UMC20230430 - Fuel your brain¶
In my teaching experience, I have come to realise that there are two kinds of teachers: teachers who have never stopped learning and have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in their 20 years of experience, and teachers who just do things the way they have always done them, they don't actually have 20 years experience but rather 1-year experience, repeated 20 times. Learning is the fuel of our imagination, it stimulates us, mixes in with our previous knowledge, and produces new knowledge and insights. The moment we stop learning is the moment we start dying.
I am in my second year of Honours in Computer Science through UNISA and it has really gripped my imagination. One of the biggest things that I am learning about is that technology and software mean nothing if there is no relationship between people. This is feeding into how I teach coding as a tool to connect people, rather than a fancy skill to have.
If you are feeling stagnant in certain areas of your life, maybe it is time to pick up a relevant book or go on a short course, or just even start a conversation about it with a friend. If we do not fuel our brains and shake up the way we think about things, we risk stagnation. Learning something new clears out the cobwebs in our brains.
Where is God calling you to learn something new? Are you being called to learn new ways to pray? To read books on faith? Read books on other faiths? Read books on history or current affairs? Thinkers change the world. Well, if they are paired with the correct doers.
Love, Cliff