Few things energize me like being around curious people. I love the questions they ask. the excitement they radiate, and the way they slow down to examine how things work.
I used to be more curious than I am today. I’m afraid my curiosity quotient has gone down over the years not only impacting my leadership but also impacting the wonder and awe I have for my Creator.
Somewhere along the way I became seduced by words like instant and ambition. I actually started to think faster was always better. I started to convince myself that ambition was a way of life.
Last night I finished Sabbath by Dan Allender. It was a great book (more on this later) but he had a quote that I just can’t shake. He said,
“Ambition leads to the demand for the shortest path between points to gain the most in the least amount of time; wonder calls the heart to explore the unexpected, nonlinear paths that often create a new unity that could not be expected when one first began.”
My translation: Hurry + Ambition = Death of Curiosity
I want to be filled with…
More questions and less conclusions.
More mystery and less assumptions.
More wonder and less equations.
Are you living a rhythm of life that leads to curiosity?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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