Most of my life I have been a student. A student of life. A student of terms. A student of experiences. A student of people. And usually the phrase that my Grandma told me when I graduated High School bounces off the inside of my brain like there's nothing else there. "The more you learn the more you realize you have to learn." I hated it then. Because I thought I was so darn smart for having just graduated and thought I knew everything there was to know in the world.
But I didn't know anything then. I've realized that my Grandma was a wise woman and a student in life as well. So what exactly have I been striving to learn? I'm not sure. As each and every whim of something interesting blows into my way, I want to learn as much as I can about it to be dangerous.
I have come to believe that I could have a conversation with almost anyone. If I can just be curious enough to find out what their life is about. No one has just the story they are telling you or what they are showing on the outside. We all come FROM something and most of the time we are all STRIVING to be something else. When we learn that very few of us are happy to just "be" as we are - but looking for the next thing, I believe we can help each other.
If each of us can contribute just enough - as a force together - we could all be DANGEROUS (in a good way). Watch out world - HERE I COME. I am lucky enough to have lots of people contributing their just enoughs...
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