LEARNING NEVER STOPS

   Just as discussed in one of the previous article about my country’s (Nigeria) educational scheme. A lot of people especially young minds still conceive learning or education as being in the “four walls of a classroom” and going to school as the only way to success in life. If I may ask or throw some questions or thoughts at you:

• Have you not seen or heard about people who dropped out of school and still became successful in life? (like in business, family …)
• Have you not seen or met parents who only got basic education (reading and writing) and are successful in their business, career, marriage or family?
• Have you not seen or heard about people who mastered certain trade, vocation or skills and made significant wealth for themselves, family and future?
• Have you not seen or met undergraduate employing graduates to work for them or their organization (I wouldn’t ask the reverse because it's common)?
• Have you not seen or heard about people who were successful or passed in school but failed in life?

The fact is that there are many factors that could have led to all of the above scenarios. And there are many factors in life that can lead to failure or success of an individual in different aspect of life. But there is a common factor that ought to draw our attention - “LEARNING”

        This should imply that there is so much things to learn in life beyond the “four walls of a classroom”. So much knowledge to acquire about various aspect of life: spiritual, mental, career, emotional, marital, social and so on.  

So, I ask myself this question which we all need to ask ourselves too, 

“Must I learn (know) about everything or every aspect of life? If yes! Why? and If No! what are the things that are essential to learn (know) about?”

       There seems to be billions of knowledge or things to learn about, in life due to the various aspect of life (it’s still one life we all have but different aspects). I mean, not everyone goes to school to study the same course or learns the same vocation to earn a living, not everyone will have the same marriage partner or been in love with a particular person (man or woman), not everybody will make friend with those you choose to make friends with ...

LEARNING QUOTE

    

       Irrespective of all these differences and varieties of life, there are some general knowledge (learning) that are imperative, that is, absolutely essential for life. The moment anyone refuses to learn about them [I shake my head!], such person is doom or prone to failure in LIFE. Ask yourself what you need to learn or make research concerning; be it spiritual, health, mental, emotional, business, job and so on. By this, you already know that the kind of success been discuss is “All-round success or achievement in every aspect of one’s life” not “Success as the measure or worth people give you in the society”. 

So, I stumbled on few quotes:

“Once you stop learning, you start dying” – Albert Einstein

“Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die” - Tom Clancy

“Learning never stops until you are dead. And you become dead, the moment or day you decided to stop learning”

I conclude this session with the above quotes on learning (knowledge), Let’s do justice to it concerning life. And please do not confuse this with the ways of learning or how to learn in life.

Also, don’t forget to drop your comment or contribution. Thanks!

Fayombo Gabriel
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