Learning is all for the moment

Hello everybody,

 

I've talked before about enjoying language we have learned each time we speak, read, listen or write.

 

This means that the only time language really matters, is the present time that we experience each moment.

 

Having this thought is quite intimidating, because we normally spend time thinking about things we have or haven't learned, or our plans about things we will learn and do in the future.

 

The more we think about the present, sometimes the less we want to think about it when we consider using language.

 

For me personally, the reasons about preferring not to think much about the present time was the worry about:

 

*Embarrassment

*Frustration

*Annoyance

*Fear

*Fatigue

 

and then making mistakes and not enjoying language.

 

But, in my experience, this is in reality outweighed by:

 

*Relaxation

*Fun

*Enjoyment

*Excitement

*Satisfaction

*Exhilaration

*Surprise

*Laughter

*Happiness

*Contentment

 

If we think about our experiences with language, we will find that one or more of these feelings occur both from the negative list and the positive list. 

 

We will have all these emotions and feelings when we use language. 

 

My advice (based on my experience) is always concentrate our thoughts and memories on the positive list (in blue) and we can then keep going and be successful with language. Success for me means accepting that things never go 100% perfect, but by considering and experiencing the negatives in comparison with the positives, we can enjoy the moments we use language to communicate with people.

 

Bye for now

 

Alan