LEARNING- A Lifelong Process

Learning is the continued experience that utilizes non-credit academic courses, educational travel, community service and volunteerism to fully engage the brain, heighten physical activity, and maintain healthy social relationships.

 Learning is like a health club for your brain. And an active mind can stimulate physical activity and keep your spirits high. It’s an all-around fantastic tool for better health.

 Scientific experts agree that “Learning Later is Living Greater”

The secret for making the most of learning as a proactive lifestyle for overall personal development and a primary factor for brain health!

1. Learning leads to an enriching life of self-fulfillment.

 We believe that our capacity to learn and grow does not decrease as our years increase. Through academic learning, educational adventure travel and our renewed sense of volunteerism, we expand our awareness, embrace self-fulfillment, and truly create an exciting multi-dimensional life.

2. Learning helps us make new friends and establish valuable relationships.

Learning is a brilliant way to keep in touch with people, meet new friends, and enjoy life surrounded by the company of folks who are truly embracing the excitement of our later years.

3. Learning keeps us involved as active contributors to society.

No longer content to sit in a rocker on the porch whiling away the hours, today’s retirees and Baby Boomers about to retire want and demand more from their later years. We’re out and about, we’re taking part in educational programs, travelling all over the world, and offering our expertise to society through meaningful community involvement. We’re not a strain on society; we are an incredible asset.

4. Learning helps us find meaning in our lives.

Sometimes it is difficult looking back on our lives, but lifelong learning gives us the benefit of real perspective and enables us to find true meaning in the hills and valleys of our past.”

5. Learning helps us adapt to change.

 Lifelong learning enables us to keep up with society’s changes - especially the technological ones. A learning environment with our peers not only makes it possible to stay abreast of change, it also makes it fun.

6. Learning makes the world a better place.

Through the community service aspect of lifelong learning, older learners can give back to their communities and to the world. “We’ve spent our time interacting with the world,” “What we’ve learned during that time can be translated into real value for the betterment of society. Our Wisdom insight – it’s all of tangible benefit to the world around us.”

7. Learning increases our wisdom.            

Learning enables us to put our lives in perspective. It increases our understanding of the whys and whats of previous successes and failures, and it helps us understand ourselves better. We more fully develop the wisdom that can come with later life.

8. Learning creates a curious, hungry mind.

The learners discover about history, current events, politics, or the culture of other countries, the more they want to learn. According to Nordstrom, “There’s a big world out there just waiting for our exploration. Our drive and desire to learn fuels itself and we keep going, constantly looking for more to feed our hungry minds.”

9. Learning helps to develop natural abilities.

We all have innate natural abilities, some of which might not be readily apparent. We’re no longer working full time, even though we have the opportunity to fully explore and develop these abilities.

10. Learning opens the mind.

An integral part of lifelong learning is the free exchange of ideas and viewpoints among learners. There’s nothing like listening to or taking part in stimulating discussions to help us see the other side of an issue. That give-and-take opens our minds and brings us to a whole new level of enlightenment.

­­- Ms. Divya & Ms.Bhagya Lakshmi P.