Lessons Learned

Learning never stops. It begins before birth, in the earliest glimmer of consciousness, when certain sounds or movements or even tastes begin to soothe or agitate the new human growing--and learning --within. Real learning begins when we enter the world, with our lives now a cinematic fast forward through first steps and tying our own shoelaces; to a first bus ride, algebra test, driving test, and swim test; thorugh learning to cook and dance and play an instrument,; from being hired and fired and falling in and out of love-- the gamut of lived human experiences, all of which, in their own way, teach us things. They are rites of passage, or life lessons.