“Why?” is the favorite question of children, especially when they are very young.  To them, the whole world around them is mostly unknown and they are curious about everything.  And really, that’s the motivation for learning about anything.

As we age the curiosity is still there, but life’s challenges and problems get in the way of learning, just for the pleasure of discovery.  That’s a shame too.  But any of us can decide to run with our curiosity and discover what interests us at any age.  All we need is the desire to do so.

As I was thinking about what to write about, I realized that without curiosity who knows how many of us would even be here?  If people weren’t curious, we most likely would not have learned enough to do what we had to do to stay alive as a species.

That’s not to say that we don’t also learn from random experiences.  Those are the happy surprises that I love to have.  And it also helps if we don’t judge everything before we even experience it.

Of all the interrogatives, “why” and “how” are the ones that express curiosity.  That’s what makes them the ones favored by children.  Children have a natural hunger for learning.  If only we could keep that hunger alive within the daily grind of everyday responsibilities. 

But if we want, we can decide to purposefully learn by exploring the world around us in many different ways.   We have access to all sorts of media to learn from even if we can’t afford to travel.  And it’s always fun to go to a library and just begin to see all the ways of learning available for free.

Each of us must decide how we wish to live our lives.  But learning new things and asking “why” once in a while can make life more interesting for anyone.  And why not?