How to Spell Curiosity

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.     - Albert Einstein

During childhood, I asked so many questions my father created stories he thought would satisfy my curiosity. Even then he often fell asleep before my questions stopped arriving like thunderbolts.

He never said, "I don't know." Even when I had him perplexed, he'd launch into an explanation to cover the topic. Many years later I learned a bidet really wasn't a footbath.

Recently at the Seattle airport, I followed a school of metal fish embedded in the floor that led to my gate.  One fish appeared with a suitcase. How many travelers have noticed this fellow? I had to take a photograph.

Endowed with curiosity, everything in life becomes possible. Linked with optimism and creativity, curiosity pushes limits.

Ways to heighten your natural gift of curiosity:

1. Stay open to possibilities. Nurture the ability to change your mind, unlearn and relearn.

2. Ask questions like a reporter: Who, What, Why, When, Where, How? Don't feel content with easy answers. Ask more questions.

3. Curious individuals never feel bored. Take advantage of 'empty time' like standing in line. Observe what's going on around you. Notice people's choices and listen. Writers always carry notepads.

4. Become a perpetual discoverer and learner. Make learning fun and seek beyond the obvious.  Find that fish with the suitcase.

5. Read diverse publications and books. Explore what you don't know with a free mind.

Creative Write:
Describe in detail your first memory of curiosity. Recall it with all your senses.