IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO LEARN

“He who learns, teaches” (Ethiopian Proverb)

Of what value or use is whatever you learn if you can’t pass it across to others? By teaching others, you add more to your knowledge and experiences in life. At times, we think we have learnt some things in life which will raise our standard by keeping us ahead of others but by stooping low to communicate what we have learnt to others, we get to realize that our knowledge is shallow and inadequate.

Have you ever been in a situation where those you are meant to teach end up teaching you (directly or indirectly)? Life is filled with lessons, even in the process of teaching, we can learn. Don’t deprive yourself from any opportunity to learn and never put yourself in a situation where you would feel that what you have learnt is too big or deep to pass across to others. Nature truly rewards us for what we give and not for what we receive.

At the end of your journey in life, the world will celebrate you because of the values you have added to several lives, the lessons you have taught, your inventions and innovations for the humanity and for leaving the world better that you met it. You won’t be celebrated because of what you have learnt. Of what value is your knowledge when no one around you knows about it? As from today, learn how to activate your learning, don’t be selfish and don’t die with it. Whatever you have learnt is useless in the grave. May your days on earth be meaningful! Keep networking with others till the ancestors reach out to you next week.

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