Yesterday evening I spent some two hours deeply engaged in a vigorous discussion with a long standing friend, an alumnus of Oxford University evaluating the benefits of paper qualifications for those determined to become a success story.
Life often intervenes to remind us how foolish we can be. Those inconvenient reminders recall a high ranking member of Caeser's praetorian guard, alongside Caesar in his chariot, whispering as the parade races down the boulevard of self acclaimed appeal, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal."
While never undervaluing a college education it is merely another step in our learning process, that will take us our life time to understand all that our life presents to us to become the result of our investments in the lives of those sent to us, that we may better know the person behind the mask that we present to the world.
Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ~ Matthew 18:3-4
Humility is never lost on those of us who understand that we know precious little, and that by learning more there is much, much more worth learning, how little each of us knows.
Our journey of self discovery opens up a road filled with truths that are not always palatable for those inclined to believe that their intellectual prowess is sufficient to unravel the mysteries of life, even now asking us to believe that we have much to learn worth our time, learning.
My good friend, Archie corrected my rather poor recollections of ancient Greek myths, teaching me that his fluency in Attic Greek (of the classical era), and modern Greek deserved my praise, and thanks by paying for the wine provided by our village tavern host to mellow the atmosphere sharpened by learning that I had been a dutiful student surrendering any thought that I knew better.
“There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.” ― Raymond Chandler,
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