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Well, the best I can come up with is -- curiosity...I'm nosey by nature. I live to find out what is in store for me tomorrow...what new adventure awaits me, or the possibility that answers to old questions may miraculously present themselves. That kind of thing.
Curiosity hasn’t received a good press over the centuries. However the curiosity that I'm talking about here is of the type that wants to ‘know what is behind the wall’ and why the wall was built in the first place. It is a questioning curiosity that challenges the status quo; it is a news writer mind-set that wants to know why, how, when and where.
In a world saturated by information – not all of which is reliable, accurate or trustworthy, curiosity serves as a safety check, a door opener and game-changer. Curiosity to ‘find a better way’ is, I believe, the catalyst for innovation, learning and growth. That, I guess, is what keeps me going.
You know...We need to keep curiosity alive for both ourselves and for those around us. We need to promote, nurture and embrace a kind of curiosity that will see others and us reaching for something more, something better and in the process of doing so, discover anew.
Interestingly, the saying ‘Curiosity killed the cat’ originated as a proverb that stated, ‘care killed the cat’. By ‘care’ it was meant ‘worry’ or ‘sorrow’. That form of the saying dates back to 1598 and occurred in English playwright Ben Jonson’s play, Every Man in His Humour. William Shakespeare was quick to embrace the saying and incorporated it into his play Much Ado About Nothing.
Curiosity hasn’t received a good press over the centuries. However the curiosity that I'm talking about here is of the type that wants to ‘know what is behind the wall’ and why the wall was built in the first place. It is a questioning curiosity that challenges the status quo; it is a news writer mind-set that wants to know why, how, when and where.
In a world saturated by information – not all of which is reliable, accurate or trustworthy, curiosity serves as a safety check, a door opener and game-changer. Curiosity to ‘find a better way’ is, I believe, the catalyst for innovation, learning and growth. That, I guess, is what keeps me going.
You know...We need to keep curiosity alive for both ourselves and for those around us. We need to promote, nurture and embrace a kind of curiosity that will see others and us reaching for something more, something better and in the process of doing so, discover anew.
No, friends, curiosity didn’t kill the cat…it merely allowed the cat to explore yet another of its nine lives!
Maybe, just maybe, another life awaits me around that corner just ahead.
I'm curious to find out!
So I ive for another day.
So I ive for another day.
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