In the past, my parents were responsible for ‘hunting’
(finding) food to put on the table. I never had to worry about inflation and
food security. My only worry was not able to find good fighting spiders to
bring to school.
Now with inflation at record high, I have little choice but to go ‘hunting’ every day to look for less-costly food sources. No more time for spiders. Sometimes, I feel like prey. ☹
In the past, I learned through the hard way
and paid for the consequences for not following rules.
But then some gurus said sometimes we had to
break rules if we want to get ahead and be successful in life. Damn, this was
so conflicting and confusing.
Now, I realize only those who made rules are the real successful ones. Why? Because they coerce people to become followers, not leaders!
In the past, I was forced to learn to play
the recorder (vertical flute) and harmonica as part of music lessons in school.
I didn’t like music, so I didn’t pursue it further.
Now, I still do not have any interest in music and I learned nothing from it except that if I did something wrong, I had to ‘face the music.” Time has changed. There is no more need to stand on a chair in class or as ‘guards’ outside the classroom’s doors.
In the past, we learned in order to pass
examinations and tests.
Now, we have to un-learn, learn and re-learn to perform unique tasks and to keep our jobs.
Leonardo da Vinci said “Learning never
exhausts the mind.”
But this is only half-true. It’s really very tiring
and stressful if the topic does not interest you but you’re forced to learn it.
It would be both a torture and nightmare for me!
