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The Focus
- seeing life as a journey to be experienced and as an adventure in personal growth and development in responding to its challenges
- the refusal to accept simplistic answers but a commitment to question and challenge to gain a full understanding of the complexity of life’s dilemmas
- an open-minded outlook which is willing to rethink life options and priorities in looking to experience life to the full
“The seeking is the goal and the search is the answer.”
anon
Potential Hazards
- becoming tangled up intellectual and philosophical complexity and losing sight of the simple things in life
- a restlessness which is easily discontented and finds it difficult to simply enjoy the moment
- an arrogance which assumes that the enduring dilemmas and problems of life can be resolved through personal inquiry and reflection
“There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.”
Gertrude Stein
Risks if Neglected
- a lack of critical inquiry to challenge established beliefs and conventional thinking about life’s possibilities
- a potential complacency which relies on current knowledge rather than ask those questions which open up new opportunities
- a lack of curiousity about
wider issues which finds it difficult to come to terms with life’s
ambiguities, preferring simplistic “black-and-white” solutions
“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”
George Santayana