Joy of Learning

As the years pass by more rapidly than ever, I find that there is one aspect of life that continues to energize me and bring joy to my world:  the process of learning.

During this past holiday season I became aware of one way in which my 14-month old grand nephew and I are the same; we both experience the process of learning and get excited by the outcome.

I have watched my grand nephew go through the process of sitting in the middle to a room watching with his big brown eyes all that is going on around him and yet not able to do anything about his curiosity.  One day he discovered the process of crawling and he was off to see the limits of his world.

He then began to reach out to various pieces of furniture and discovered that he had the ability to pull himself up to a standing position.  After numerous falls, he finally discovered the process of going from standing still with support to the behavior of moving his legs and walking.  

Each phase of his learning success brings light and happiness to his face and he is so proud to show off his latest accomplishment for family and friends.

Earlier this week I experienced a similar process.  As a senior citizen I am many years older than my grand nephew.  My age also contributes to me being one of the technology-challenged of our society and I can usually count on my computer and other digital gadgets to be a producer of anxiety and stress in my world.

This is the fourth month of this blog series and I decided that it was time to change the photograph of myself that is placed with the published articles.  The idea of making a change in format structure by myself without a tech-savvy person to assist produced a good dose of apprehension for me.

However, like my young grand nephew I decided that I wanted to learn how to do it by myself.  While always grateful for assistance from others, this was a process that I wanted to experiment with until I could successfully change that photograph.

So, on New Year’s Day, I opened the blog format and charged into the process of photograph change.   Like my nephew’s numerous unsuccessful attempts on the way to the successful process of walking, I made numerous errors of my own.  Most of all, I just kept trying!

I was finally was able to erase the previous photograph and replace it with a new one.  I was so excited and full of joy to have successfully accomplished this goal.

When I am able to do a successful technology feat, my emotions come alive like fireworks on July 4^th!  I want to show off my tech accomplishment for all to see.  I have learned!

At that moment of achievement I felt so connected to my grand nephew as we both continue on the adventures of learning.  I believe we have this joint journey for the remainder of our lives!

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