There are many reasons why we should hesitate to do things, especially without having carefully thought them through first. The saying; ‘He who hesitates is lost” Is oftimes fool’s advice. Many decisions we make in life should be made a matter of prayer and or careful thought. When we are pressured to move forward with…
Tag: Knowledge
On Sitting
Sitting and thinking has never been easy for me because there are so many internal as well as external distractions. Most of my adult life I have been an administrator, either at a large university or at a Church Family History Library. My mind has been full of budget concerns, personnel and training questions, etc….
On Looking Up
During a church meeting recently, the teacher asked one of our class members to describe for the class how he had learned to pray. He said that his mother had taught him when he was very young. He went on to say that she explained to him that prayer was a two-way conversation between him…
On Perspective
It is said that people who look through keyholes are apt to think that most views they have are shaped like keyholes. Their perspective has been shaped by the object they were seeing through. I remember some years back a very common term was, “Birds of a Feather,” referring to people who have many of…
On Holy Curiosity
I remember many years ago as a young person I was doing what most other young persons do, I was coasting through life without too much direction, at least for a little period. What a person did or did not do seemed to matter very little. What difference did it make where we went or…
On The Value of Education
I have written about the importance of getting a good education before and how it changed my life in a positive way. Education was for me what Will Durant said; “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” I remember reading the story of the twist-mouth family many years ago and it illustrates in…
On Time To Learn
Aristotle said that “All men by nature desire to know.” It is evident to anyone watching children play that they are busily exploring their environment. They do not always have to have a teacher guiding what they learn by exposing them to only those things that the teacher believes they should learn, those things that…
On Chit Chat
Meaning is the ‘idea or thought’ that you are trying to convey by talking, hand movements, signs, drawing or by whatever other means of communication that you can devise. Some conversations have very little value and that is referred to as chit chat. Carl Jung said, “The least of things with a meaning is worth…
On Creeds of God And Men
There are many creeds and/or codes of conduct that men try to live by. The God of the Old Testament was the great Jehovah or “I Am.” He it was who commanded Moses from the burning bush. He was also the “Word” as described by John, He, it was who under the direction of the…
On The Origin of Man
Bertrand Russell once said, “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” I know that I am a little eccentric and others know it too. That is the only reason I expose my opinion about such a complex issue as, ‘The Origin of Man.’ When I first…