That it never stops; you never stop learning. It’s funny because when you’re in school and passing all of your classes and exams, and you’ve spent so many hours learning and discovering new methods to collect more data, you wish it would all stop.
As with every concept or manifestation, there comes a point when it must end, whether by choice or without. When you finish your classes, you receive your diploma and prepare to conquer the world. That’s when you understand how much more you need to learn.
You realize that what you learned in school was just theory and application; the practice is different, as is dealing with people and this broken system. This is the moment where the „school of life” takes over and pushes you in ways that school never did.
You learn everything about failure and how things don’t operate the way you want them to, and you persevere long enough until your self-esteem and dignity evaporate, along with less money and fewer hours of sleep. The minute you give up, you look in the mirror and don’t recognize yourself, deciding it’s time to call it quits.
And you humbly do so, regaining your health, packing those old wonderful dreams neatly, and returning them to where they started. And then, using the new lessons you’ve learned, embark on a fresh quest to discover yourself along with the new dream you don’t know anything about yet. But you’re open enough to learn on the way and trust yourself.
Life can feel like walking blindfolded; you don’t fully know anyone except yourself, and each step brings a new challenge. You can’t grow if you are impeding the learning process, no matter how hard you try.
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