GROW TO THE MAX

The healthiest tree is the one that grows to its full size and then never stops repairing itself. It sheds dying branches and grows new, stronger ones all the time. This is what we must do with our intelligence. In other words, we must never stop growing intellectually. Never say to yourself "I figured it out, and I can stop learning now." The probability of this actually happening to anybody is probably close to o.ooooooooooooooooooooooo1%, if that. Everyone almost certainly has more to learn, more insight to gain. The key to never-ending growth is heightened intelligence. This is when you absorb and idea from outside of you, contemplate it, and then either choose to accept it, change it, or cast it aside. In other words, you never have to accept anything that anyone tells you so long as you truly try to make sense of it. If you do truly try to make sense of an idea and it is a sound one, then you will not be able to avoid accepting it or at least getting something out of it. If you practice heightened intelligence, then you will never stop growing.