When my wife and I were expecting, I was so excited about all of the things I would one day teach my future daughter. While that excitement still remains, I have been pleasantly surprised to find out that I have much to learn from this little one.
Lesson 3: Be Curious
One’s curiosity is something that is seldom discussed, but it is hugely important. We owe so much to the curious minds of past generations, who step by step, asked the questions and leveraged their own curiosity to find the answers we now typically take completely for granted.
When I walk with my daughter into a new room, she examines every inch of that room within seconds, and it doesn’t stop there. She grabs every item she can and rotates it, tastes if, squeezes it, rubs it, taps it - does anything she can to find new, undiscovered properties.
I’m not stating my child has some miraculous gift, this is something most babies are born with. It is our human condition to be curious. I think along the way people tend to forget this. There are so many unanswered questions in life that require deep and analytical thought and research, and sometimes it’s just too easy to come to an assumptive conclusion.
Watching Charlotte’s curiosity has reminded me of the importance of it and I’m now committed to protecting that flame she has shared with me.
