A parallel to living is learning. One cannot live a complete life without encountering learning cycles. There are standard learning cycles that everyone has, but there are also accelerated learning cycles that are more specialized. These lessons are learned with deliberation, and a person is longing and searching for answers. It takes a dedicated person with a consistent drive to reach for and explore for a significant life. There is a distinct difference between living life and living for life. Simply living is easy; all a person must do is breathe and go through the motions of a routine. Actually living for life is more complicated; a person must have the desire to experience the possibilities and contribute to something bigger than self. Living for life opens the door to challenges and lends itself to push beyond the limits of mediocrity. Not every person wants to be challenged, but for those who do, they are in for an awakening. As with the hero’s journey, the acceptance of this discovery must happen. The longing for a better tomorrow and successful future should be enticing enough to begin living for and with a purpose. Once I had this internal debate with myself, my curious and studious side took over. My need for learning about far-away places and desire to put myself in the necessary learning settings have made their way to the top of my priorities. My learning experiences have broken beyond the barriers of a classroom. I have taken my education into my own hands and sent my studies to the very places I had only read about. My journey has taken me out of my small comfort zone and expanded my world abundantly. I have said it many times before that I look for metaphors and the messages they reveal. This journey itself is a metaphor for life. And along the way, with every lesson and location, metaphorical meanings provide understanding to those searching for life answers. Entering the woods or meeting a wise stranger or being caught in the rain hold meanings and should display the exact message a person needs to see and learn. I have come to terms with the fact that I will always be curious. I never want to meet a day in which I am content and comfortable in a routine. There is more to life than just waiting for something to happen; I say make it happen right now. There will come a day when I have long ago seen my glory years. When I meet that day, I want to be able to recall and reflect on a life that was lived with a profound purpose and ponder on the lessons learned that molded me into the person I become. Regrets are something I do not want to have, but experiences are the collectibles, good or bad. Every opportunity that comes today will have a long-term effect on my life, and if it means packing up and flying across the world to have it, then that is where I will go. There is no sense in wishing and waiting for something to seem less scary when the point of learning is taking the moments as they come. Go where the unknown is; life will be waiting because to live for life, the soul must wander within the woods. Stay Curious, Kayla ©Inquisitive Perspectives 2016
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William E. McCloskey
5/23/2016 01:09:24 pm
OMG. Those closed fists ARE opening aren't they? Reading your blogs, I realize that the Apollonian Kayla 👊🏻 is giving way to the Dionysian 🖐 🤗
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