For example–the quality of Lifelong Learning:
With enduring curiosity and innovative creativity,
we have a personal mission to continue to grow
spiritually, cognitively, and emotionally.
From Gary Carlson:
I am a lifelong learner. I’ve always been interested in why things are the way they are. Perhaps that’s why I became a scientist, doing research to discover how things work. But later in life, this interest in learning has taken me in new directions. Now I am more interested in how I fit into the larger scheme of things. Now I think more about the big issues–Why am I here? What is my role? What happens next? How can I be of service to others and to this wonderful world we live in? To me, these are spiritual questions, and my spiritual life and world have become ever more important to me as I get older.
How do I learn? I learn through books and other media. I love reading or seeing what others have presented on a given subject, and thinking about how their ideas fit with my own, and with other person’s ideas.
I learn through talking with friends and colleagues. How do my thoughts and ideas compare with theirs? Where do we agree, and where do we have divergent ideas? How do these contrasts add richness to my own feelings?
I learn through teaching. I’ve been teaching Sage-ing ideas for nearly 20 years, and I always learn something new when I interact with a new group of people, both as I express my own thoughts and as I listen to theirs.
I am a lifelong learner, and I love it! It immeasurably adds to the joy I feel on a daily basis, just being part of this great adventure!
