| "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty | | | | and go hear lectures at your local bookstore on travel |
| or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. | | | | books. |
| The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." - | | | | - Learn to cook, to knit, to paint, to sculpture. Learn |
| Henry Ford (1863-1947),American Industrialist | | | | something new that involves your hands. |
| In some respect or another we are all lifelong learners. | | | | - Take classes in your profession and develop your |
| Sometimes the teachers are found in traditional | | | | career further. Go back to school and learn what you |
| institutions of learning or praying, in books, films, on the | | | | have always wanted to learn. |
| web and in conversations with colleagues, friends, | | | | - Find out what your kids, your friends, or competitors |
| support groups, professionals, and family. Sometimes, | | | | are all talking about and learn how they are using new |
| however, we learn in the most obscure ways from | | | | technology to help them reach their goals. |
| people we would have least thought have anything to | | | | - Stretch your mind. Go to free lectures in your |
| teach us. One of the easiest ways to live a full and | | | | community or take a class at the community college. |
| healthy life is to keep on learning. It is that easy. | | | | Ask the librarian for their favorite book and read it. Ask |
| Start by making a list of all the things you want to learn | | | | the video store for their favorite movie and watch it. |
| or do before you die. Some of the items on your list | | | | - Take up a musical instrument, take a singing class, or |
| may cost more money or take more time to learn, but | | | | learn how to ballroom dance. |
| many can be done right in your home or community. If | | | | - Challenge yourself to learn a new sport; skiing, |
| there is only one thing you do to make your life more | | | | skating, and even bowling or notch it up and sign up for |
| joyful and fulfilling, try learning something new and if | | | | a marathon or a 2 day walk to benefit a worthy |
| you like, bring along a friend to make it doubly fulfilling. | | | | cause. |
| To get you started, consider these ideas: | | | | - Challenge your mind and learn how to play bridge or |
| - Travel, travel anywhere, but especially to a foreign | | | | canasta or how to write your memoirs. |
| country where everything is different. | | | | Make it a goal to learn something new each day, each |
| - If you don't like to travel or can't afford it right now, | | | | week, each year. As a result, life will be more joyful. |
| read travel stories, watch travel films, take day trips, | | | | |