Answer these three questions:
1) You’re reading a book and come across a word you don’t recognize. Do you look it up in the dictionary?
2) While sitting on your couch, you hear a loud noise. Do you get up to see what caused it?
3) Have you started a new hobby in the past year?
Answering yes to any/all of these questions indicate that you have some level of curiosity — deep in the recesses of your brain, there’s a center of wonder, a place of questioning, a need to know. This is great news! Now, feed that need. As Plutarch once wrote: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Did you answer no to any/all of the above questions? That’s great news, too! You now have the opportunity to grow, to change and to try. The world is literally your oyster. Pick up a new book, listen to a singer you’ve never heard before, wander through a museum or explore a city, a library or a hiking trail. The more your step out of your comfort zone, the more likely you’ll have experiences that will change your life.
Don’t know what to do first? Here are some great suggestions.
One Comment
Steven
One of my favorite things about reading on a Kindle is the linked dictionary- I need only highlight a word in whatever I’m reading and a box pops up with dictionary, translation, and wikipedia options. Super convenient. (And I answered yes to all three, but you probably would have guessed that from knowing me.)