Lately I have been thinking about how we learn as human beings. What makes us want to learn? What makes us want to progress? What makes us seek out new and creative ways to develop? And I believe relationships play a huge role in this desire to learn more, to become more, and to love more.
Think about it... why do you study? Why do you read? Why do we go to school? Why do I desire to learn guitar (well, of course to meet women)? To watch a live surgery (for all my med-student friends)? To watch the news? We want to feel connected to others. We have this desperate desire to be in relationship. There may be other reasons, but I feel relationships are the key reason for why we want to learn and, in all honesty, why we exist. Now, many would agree with this, and this fact is very obvious, but I have more.
With this, I started to think of how important it is to be a teacher. And to go farther, to see that we are all teachers. We all impact each other in ways that we don't even realize. Our relationships are a part of our education. Anyone we come in contact with could learn from us. AND Anyone we come in contact with could teach us. Just knowing this makes me want to be a good teacher. An outstanding contributor to this world; to live a better story that will impact others to make a change. And the one that guides me the most is THE GREATEST TEACHER of all time. Jesus.
He teaches me how to love, which is more important than any other area of life.
In summary, we, as humans, are teachers and students. And what better way to teach, than in love.
