Knowing WHY you want to make lunch can make all the rest of it a series of mindful choices. (Unless the "why" is a thoughtless sort of "because the clock hands pointed up".)
photo by Brie Jontry
I personally believe that most knowledge, no matter how trivial or useless to anyone else, is just as important as what most people consider useful knowledge.I responded:
This is dangerously radical thought and I agree with it wholeheartedly.
If one person builds muscle under the direction of a coach using gym equipment, and another builds muscle chopping wood and doing yardwork, which is better? Which muscles are more real? Which muscles are more useful? Which are more moral? What does the person need muscles for? Was the activity engaged in for the purpose of building visible, oilable muscles?
When schools teach to the test and drill kids on "useful" information, what happens inside and outside the school, the teacher, the student, the parent?
Let's try it, or
I'll help you, or
Okay, yes.
Creativity and intelligence are seen in the ability to use a tool or an object for something other than its intended purpose. If you see your child (or your cat) doing something "wrong," set rules aside long enough to consider principles. |
Sleep is important. Curiosity leads to discovery and to new connections. Shade can come from things other than trees or roofs.
Let your mind leap and frolic.