Learning new things is, perhaps, one of the greatest pleasures of living. We spend our days going to school, going to work, being told what is "best" for us by the people who work at our favorite stores and sometimes this bombardment of information that we didn't really ask for is overwhelming, frustrating and discouraging.
But today has been a curious day and I've learned so many new and wonderful things by simply observing. Instead of spending my morning scrounging social media for the latest update on Beyonce or looping that hilarious Vine over and over again, I took time to read. I read with no particular goal other than to try to understand what is going on in our world today. And then I did some sketching for my architecture class and I made a connection between what I had read earlier and what I was learning in architecture and for some reason, that connection was so special to me. Not only had I learned something new but I realized that everything that I was doing today, no matter how seemingly insignificant and unrelated it was... mattered.
So today I encourage you to observe, to read and to make more of an effort to understand, even if you disagree. It is that mentality that, regardless of how difficult it may be to take on, makes life just a little more valuable.
Have a wondrous Tuesday, my friends.
Ana Luz Jayme
Editor-In-Chief