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Learning IS Messy



Learning is messy!  Furthermore, it is messy in all ages.

As human beings, we were born to learn.  Touching, exploring, falling, bumping, making messes and pushing limits in order to understand.

The best framework in which to discover this concept is through real life stories and connections.  Stories of real messy people in real life teach the best lessons.
My Boys Learning!

A Grandmother intuitively noted this the other day after her grandson came home from preschool…ready to rock.  He had been playing in pudding, water, sand and dirt at school and was not ready to stop when he got home!  The floodgates were open, and he was ready to learn!  And…as we know, that is never easy.

Learning is messy!

A youth group has been an experiment of sorts.  A wide spectrum of kids who come from different social/economic, age group, family and church backgrounds and experiences; get together to learn.

It is messy.
My Youth

They interrupt at times, and they have different manners, beliefs and learning sophistication.  Teaching a lesson through lecture rather than engage and involve them would be neater and much quieter.  Is this learning?  Have they struggled and wrestled with the concept?  What steps have I intentionally taken to create an environment in which the youth has to interact and push each other.   

Learning is messy.

A single mother learning a new way of life and she “slips up” and reverts back to an unhealthy relationship.   

She is learning, and it is messy.

High school and college kids make a choice and pay the consequences by bumping into reality.   

Learning is messy.

Learning is messy and amazing!

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