Learning about yourself, a theory of practice.

We learn who we are in practice, not in theory.

— Herminia Ebara

I’ve just landed in Dehradun at the house of Project FUEL. What I’ve realised this far is that all we imagine about a place, scenario or situation might be true, yet it’ll change you.

I’ve seen videos about the traffic in India. I’ve been warned about it since the trip here was planned. Yet it was a profound experience actually getting in a cab, going on mountainy roads for an hour.

I’ve heard about the amount of people in India. The share numbers are astounding, but I couldn’t even begin to understand how big a small city could be.

I’ve heard about the limitlessness and kindness of Indian people. But I couldn’t have imagined to meet two people that both wanted to talk to me basically the whole flight from Copenhagen to Delhi.

When hearing or imagining about this place, I’ve imagined my response to it. How I would behave and react to these differences from my regular environment. But I couldn’t have guessed that either as it was impossible to imagine how it all would be.

We learn who we are in practice, not in theory. We learn about ourselves in practice, not in theory. So we need to get to practice.