How all I learn

I learn everyday. How all do I learn. I learn by many different ways.

Internet
I signed up for a newsletter that gives me tips about gardening weekly.
Reflection
Daily reflection is helpful. this blog itself was a result of a reflection and discussion.
People - Learning
Praveen Uncle took a 1hr Fitness training session and i learned about my body. I really enjoyed doing fitness exercises.
Asking Feedback
I take feedback for my blogs.
Experience
I experienced groundnut harvesting.
Visiting Places
I visited a farm and looked around and learned some stuff about gardening.
Failure
I tried making sweet corn soup but I failed and I know what mistakes I made.
Debating
I debated on 10th exam, whether  it is important or not and I got clarity on my decisions and few insights

Some of the other ways are
Doing it in different ways, 
Exploring, Let go, Reading, Books, Talking, Discussing, Teaching, Sharing, Helping, People - Listening, 
People - Asking, People - Working, 
Being with it, Practice, Visualize, Videos, Observing,Questioning,Doing,Experiments

Groundnut Harvesting

I went to a farm, I volunteered to help in the groundnut harvesting.
I worked for 5 hours, I plucked the groundnuts from the plant.
When working in the farm, I realized how much hard work farmers do.
I eat leisurely daily. For just the peanuts in my food a lot of work is done.
My hands started to hurt by the end of the work.
The work was monotonous and after a while it got difficult.
The people working around were working very hard.
It was a different experience. I enjoyed

Self Images

I reflected on Images I have about myself and how they affect me?

What happens when I make a mistake?
I know making mistakes in fine, everyone makes them. When I make a mistake, I don't accept it. I try to justify it or blame on someone. Sometimes i even blame it on a in-animated object. I want to own up my mistakes and accept them. I am working with awareness.

What happens when I compare myself with others?
Do I consider myself beautiful?
I think this Image has formed when I compare myself with others. This Image is not helping me.

Do I think science is difficult and I don't know science?
I get frustrated easily when I am doing science experiment. I am working of making a electrical circuit. I have very limited knowledge and soon i got frustrated as my circuit was not working.

Do I think the same for maths?
I find maths difficult.

I think I am a responsible person, what happens when I am not responsible or I don't want to be responsible, do I push myself to live up to the image?
I push myself to live up to my Image of myself. Being responsible is a positive thing and so pushing myself to live up to the image is benefiting myself.

Do I have a image that I am very caring towards pets?
This is a positive image. I think at times it constrains me and pushes me to live up to the image. I think its a good thing.

Does acceptance of ability means not moving ahead?
In sports I accepted that I have low stamina and I am not good in sports. After accepting I pushed myself to run more.

Does some images make me doubt myself, make me nervous and not confident?
I doubt myself when I cook. I have a image that I don't know how to cook. When cooking I am apprehensive.

Getting up late is wrong?
When I wake up late, later than others I feel guilty and dissapointed with myself.  I feel its wrong.

How my images affect my dreams and fears?
I have a image that I am not good at interacting with others and connecting with people, therefore it affects my dreams. 

Dig For Gold

If I was told that there is treasure buried in my backyard. I would dig for the treasure. While digging I would find mud, stone, organic matter, insects. I would also find murk, maybe a decaying animal or a decaying shoe. 

There are two ways to look at this story.

1. Every person has treasure in them. If I let the person's weakness or mistakes come in my way, distract me, make me look at the weakness instead of the strengths then i would not find the treasure. If I let the murk and decaying matter come in my way, if I don't throw it aside, I will stray away from digging for the treasure. I will not get treasure. I look at others and myself as treasure, I throw aside the the murk and look for the treasure.

( The story and thought my father told, the above is my interpretation of it)

2. If I was told I would find lots of gold in my backyard then I would focus on the gold and ignore the mud, stone, organic matter and insects I find. To me the mud is the gold. Mud supports my whole life and it is treasure. The same way If I look only for a perfect being or what I want in the other person, I will ignore all the gold that already exists in the person.

I want to dig for gold in people around me. Acknowledge the gold they possess and gain from their treasure. Learn from them. I want to throw away all the murk and decaying matter.

The murk and decaying matter decays and turns into organic matter and mud. It turns into treasure. The compost is treasure for plants and plants are treasure for me.

If I decay my weaknesses and change them, they will turn into compost, Into treasure. 

Others weaknesses can also change. I can give feedback but not let the murk come in my way of looking at the gold. Giving feedback is adding dry leaves to the compost pit but giving instructions is adding water in the compost pit (bad for compost)!

Let me dig for Gold!

A Sea Shell

A sea shell is a beautiful thing. I always feel amazed when I see a sea shell. I have compared myself with a sea shell, a sea shell that has a white pearl in it  and the shell is colorful and beautiful ( I know oyster gives pearls but this is my imagination).

When I wake up late in the morning my days starts of bumpy like the edges of the shell. I am unable to do what I have planned and I feel dissapointed in myself.
I was close minded like a closed sea shell when i had to accept my peers behavior. I let " others behavior disturb my inner peace".
After doing my morning chores and cleaning everything. i feel satisfied. My work looks like the shiny surface of the sea shell.
I enjoyed playing the piano. while playing the piano and teaching my peers i felt like the pearl in the shell. I felt precious and unique.
After playing a energetic sports I feel myself radiating happiness like a shining pearl in the shell.

Sometimes when I work,  I achieve only one thing or I just get one things like every shell has only one pearl. They don't achieve many pearls like i dint achieve many pearls in maths
A sea shell has a clear goal, The Pearl, but I don't have a centric goal like the sea shell. My goals are like how the shell lets the water around it carry it with the flow.
"Which Gender is more complicated", I debated with my peers on this topic. The debate was very interesting. A sea shell has two shells but both are equal. Only when both are together they can close the pearl and protect it . Like that male and female are two shells. They both are same. Neither is more complicated. Both are equal but each are different.

Team work

Working in teams is quite fun.

When I played team games, the synergy that game brought out when we played was really nice. I could feel happiness in the air when we were playing all together. I could see how I could play with all ages of children and I was able to co-operate with all.

Trust

What is trusting your team members? I think it means trusting that your team member is capable of doing the task. Your team member will ask when they need help. When I told myself this, I wasn't checking on my team members and I felt more confident on the task. I knew I had to just play my role and together everything will happen.

Commitment

I felt that commitment came quite naturally to me and my team members when all were willing to do the task.

Contribution

When I planned and strategize, I saw to that all team members were able contribute to the task.

Utilization of strengths 

Utilization of strengths came naturally but i did not consciously work on using my team members strengths. 

Debate

I explored debate, I really enjoyed debating. I categorized my thoughts on the topic in Fact, Opinion and Judgement. I saw that debating has a lot to do with listening to your team members and the opponent team members. To understand their thoughts and to work together to conclude the topic. The topics that I debated with my peers was quite interesting for me. We debated " whether the punishment of death is fair ". I am also excited to debate on " which gender is more complicated " next week.

Kitchen Gardening - Growing Chilies

13th Oct 2014
I felt the earth on my feet, my hands felt the stones,mud and grass. I felt connected to the earth below my feet. I felt connected to the soil that keeps me alive. I was growing chilly.
I felt as thought the chilly seeds i was going to plant were babies, and i was preparing and nurturing the soil. I was making the soil ready to embrace the chilly seeds.
I really enjoyed preparing the chilly bed and then planting the seeds. I felt fresh to wake up in the morning. after working i felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. I liked using my hands as a tool to work in the land.
When I planted the chilly seeds, I felt very happy. I talked with each chilly seed. While planting I couldn't help but feel optimistic about the future.
I could imagine the bed full of chilly plants. I could see myself harvesting lots of chilies. I saw the kitchen using the chilies from the garden and not having to buy any chilies from the market. a huge grin was spread across my face. I am excited to grow with the chilies, to grow different variety of chilies. Even thought I am not a fan of chilies.

30th Oct 2014
The chilly have sprouted. I am soooooooooooooo happy :). The small green leaves on the ground look so beautiful. To another it not be beautiful but to a me sprouting plant is the most beautiful i have seen.

                

Full grown chilly patch. Cultivating chilies and chiles and chilies