Friday, August 1, 2008

Random Thoughts

Why is it so hard to get people to talk to one another? Why don't people come out and say what they mean and mean what they say?

Communication and fear seems to be what is so very wrong with the world. People don't talk and they live in fear. If you want to know something ask, or look it up and then talk about it.

There is so much information out there in the world if we only knew a little of what was available to us we would be so much further ahead. It is amazing to me the number of people who are content to live in there ignorance. Is it that they truly believe that ignorance is bliss?

It seems to me that ignorance is fear. The more you know the less there is to be afraid of and the only real weapon out there is fear. The only thing that stops us from accomplishing the greatest things in life is fear. Fear that we won't succeed, fear that we will let someone down, fear that we will get hurt, fear that we will be alone, fear that we will are not good enough, fear that we are not smart enough, and so on.

What is the one way that we can over come all of these things? Knowledge, it lets us know that we can do the things, it gives us the ability to go forth and concur the fear. Knowledge in what you might ask. Personally I think it is knowledge in God. That he is watching over me and that Jesus is right beside me and the Holy Spirit lives within me. That truth means that I need not fear anything for that basic truth means that I can not fail and I am not ever alone. I am smart enough and good enough to do what ever God has designed me to do.

If for some reason you do not believe in God, then I give you another form of knowledge. One of science and books. It is proven that that which is unknown we fear. So go out and learn, read, find friends who remind you that you are more than you have allowed yourself to believe. Tell your inner critic to take a hike and don't come back because you wouldn't be here if you weren't valuable and hey, would I love you and want to spend my time with you if you weren't smarter than the average human? We all have something to offer if we can get past the fear and garbage and start to live life as it was meant to be lived.

Life is a wondrous place with so many things to be explored and learned. Never stop learning, loving or laughing.

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