Learning - the risk and joy of learning - the gut to learn... and the curiosity

The only risk with learning is facing the unknown.
How many of us do like facing the unknown?
I spent too much time trying to make up things... thinking I like adventure and going for it... but in reality... escaping the possibility of any real learning...

REAL LEARNINGS: where are you?
Dear ones, shall I learn to love and welcome you?
Sometimes, what we learnt best is to turn our head... towards the other side...
Do you know the story of the good Samaritan? Before he was rescued by the good Samaritan, the injured lying down the sideway after beeing robbed and beaten by some daicoits - this poor man had just been ignored by a priest and another powerful man.... They had turned their head...

What does it take to learn? Be willing to learn
And what does it take to be willing to learn: face reality...
and for that: be at peace with your reality...
It is ok to be scared, it is ok to doubt, to worry...
Now as I am facing those feelings, they lighten up, releasing their grip on me

The risk of learning is the one of facing one's fear... this panic stage I often experienced when things take too fast a turn or when I lose all sense of control... panic... lets enjoy the panic... let's enjoy the butterfly in the stomac... let them be the premises of something great coming up.... the joy of facing reality

THE JOY OF FACING REALITY... of getting one's hands dirty, of being there and now, no matter what,
Being there for the poor man or the angry client
May be scared, may be sorry, may be mute, but be there and happy to be and committed to the best possible outcome. A CAPTAIN IN THE STORM.... and a good laugh... and god laughs
THERE IS IMMENSE JOY IN THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO FACE A STORM

There is a quiet resignation that may the best prevail and the wind blow in the right direction
It is not resignation... it is detachment, while I am there heart, mind and body ready to die while ready to fight to the last minute

READY TO LOSE, HARNESSED TO WIN - THERE IS NOTHING TO LOSE

What do we protect ourselves from when we turn our head from learning situations
Why do we cheat in exams?
Why do we say yes 'i understand', when we mean no 'i don't'?
We do not want to lose, lose face to our parents? our teachers?
Sometimes we just learn to "Not care". 'I just don't care' become the excuse
Looking good and avoiding looking bad
Avoiding conflict...
Not standing out

Now ... what about curiosity?
Curiosity pale to conformism
Of course curiosity is a powerful engine, when drivers slow down to watch this accident on the opposite lane of the highway... this even creates trafic jams... no risk of being spotted though...
Now as to asking a controversial question in a group... who dares?
Why dare? why not just ask?

Real learning attitude manifest naivety and a thirst stronger than the desire to look good...
In fact, the authentic thirst for learning look almost always good
Except maybe when it is compulsive or neurotic... and... still... why not?
What's this? What's this ask the 2-year old girl - 20 time in 5 minutes?