Curiosity opens up a world of opportunities, it allows us to explore something physical or intellectual in new and novel ways.. and discover new, interesting and innovative ways of doing things.
Curiosity can engage all or any one of our senses...
Curiosity allows us to listen to another person without judging them and to consider another point of view... it allows us to use our ears twice as much as our mouths and therefore to learn more about the world we are in than we already know about it...
Without curiosity our world would be a very dull place....
And yet..... we rarely adopt a stance of curiosity.. preferring to share with the world our existing knowledge... our existing views... use our existing familiar perimeter... scary.... but not quite so scary as not letting our children explore the world with curiosity....
To find and discover on their own... in the dirt and mud... in trees and in gardens.... in questions and in doing..... allowing them to develop new and innovative ways of doing things
So the challenge this time is to adopt a stance of curiosity.... to say to someone... "that sounds interesting... tell me about it..." or "really, how did that happen......?" or to be curious enough about something to see how it works....
And for those of us who are growing a new generation of humans... allow them to be curious this week... let them explore something unaided.... let them ask questions without being told to be quiet..... let them find a new way of doing something routine... you know wearing your knickers on your head will not end the world!!!!
Curiosity is one of the most important skills we possess... let's practice it and encourage our children to learn using it... let me know how you and they get on...
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