Life Long Learning

I don't think you can work in a library and not be a lifelong learner. It's a place which attracts that kind of person. It also attracts the kind of person who has boxes of books at home which they will never read again, but just can't bring themselves to throw out. I think this is because we value what we got from those books, and we need to repay them by giving them a good home for ever. Something like a public housing scheme for war veterans, except these vets suffer from yellowing paper and dog eared corners rather than shrapnel wounds. But I am wandering off the point. What I want to say is that I think we all have the desire to be lifelong learners. However, I think we wander around a bit directionless, like a bee with an overwhelming number of flowers to choose from. For me the 7 1/2 habits are road signs that keep the lifelong learner from travelling down too many no through roads.