Learn Something New

Happy Afternoon Gentle Reader,

I was thinking about something my grandfather told me once. He said the day you learn nothing new, is the day you die. When I was little, I thought he meant if I went 24 hours without learning something I would literally tip over dead in my tracks. How did I combat that? I read, I went to school, I hated summer vacation after a couple weeks, because being outside school, meant I might literally go 24 hours without learning something. I was young, had a long life ahead of me, I didn't want to die.

What I think he really meant was that you start dying. You stop wanting more and you just start sort of giving up. I think there is some truth to this. I still read a lot, I love books, I love the feel of turning pages and the smell of a book not opened in a long time. There is something that happens when you turn the page of a book, when that smell hits your olfactory senses and your taken to a different time and place. You learn something, it doesn't matter what you read. A newspaper, a magazine, a book, a diary or a journal. These reads take you to a place of understanding, either from the world around you or from yourself. I am not one who likes to explore himself, I often find that I don't necessarily like what I find about myself. I'm shallow at times, I'm rude and loud, I can be an asshole at times. However, they say your the worst judge of your own character. I have friends and good ones, I hope they see something different when they look at me versus when I look in the mirror at myself. I continue to look in the mirror though because only I can change the impression of what I see there. For beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This brings me to this weeks challenge then. LEARN SONETHING NEW. I don't care what, but, learn something. What have you always wanted to do? Learn a language, learn to give tattoos, learn a new recipe. It really doesn't matter what it is you learn just that you learn it. I would love to hear from you if you took the challenge and learned something. Just leave a comment below or send us an email nutuporshutupblog@gmail.com.

Be good to yourself and everyone around you.

Until next time Gentle Reader,

Jaxion Rebel