Living and Learning in Life

I am forty years old, and I have run a business with my partner for 16 years. I have two teenage children, one of whom is already a learner driver. So what I am saying is, I am no spring chicken. However, I live a life of constant learning. And I am proud to say that I am driving a vehicle that is constantly evolving, constantly adapting, and always striving to be the best me that I can be.

As part of my commitment to lifelong learning and evolution, I enlist the help of various coaches, mentors and teachers, those who have walked the path I am wanting to, or those with more wisdom than I have. 

Without this assistance, this perspective, and this support, I do not think I would be able to stay focused or steadfast, and I am sure that I would falter. And I am cognisant today, of the value that other people can add to our lives. We are so quick to assume that we have all the answers, that we do not need others in our lives, as they haven't walked our path.

You are right, they haven't - but they share our humanity. Every problem, every hindrance, is solvable by applying similar methods. 

I have always lived my life openly, for others to know of my mistakes, but also of my learning and my lessons. Because when a lot of life happened to me, I was convinced I was the only person to ever experience this, purely because people are ashamed and don't want to open up to others about their perceived weaknesses. So today I encourage you, be brave enough to be yourself. Be strong enough to show your true uniqueness and beauty.

Learn from one another. And be kind to one another. 

Monday motivational: You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground - Unknown

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained - Marie Curie

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears – Les Brown

Monday motivational: Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful – Joshua J. Marine