Learning is a relationship with the unknown.

Something I haven’t met yet.

Something unfamiliar.

A belief is different.

A belief is like an old friend.

Known. Trusted.

Sometimes too trusted.

Familiar enough I forget to question it.

An assumption isn’t either.

It has a part of both.

Unknown,

and

I treat it like an old friend.

I act as if I already know it.

That’s the trouble.

An assumption is a stranger disguised as a friend.

One I mistake for knowing,

when I haven’t even met them.

Learning only happens when I recognize the difference.

Beliefs are old friends.

Assumptions pretend to be.

Learning is the courage to make a new one.

Learning starts when assumptions are met.

Learning takes place when assumptions are questioned.