What a Children’s TV show Taught me about Life.

One of my favorite quotes comes from a children’s TV show, Avatar the last Airbender.

In a scene where a wise man is enlightening his troubled nephew on the topic of knowledge.

“It is important to draw wisdom from many different places. If we take it from only one, place it becomes rigid and stale…

Understanding others, the other elements and other nations will help you become whole.” — Iroh

I came to understand this in my later years at university. For so long the education system had hardened the concept of learning through set lectures, topics, and people.

As a result, I saw faculties almost ‘looking down’ upon each other.

Engineers would stay on one side of campus, business students another, while environmental students would be in a field somewhere.

I too was indoctrinated into my so-called ‘creed’ of study.

That all changed when I ventured to hang out with engineers and programmers.

Coming from a non-technical background at first, I found myself out of place, even inferior since I felt I was not of the same caliber.

Although after spending some time did I see my technical friend’s view of the world and how it differed to mine in a beautifully unique way.

When I willingly accepted a different angle, a view of solving problems, something I wouldn’t usually do, I found a new appreciation for what I already knew and didn’t know.

From that specific experience, I suddenly became attuned to how software was created, the impact of system thinking, and even the scalability of object-notation programming!

It lead me to find this other quote that I live by now;

Omnism — the belief that no religion is truth, but that truth is found in them all.

Omnism, to me doesn’t stop at religion. It applies to learning, relationships, and art.

I found that when I adopted an open mind to experience another person’s reality, I too would gain something beneficial.

Here are the questions I would ask:

• What truth do they believe in?
• Where / how do they relate and view the world?
• What problems do they face?
• How can this be applied to my life?

Lately, I have been deep into the social networking realm connecting with people and creating online.

Absorbing information from different people all with their unique methods of success has broadened my view of what is capable.

We are truly blessed to live in a period where we have the internet which allows for any niche information to be found.

All we have to do is be open to receiving it.

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