By Jan Vicente B. Pekas
To learn something is a feeling that we all know. No matter how mundane or major it is, the touch of a brand-new information seeping into our body is a euphoric experience. Like tumbling for the first time, or learning how to solve an elementary math problem, the feeling of the first time is hard to replicate. But what we had learned will surely stick with us through all these years. And never be completely forgotten.
Before taking that first step on the path that leads to brand new knowledge, most of us may encounter fear or uncertainty. Just as it had been on the first day of school, before finally going into that room and walk out with brand new information.
As young people go into the same classroom for years, it may be hard to keep the same enthusiasm we all had once when learning what letter comes after A, or what 1 plus one is equal to. Thankfully, all there is to learn is not all compacted into a single room.
As long as we continue to explore this earth, we will always learn something new. Practical experience lie around every corner and they are never boring.
As human beings, being stagnant in character is not a feeling we all want. To be stagnant in character is not in our blood. We must always grow as a people and keep on further improving ourselves. Whether through big or small changes, to grow is a wonderful feeling. As a child or an adult it is a feeling like no other.
To meet people from different backgrounds, gives us the opportunity to learn more. And pull us out of our small ignorant corner of the world. When our own view of the world is expanded, our conflict among other people suddenly become trivial, anger become meaningless, because it truly has no place on this earth. Meeting different cultures show us a different view, but at the same time it is a mirror that reminds us that we are all human. Slightly different but with no difference at the same time. Two sides of the same coin, our fates are connected, and hate directed at each other can only doom both to fall to the ground.
In order to grow there will always be challenges. It gets hard as we tackle one hurdle to the other, but the results will be definitely be there. To grow with each challenge, whether we tripped on the way over a barricade.
To be resilient and always improving, will surely bring great rewards.**
