WORDS TO THE WISE(+) 14

"CURIOSITY MAY HAVE KILLED THE CAT..." EDITION

One of the most important convictions I hold is the idea of "continuous learning and growth."  I firmly believe that we continue to learn (and hopefully, therefore grow) every day of our lives.  It is a sad state of mind indeed if you feel you have nothing left to explore, seek, and find and even more so if you feel you know everything,  One of the great enterprises of human existence is our ability to think, learn, (ponder again) and modify ourselves accordingly. 

Curiosity is the main ingredient (or at least a significant one) for genius.  It is the precursor to creativity, discovery and finally invention and advancement.  ALL of the most creative and clever people I know have an incredible amount of curiosity about the world around them.  So, my self-imposed directive for the rest of 2012 is "cultivate curiosity."

CURIOSITY
noun
an eagerness to know about something or to get information; a desire to know or learn; interest leading to inquiry; inquisitiveness; is a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in human and many animal species, the term can also be used to denote the behavior itself being caused by the emotion of curiosity, as this emotion represents a thirst for knowledge; intense desire to know and understand

INQUISITIVE
adj
eager for knowledge; given to examination or investigation; given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; inclined to investigate