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Originally Posted by My Own Eyes
D4T, you know what I love about you?
I love the fact that you can always be counted on to share information that is completely different from the usual fare.
Not to mention that I happen to find most of what you bring utterly fascinating.
It's good to know that life on the farm hasn't changed you!
As for the topic at hand? I think that many ancient cultures were actually a lot more advanced then we tend to think.
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I appreciate the kind words.[
Learning is the love of my life. I like to study a vast array of things and I also do my best to hold to the quote I once heard that said "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." (Not that I have a first rate intelligence... )
I tell my kids that most parents strive to raise kids that think like they do. I do not. I simply desire to raise kids that think.
Having done that they can do the rest on their own.
We live within too many walls and we don't walk our brains enough.
I will reiterate my appreciation for your post as it speaks to the very things that I hold most dear and desire to achieve the most. When I read words as you have posted here it gives me a moment in time to pause and think that, possibly, by some some measure I am being successful in my quest to never stop widening my horizons and my realm of thought.
And to think that this great journey began several decades ago when I became a Sunday School teacher and I decided, when the kids brought up those questions for which there was no easy answer, that I would utter the 3 hardest words there are to utter... "I don't know".
The simple utterance of those 3 words is a ticket for admission into a world of study. By admitting that we don't know we give ourselves permission to find out and by doing that we allow ourselves to grow.
"I don't know"... 3 of the most powerful words anyone will ever utter.
Thanks again.
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