Curious Mind?

Someone told me recently that I had a very curious mind. I was surprised by that statement. I was surprised because I couldn't imagine not being curious, not asking questions to learn more about those we know or want to know better. To better understand those around us, how else do we learn more? I would not like to be considered incurious! If someone isn't curious about me, it seem to me that they don't want to know me.

I think being told I have a curious mind is a compliment. But that's just my opinion.

Conscious Living versus Ego Driven

I just returned from a vacation in a small country in the Himalayas called the Kingdom of Bhutan. In this country, drivers pull over to the side of the road to let other drivers go by. On the back of trucks, in big letters, the words "Blow Horn" are printed just in case the driver doesn't see you so he can quickly pull over for you to pass. I asked our driver if he had ever heard of or felt "road rage". He hadn't. He couldn't even grasp the concept. In the Bhutanese view, if someone is behind you, he must be going faster, be in more of a hurry, so why wouldn't you want to pull over and let that person around you. They appear to not be driven by their egos as so many of us so obviously are.

What do you do, what do you gain and how do you benefit from your subsequent action? What drives you? How are you choosing to be with those strangers around you?

The challenge would be to perhaps choose differently the next time you are presented with such an opportunity to learn and grow.