Schools and Certification

It is said that it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. Well, it’s also never too late to go back to school - whether as a career change, or simply to increase your knowledge and expertise.

We discover new aspects of ourselves as we study and learn. It has been said that one should learn something new everyday. In approx. 2400 B.C., the Egyptian Magistrate Ptah-Hotep said to his son:

“Do not be puffed up because of your knowledge nor overconfident because you are a learned person. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the wise, for the limits of proficiency cannot be reached and no person is ever fully skilled.”

We may have tended to look at education at something that is complete once we graduate from high school or technical college or have attained our doctorate or professional license. Yet education is something that continues every day of our life, whether we choose it or not.

Many people are being drawn to the healing professions, either for their own self-healing, as an addition to their skills, or as a new career. Many schools now offer “adult-education courses” in the evenings and weekends for those people involved in a day-time job. Some schools offer 6 month trainings where you can take a “leave-of-absence” from your current job, learn a new trade, or add another tool to your repertoire.

Couples can learn massage therapy so they can better nurture each other and thus enhance their intimate relationship. Many healing schools offer training that you can incorporate in your personal life or your work.

Whether you are looking for a career opportunity or not, the schools in this chapter offer ways to enhance your life. You can increase your knowledge and experience of life by choosing certain fields to study, adding skills and wisdom to your knowledge base... helping you to be a happier person, sharing your experience with others and with the world.

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