Chapter 82 Live and learn

A mature mind, a well-rounded personality, a progressive sense of mastery and fulfillment, a combination of all the higher faculties of the individual's social personality, interest in acquiring a wide range of knowledge, and emotional pleasure...this is what the stages of self-improvement should be. ultimate goal reached. In February 1956, the "New York Times" published an interview with Isaac Pressler: Mr. Pressler worked as a salesman in a department store by day, and he completed high school night school in four years After his education, he attended night classes at Brooklyn College, preparing to complete his college courses and then continue his studies in law.An article entitled "What is happiness?" in the first year of college. ", Mr. Pressler wrote:

"Getting my high school diploma, going to college, and then looking forward to being a lawyer — that's my greatest joy." “The anticipation adds to my inner happiness,” Mr. Pressler said. “University takes five years or more, depending on how hard I work, and then law school takes another five years.” In the eyes of young people, this plan is full of ambition, isn't it?But Isaac Pressler entered college just after his 60th birthday.He understands that for a mature person, learning should be a joyous experience that can continue at any age. Education should not be limited to the campus, it must have its own formal set of courses.

Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, former president of Harvard University, once said that what a university education or education and training system can teach us is how to help ourselves, and we must learn to educate ourselves.Education runs through the whole process of growth. It is a spontaneous movement needed by the soul and a process of expanding the development of the soul. Once we understand this, self-education and self-improvement are exciting experiences we can pursue no matter where we are in life.There is no better investment than developing a passion for continuing to acquire knowledge in later life.

The person I respect and admire the most is Dr. Lowell Thomas, the father of Lowell, America's favorite news commentary broadcaster.Dr. Thomas is a gentleman with high cultural accomplishment, he is wise, likes to study, and has covered a wide range of subjects.Dr. Norman Vincent Peale speaks of Dr. Thomas visiting him in his later years.Although his body was old at that time, his mind was as keen as when he was young.After the meeting, after some pleasantries, Dr. Thomas asked Dr. Peel: "Norman, I want to hear what you think of Henry VIII?" Dr. Peale was a little surprised and admitted that he lacked research on Henry VIII.Dr. Thomas said that he had been studying the king during that period, and he thought that the historian's evaluation was unfair, and then he gave his own opinion of Henry VIII.