<3 : ) Unbound our Joy! : )
(: We start of in this life with profound joy when we are
children. Then we’re controlled and made
to box up our joy, convinced that joyous behavior is weird, told that our
individual lives are most important, told that extreme curiosity is dorky. I gave my childish joy away when I was
younger. I have unbounded it
recently. If you are not feeling joy
every day then I believe you have an opportunity to reclaim your joy! J
(: Remember when you were a child and
every day was exciting? Remember when
you were learning new things which amazed you every day? Remember when you just wanted to talk to
everybody and make new friends all the time?
Life can be that way for all of us today! We can unbound our joy! J
(: Then we were told to only asked
questions when we were called on, ordered to stay still when we wanted to move,
took rejection harshly, etc. Schools,
instead of limiting the curiosity of children and only providing them with the
information the government decides they should learn, should give children the
power over their curiosity. Children
should be taught to use the internet (well.. it’s not like they aren’t already
better at it than many adults) and should have catered education to their
curiosity’s. There’s a reason we are
curious about the things we want to know about!
It helps us to eventually add to and improve on those concepts we
learn! J
(: At college your education is
catered! You get to learn about the
things that you are interested in. Sure,
there’s “liberal studies” which you may be less interested in. Yet those provide an opportunity to reveal to
us things which we may otherwise not have known we had interest! At college we get to unbound our joy because it
gives power to our curiosity! J
(: This also wields results; ask any
professor the differences between their freshman and seniors. These differences are far greater than a 4
year term in primary and secondary education!
One professor of mine, Dr. Baumler, once revealed that he likes teaching
seniors because they make him feel like “IUP works”. J
(: When we are children we are told that
it’s weird to express ourselves in a unique fashion. Perhaps it is weird in the way that it is
unusual. But it is good as it represents
our diversity in personality. Our
personality differences make life fun!
They aren’t something to be frowned on.
J
(: We are not the center of our universe,
we are only one part of it. Living in a
way where you only act according to things that will make your own life better
limits your ability to make your own life joyous! Helping others is an opportunity to meet
people who you don’t know. It makes
others smile which makes you smile. I
previously discussed this more in depth in part 2. J
(: We’re controlled and told that the
questions we have to ask isn’t as important as the material primary schools
want to cover. Then is it any wonder
that student academic interest dies in Highschool !? It’s not a problem with the
teachers necessarily nor is it necessarily a problem with the students. The problem is that there are too many
controls on student curiosity which makes their interest die when they get
older. J
(: We’re told that obsessions make us
weird or nerdy. We’re told that’s
bad. Being unique and obsessively
fascinated with a topic is not wrong! It
is not bad. It leads you to a greater
understanding of the world which you can then share with those who may be
interested in later conversations.
Obsessions unbound joy! J
(: I believe that we can all unbound our
childish joy. I feel like I have. I’d implore you to try. Live in love of the world around you. Live while fulfilling your desires and your
curiosities. Live, helping those who need
it, as that will help you too! J
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