What is Knowledge?

With knowledge, there is an aloneness. The spectators

become fewer as they, too, seek their own paths to 

knowledge.  And, one day, you awaken to this reality 

that the more one learns, the more solitary one 

becomes. And, it’s just the way it is meant to be.

With knowledge, there is a No-Turning-Back Highway.  

Knowledge itself cannot be removed from the mind or the 

psyche. With knowledge, there is a self-perception 

of ownership. This is my knowledge.  

I can share my knowledge, but it is not the same if I give it to you.  After 

all, it is now and was my knowledge. Take it if you want, but when you do, 

it will be new knowledge for you.

What Words Influence Your Life?

 

Many years ago, I put a few quotes into a picture frame that I kept on my desk.  

It could have held seven small photos, but I wanted words of wisdom instead.

I came across this frame recently and reflected on how these words had influenced 

my life in one way or another, either in how I viewed other people and events, or how 

I viewed myself in the scheme of being.  Here are these guiding words. I am not sure 

of the original authors’ names.

On Relationships:

• How is that working out for you?
• How is that working out for me?

Actions Have Consequences:

• All deeds return three-fold.
• What goes around, comes around.

Helping One Another:

• A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Mind & Body Connection:

• Scarcity and deprivation always increase desire.

Having a Plan B:

• Always expect a train.

Last, but not in the frame, I have used this phrase so much that people have told me, 

“You sure say this a lot.”  Yes, I know. We all have redundancies in our word usage. 

There is a reason for clichés.

On Life Activities:

• If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

Words Have Power to Influence Beliefs and Impact Behaviors

Words have power to influence beliefs and impact behaviors.

Words give meanings to our subjective experiences.  Our view of life--and living--is often the result of how we give and receive words.  We use terms like “dialogue” and/or “communication.” In actuality, it is just the act of using words.   

Each moment of our lives is determined by the positive and negative words we choose to share with every person we encounter.

Also, these same words we give and receive leave internal and external imprints upon ourselves and the greater world around us.

What kinds of words do we use?  A few of the ways we share with words is through stories, poems, songs, quotes, sayings--the list is endless!

Perhaps one of the most extensive methods of word sharing is through social media.  Here is my contribution to the wide world of words!

Plain Sight Cloaked

It’s not just about wrong and right,

An interloper arrived in plain sight,

Stole into my most intimate night,

Left me barren and unaware,

I was love-blind,

And, you were cloaked in plain sight.

I was robbed of my trust,

By stealth, you took all that was cherished!

All I had to give!

Taken--with depraved indifference….

Now I face unintended consequences,

As a looking-glass in a black box,

No one else, but I, can see,

When the box is opened,

Thief glares back at me.