I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.

Words are left to interpretation until you get into the giddy-up mode, rolling up your sleeves and digging in.

For years I have been talking about experiential learning and the notion that you can’t master something until you “just do it”, just a Nike did it when the giant multi national organization coined the phrase with this famous motto and branding. In fact, there are many levels of learning that individuals needs to work through until they arrive at the “Just do it” point.

I digress, my last post which talked about the Carmanah Valley and the gentle giants that live within it, was not the main focus of my issue… dealing with rain water in my basement was. At some point, I learned about the environment that I reside in and how to master my journey through the trials of mother natures skillfully played out game. Yes, I have lots of hands on learning experiences, mainly home repairs and maintenance and mostly in the dead of winter when nature’s wrath is blowing cool winter air around my chilled body as I work outside in the elements. I did learn when I was younger that working outside in winter was not something that I resonated toward, outdoors, the summer was great unless of course…Mother Nature decided to sprinkle the arid ground to support it with enough love (precipitation, aka rain) to dampen the day…after all that is her job.

The point of this is that we can talk all we want, we will forget…we can see with our eyes, storing visuals in our brain for future recall, although visual memories fade into the night like a weaken candle as it exhaust it’s fuel. Finally, I do, a point of physical engagement that provides the brain with endorphins, that engagement of receptors in the brain that tells us what the experience is all about and making that decision whether we like it or not…

I am certain that many have had similar experiences as we travel through new Pathway of learning, that never ending journey.

By doing, we remember… hands on experiential learning provide endorphins a time to play, while the brain creates new highways to store that new experience… While we may not be a young as we use to be, the art of learning continues…