. As you get older, that knowledge does not go away, except for remembering your spouse’s birthday or your anniversary and you can build upon that.
The human brain is in all of todays technological advances still the last frontier of medical exploration. No one still does not know how it really works. I often wonder also. At times, I cannot remember why my wife sent me to the grocery store, yet I can remember almost remember what happened during a football game, or relive most of my childhood and yet cannot remember who starred in my favorite television show. I remember the advices I received when I was younger, only to go against them, and now I find myself giving those same advices to those younger than me.
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