Learning.
As a missionary I kept a journal... and the one entry that has found itself back in my mind throughout the years is one simple phrase that came to me early one morning in a cockroach and mosquito infested apartment. "Keep learning and you'll remember why you're here."
I'm not certain I have completely figured out what that means, even now, 15 years later. But, it's still in there, at times plaguing my mind, ever pervasive and pestering away like a little woodpecker. Consistent little bugger.
When I am reminded, I often think of one specific peculiarity of learning that I have always tried to avoid. The pendulum swing. Finding myself stuck in some type of ineffective thought process or behavior, it has always been a relief to recognize the error of my ways and know that I could soon be free! Soon I will be all that I can be! Right?
Until... I realize that in trying to "fix" it... I swing to the extreme... the other end of the continuum. Maybe... just maybe... instead of trying to control it by convincing myself I am somehow adept enough to carefully land in the middle, I could just hang on and enjoy the ride.
Weeeeeeeee!!!
