Who Are Your Teachers?

When was the last time you learnt something? When was the last time you felt curious or compelled to find out more? Being inquisitive is what keeps our soul alive. If you’ve ever been depressed then you’ll know that one side effect is a huge disinterest in anything. Joy is just the opposite – a thirst for knowledge and an appetite for exploring.

We often limit our definition of education to the image of students sitting in a classroom. But to do this is to underestimate your capacity to learn. A different way of looking at it, is to think about who your teachers are. If you’re lucky, you’ll have had one or two really special teachers at school who inspired or encouraged you. When you think of all the confidence shattering episodes that occur in our early lives, these figures ought to be treasured. But our teachers aren’t just the ones who we encounter at school. There are teachers available to us at all times.

Our teachers can be the people who lived thousands of years ago whose words we find in the pages of a book.

Our teachers can be the people who we find so irritating we have to learn patience and empathy.

Our teachers can be the little babies who can’t yet speak but have an insatiable zest for life.

Our teachers can be the difficult situations we find ourselves in that force us to know ourselves better.

 

When you seek to find your teachers, you’ll find that there are numerous chances to be enlightened and grow. Even if we meet that person fleetingly, or via the television screen, or they end up our life’s mentor, the chance to learn has to be a decision you make. Once we’re willing to learn, our teachers make themselves known, or as the saying goes, ‘When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.’ When we pay attention to what people have to say and maintain a childlike curiosity we may be opened up to worlds we didn’t know existed. Let people spark your interest. Follow up on fascinating insights. Buy a biography about that historical figure who sounds fascinating.

Find your teachers and begin your journey.

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