Are you the inquisitive type? The wonder-er type? I am sooo that! To illustrate what I mean is to remind you of what undisciplined children typically do in a store. They pick things up, shake them, feel them, look to see what they’re ‘made of’. Perhaps not the most ideal example, but it does immediately give you a visualization of the word in action. On your journey in life, are you the type that looks around you, maybe even veer off the path a bit or do you walk straight ahead looking neither to the left or right?
I believe that ‘inquisitive’ is a mindset and probably a lifestyle. It’s the basic foundation for the discoveries we make in life and the ‘methodology’ inventors use to develop new ‘things’. My bias is that this is a mindset that attempts to further not just our knowledge but our understanding – of people, places, things, ideas, possibilities, etc. – but also recognizes the problems and potential repercussions of continuing and discovering the results of the exploration.
‘Inquisitive’ reaches into every aspect of our lives: our thinking, our beliefs, our actions. It helps define our goals, our hopes and dreams, our relationships, our choices and decisions. And… I think it is an either/or word. Either you are inquisitive, you dare to plumb the depths of (fill in the blank), to accept what you discover and see how it is part of who you are and what you do. Or… you aren’t. And yes, I suppose I do make a value judgment on which one should be chosen. However, inquisitive is typically a word that is used specifically, rarely does it encompass all of life’s questions and issues.
I never said that the inquisitive lifestyle was easy, though I can’t imagine not living this way. I never said it was easy or stress-less discovering something new or different, though you can also re… rediscover something you may have forgotten and can now reincorporate into your life. It can be life changing and just as easily it can be an, ‘ah yes’. But I do believe that the inquisitive lifestyle is not for the faint of heart. It is a roller coaster of emotions and a high and low of intellectual pursuit… it is never, ever dull.
inquisitive?
