Here is my reflection after reading the poem by Courtney Martin:
There are two ways of learning and knowing. One way is reading, talking, and discussing and reflecting. The other way is knowing by doing, by experimenting and by experiencing. I use both ways. However I know from my own experience that real and deep learning happens by doing, by deeply reflecting with an unclouded and quiet mind. When I learn with an open, clear and quiet mind I learn from myself and by myself. Such learning has helped me walk in the right direction and that helps me how to "fish", how to get what is really precious and how to enrich my inner life. I have learnt from my experiences the way how to relate to life. Such learning requires an open and unbiassed mind. It requires quiet and clear mind and an earnest desire to let go what binds me and blinds me. Namaste!
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Elaine Gotfryd Noonan
8/20/2022 12:26:00 pm
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Debbie Podwika
8/20/2022 01:11:08 pm
I liked this one very much. It reminds me that when we were toddlers we just explored and learned. We just tried to walk and talk and didn't give up but just persisted. We took chances and when we fell, we got back up again and went back at it. The 'sorry' and 'mercy' on the picture reminds me of when Oprah would talk about Maya Angelou quote...basically If I knew then what I know now, I would have done better. Hopefully we do learn from every single experience. Some of course are bigger learning experiences than others. This poem reminds us, while one certainly might have to learn any precautions ahead of time, we should not let the idea of 'I've never done this before' ever stop us.
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