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“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.”
— Carl T. Rowan
One of my greatest desires it the feeling of Freedom. I have learned that freedom is not free. The price I pay for freedom is the responsibility to learn and to serve.
As I age I notice my desire to come closer to unconditional love. That desire is accompanied by a fear that I will never know enough, experience enough or be enough to reach that highest of plateaus. What I am gleaning is to accept what I am and know that the river of learning in my life flows not through the mainland of my time here on earth, but through the history of my soul in the universe.
When I acknowledge that I am always learning I acknowledge that I am perfectly imperfect. As long as my heart and mind remain open to the newness of life and the idea that there is always an unanswered question, I know I am being perfected one moment at a time.
One of my mentors has suggested that the art of appreciative inquiry will always lead to a bountiful life because wisdom is already present and all I need do is be willing to demonstrate my gratitude for its presence. For in that presence questions are evolving as I am. As I ask, I grow.
