We Are All Students

I believe we are all students. We are all learning each day.
We may be learning something about a job, activity, our relationships, or some form of actual studies, but we are all students.

Now, it has taken me a long time to decide what to study. Did you realize you can choose? You can learn - have a teachable spirit, or you can shut down the lesson.
I see children shut down the lesson when they rebel - they don't want to learn how to do things their parents way - they want to believe they already know the right way.
Now, as parents gently prod them into lessons - choices and consequences - I see myself.
God is prodding me toward a lesson.
Am I learning it - or fighting it? Is it a temporary lesson or is He giving me a lesson that will change my life?

Recently, a son-in-law asked me if I was still studying the piano. Now, I love piano music - love it. But, I have not committed to take the time to really learn how to play. I also love other languages, yet have not disciplined myself on taken the time to really learn. The same goes for Bridge - a card game that takes a lot of knowledge.
I go from activity to activity - deciding where to spend my time - and then deal with the consequences. I don't really accomplish anything - or become accomplished in anything - unless I give it time.

The big question is - what will I give time toward? What will I learn?
We go back to children - choices and consequences.
Do I want to really learn something, or just have my own way - being happy to just dabble in it?
And, why do I start learning and not become accomplished?
I have some unfinished projects in my closet - shouldn't I finish them before becoming a student of something else? I wonder if there is a psychological reason people begin projects and don't finish them - hmmm.

Well, I am comfortable with only knowing a little about another language, piano and Bridge. But, I am questioning why I stopped learning about golf.
Now, there is something I want to spend time on - something I want to accomplish!
And, my current lifestyle does not allow the same in-depth golf time I had while married to David, but it does afford me the opportunity to learn a little more about a sport I love.

So, here is a toast to being students - and making choices.
May you find out what you want to spend your time on - and continue to learn.
We are all a student of something :)
Love you,
Mary