I am....Educated

    I am Educated. But what does this mean to me? 

   Does education come from a book or school? Yes. Does education come from personal experiences in life and nature? Yes. Does education come from a teacher/mentor/friend sharing their knowledge? Yes. Or does education, for me, come from blending all of the above together, then spending the time and effort to understand what has been taught to me and taking it to the next level by researching and living it till I own the idea. 

   Education, to me, is very personal. While I do value other peoples opinions and ideas, I do not take them as "gospel". To many people feel that their "education" is the do all-end all, "do as I say cause I know more than you" attitude. Yes, I can learn from someone like that, but only for a while, and I will not enjoy it. I will learn what I need and move on.

   Education, also to me, is about personal growth. It never stops. It is infinite, not finite. As soon as I stop learning, I stop growing. So I guess education is like the fertilizer of my mind. If I use the wrong type, I stagnate and die, if I use the right type AND PROPERLY, I grow and flourish. (Boy this took a weird turn). 

   So in closing, while I am educated, I still need to be educating myself, cause if I don't, I will shrink mentally and not grow, and this is a dark road to nowhere.