Keep the learning spirit aflame to lead a vibrant and fulfilling life

worth celebrating. “Learning never exhausts the mind,” said Leonardo da Vinci. What must put one to shame is not ignorance but the unwillingness to learn.

In an idle mind, the brain cells become dysfunctional, as with machines. It is linked to creativity. “Learning and innovation go hand in hand,” said William Pollard. The stuff of curiosity is “the wick in the candle of learning”. Unlike others who fast succumb to ageing, one imbued with learning spirit better adapts to change, staves off boredom and leads a stress-free, healthy life. That also involves unlearning inherited lies and whatever holds you back, so, as Leon Brown said, you can learn to fly.