KNOWLEDGE

“Knowledge with action is power.”

Knowledge and information are useful tools when it comes to improving our problem solving skills as well as our overall quality of life. One of the best ways to obtain knowledge is by listening. We can listen with our ears, but also by reading the words of others. Listening is about wanting to hear and understand on a deeper level. When one listens, they are showing that they want to learn. We are given unlimited opportunities to listen, learn, improve, and have an impact in this world. If we seek, with our lives, to receive results that we aren’t seeing, there are reasons as to why. Having an effective life is not like winning in the lottery; it can be achieved by following the knowledge, principles and the laws which will guide you.

It has been said that information is power. I have to disagree with this statement. Information by itself is nothing more than the accumulation of facts, this does not equate to power. In fact, one can be paralyzed by having knowledge without the understanding of how to put principles into action. This is often what happens, particularly if a person suffers from perfectionism. If one knows too much yet doesn’t have the skills to put it into action, this information can make a person become frustrated and in some cases even depressed. Why? Because it brings more pleasure to humans to avoid all the pain involved in taking action. The questions become: “why do we feel pain”, “where is this pain coming from”, and “what else does the pain mean?” If we are not careful, when we feel this pain, we will turn to prayer as nothing more than a way to ‘escape’. Humans seek pleasure rather than go through the process of life. Often we ask to be delivered from the problem; but often we are delivered THROUGH the problem. Why? Because it will develop us and give us a better view as to the situation we call a problem. Things are not often what they seem. It is in our power to give the meaning to things. I will give you very powerful and practical tools to remove these problems from your life.

Knowledge is a powerful thing, but we must have the understanding that wisdom gives if we are to ever be fruitful. The more knowledge we have the better off we will be at living our lives. I don’t mean to say that we must know everything, or even all aspects of the process, but we must be committed to increasing our knowledge. With knowledge we gain the ability and skill necessary to determine our own effectiveness in life.

“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.”