Humor / Curiosity - Would you
believe we think, you don’t have to agree, they go together. Curiosity is the
fuel, it’s a type of force, it’s a propellant. Curiosity – you want to know,
you need to know. Curiosity is the fuel that makes powers, makes the machinery
of progress go. Anything that moves, our fathers, have taught us it requires
some type of lubricant, grease. So humor is the lubricant. Curiosity is
indeed the fuel that powers the machinery of progress. Humor is the
lubricant. Did you know one of the last kind of features that leave a human
before they pass away, die, is that they often lack the ability to smile. We
know that is difficult. That comes long before you know that you are going to
die. The lack of humor comes long before, many times. In fact we think it’s a
sign you are going to die, when you can no longer smile. Curiosity, you must
be born with it. We believe what the aborigines say in Australia – is that no
system, no feature, no sense will ever go on cruse. Its either going upward or
downward. If you don’t use it you loose it. That’s in many books and even in
the BIBLE. Talents, the only parable which is explained. If you don’t use it
you loose it. If you hide it and its given to you, and you don’t use it, you
loose it. And we believe that so many people loose their curiosity, they
really do not need or want to know. We believe curiosity is an addiction. We
believe – we keep repeating this because we are not expecting you to believe
this – think about it. We believe before you go, every person will become an
addict of some sort. They will become an addict of the couch, addict to
television, addict to reading, addict to booze (alcohol), addict to drugs, an
addict to water, an addict to food. What is an addict? An addict is any kind
of a substance or behavior that will maintain you in what you perceive as your
normal state. I am very curious, I need to know, I want to know, what is this
plant, what is this, how does this work, oh how I wish I understood
compartmentalization. This is the reason why we dissected trees. We could not
see the trees inside so we had to touch the trees inside. Curiosity, do you
really want to know – did they forget to take down the wet paint signs or is
the paint really wet? You have to touch it, you have to connect with it
sometimes before you really know.
Humor – Dr Shigo has been criticized because he has tried to
put humor into all of this. If we are going to stand up and talk for many
hours we have to keep our audience attentive. Its difficult, you have to
change directions because once you understand a little bit about humor and
human pathways, you will know the human pathway from a to b is not a straight
line. There is a lot of bends, turns and twist. In the end don’t be afraid to
smile and have fun. Think about all of these things. Curiosity, humor. Laugh
a little please.
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