Apathy

Where does this come from - thank goodness it is not something I suffer from! One is born with a brain and a baby is into everything - its mind is active almost from the start - learning - inquisitive - growing. So where does all this keenness to learn go? I have had my ups and downs in life, and did not have a prticularly good start - illness and being evacuated during the war - but I have always had an active mind. Aware of my ignorance and wanting to know more - to learn more. Even as I close to the big 80 I want to keep on learning. There is so much I still don't know which is interest. No time for apathy!
I know someone who appears to have no interests in almost everything - whatever one suggests there is no interest - no desire to improve, expand, enquire. How can anyone have such a closed mind?
I just thank God that I am not like that - and I want everyone to know what a wonderful world we live in - to know there is so much out there to learn and take an interest in - so much room to grow.
I should hate to get to the end of my life without having made tremendous changes in my way of thinking through using my brain to discover. When we stop wanting to learn we stop growing and improving. I'm only going to live one life and while I may not ever make the Olympics or be able to gain a degree, I do at least feel that I am keeping my mind active and alert and - if there is such a word - unapathetic!