Share Your Knowledge

--by Karl, posted Sep 14, 2007

"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it."

What a fantastic quote from Winston Churchill.

Each of us has tremendous resources, gained through years of learning and experience. Yet, how many of us realize the potential of what we know in helping others?

So many people belittle themselves, believing that they don't really know enough to offer any advice to others. They underestimate the value of their experience, which is often vast. Yet, every single day, our experiences provide us with more useful knowledge and skills.

Over time, this accumulates and makes us skilful and knowledgeable in many different areas.

Yesterday, one of the readers of this blog sent me a personal e-mail.

She asked me to keep her name private, however she spent 20 years as a full-time mum bringing up her two boys -- and didn't think she had much to offer the outside world.

A friend of hers suggested that she volunteered at a parenting helpline and she was amazed just how much knowledge she had amassed on bringing up children that she could share and offer other parents.

Consider the knowledge that you have amassed over the course of your life so far. I'm confident that it will be more impressive than you first realize.

Then consider how your knowledge might help others!

Enjoy your day :)

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Posted by Karl
Sep 14, 2007
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Readers Comments

supune wrote: wow. you are so right. It's good to pass on the knowledge that everyone has something to offer another. Especially moms and dads. They know how to help kids and also other moms and dads.

akbj wrote: This was a terrific commentary on the world and us as citizens of it. I have a long history of clinical depression, yet when I am feeling some better and can interact with others, I find that smiles and comments to workers in coffeeshops etc. make both myself feel better and I have received comments from people to the effect that I have helped them in some way, even by providing a laugh. When depressed, one doesn't think that one has anything to offer, but we can always offer a smile, and the more we smile, the better we feel, and the more smiles we receive in return, and the better we feel.....Thank you for your great writing.

mitu915 wrote: what fantastic wisdom you have to share! i really appreciate your insight in galvanizing people (including you and me) to truly realize our respective potential in life! thanks for sharing. :)

JuneBug wrote: This is agreat story! Thank you sooo much for sharing it with us!!!

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