oh my

a man after my own heart

just an example

one of my most favourite things about living --
researching and reading about the geography, politics, history and culture about a place before travelling there

and my favourite way of travelling is spending a summer (2 months off work) LIVING in the country, renting an apartment, shopping with the locals, getting to know my neighbours, for a short while just having the experience of living like one of them and asking THEM where they took day trips to that they loved

life is so short, and there are so many places to go, so many things to do, so many relationships to have

:)

It is not about figuring it out, but rather about the process of getting there.

what do you mean aronia?

The process of acquiring " knowledge" is kind of like taking a trip..
You can choose to floor it on the highway to get to the beach or you can take the back roads and drive through little towns, stopping sometimes.. Then the trip becomes enriched with memories you wouldn't have otherwise.

The process of acquiring " knowledge" is kind of like taking a trip..
You can choose to floor it on the highway to get to the beach or you can take the back roads and drive through little towns, stopping sometimes.. Then the trip becomes enriched with memories you wouldn't have otherwise.

:)




agreed

There are more than one kind of 'knowledge' or 'to know', one is intellectual and one is intimate. to really know something, have knowledge of it,, is like 'carnal knowledge'. To really know it means hands on experience. I think we can have experience and not learn from it, some people do the same things over and over and over again, lots of experience at a particular thing, and yet never figure it out, never gain any knowledge, let alone wisdom.

So I go for real knowledge, and don't need to experience everything. I can learn from others who share their experiences with me. I know a heroin overdose is fatal and I don't have to experience that to know that, as others have experienced it and are not here to tell about it.

What peterpaul said. With knowledge that's all you have and can claim to know everything about anything from within 4 walls, whereas experience provides you both.

It's like book smarts versus street smarts. Book smarts is educational knowledge, but with no experience, where does that get you? Street smarts might mean, on paper you don't have the credentials, butyour experience and common sense is just as valuable.

Hmmm. Thanks, folks!

Yes, experience teaches us knowledge and wisdom through PAIN lol. And that's how we learn from experience, what NOT to do again in the future.

Problem with too much knowledge (and experience) is it causes us to close our minds and hearts, for fear of experiencing more pain. But pain is part of life, and, with pain, comes pleasure (!).

dude, you learn just as much from joy and pleasure as you do with pain
:)

and i'm for both, equally, i get as jazzed listening to great musicians, scientific researchers, philosophers or the dalai lama talking about things i'll never experience but can be deeply moved or excited as hell by,

as i do sitting quietly meditatin in a forest, hanging on for dear life on a boat in a gail, or giving birth...well, ok the childbirth might have been a much more intense experience

but you get my point

:)

LOL! Joy, the end result of giving birth was worth the payoff, because I, for one, did not enjoy the labor part hahaha

But, I totally get your point.

Little, big...all of it adds up to who we are.

JoyRide: Yes, um, I'd much rather experience joy without pain. But without one, we wouldn't know the other, would we?

My condolences on you ladies having to experience childbirth. Hopefully that sweet kid smiling at you afterwards made it well worth the PAIN of passing a bowling ball through a tiny slot!

my only point is, learning is not only from pain

i'm sure youve helped a few ladies learn something worthwhile ;)