While I have gained a teacher in everyday life, I still have wish for those able to teach me more on other things. Things like my art(photography, painting, drawing, writing), and things like studying the Bible.
While I do my best with reading the Word, I feel I am lacking in knowing anything about it. I do not know the background(s) in which it was written, or much of any of the history or customs of the day. I know little in what the words could really mean, which causes much confusion to me. I believe no man can fully understand every passage and every word in the Bible, for there is always more to learn. But I wish I had more understanding.
I am okay with having my grandmother and God Himself as my only teachers. Both have much to teach me (probably more than I'll ever learn) But as a human being, I sometimes want a little more.
I used to think I was doing well on teaching myself anything and everything I needed to know. It was only once I had someone to teach me more than I thought I'd need to know that I realized how poor a job I was doing. Though, I think some of it a person just can't teach themselves.
I've never learned that well from books. I just don't retain much of what I read. I retain from things I hear and images I see, and things I feel, This makes it harder to learn things that aren't "hands-on".
With doing a chore or such, I do best when shown what to do. Fewer mistakes are made when repeating actions, versus trying to make words into actions.
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