Sunday’s Food for Thought – Carrying out what we know
>> When we’re open to accept new things and are willing to learn, that’s humility.
>> When we know what’s right but we still accept the wrong, that’s foolishness.
>> Quite often, we know what’s right. We know what we should’ve done and avoided. We know how we should’ve behaved in front of our children. Or how we should’ve reacted when our children misbehave. Etc.
But. We somehow stop at only ‘knowing’.
It’s as if the ‘path’ that links our knowledge to our action is ‘broken’.
With our ears we hear, listen and learn. It then goes to our brain (processing the information), and to our heart (reacting to the new info we’ve just received).
From there, we’d then decide whether we would ‘carry out’ the information through our action.
The problem is, carrying out what we know is right is a completely different thing. And realistically, it is a difficult task.
One who is a teacher may even be someone who’s not willing to learn. And one who’s a Professor who teaches Sociology may be someone who’s indifferent towards the society in which he lives.
And so this is the challenge we all face today.
To not stop at only knowing.
To battle with self and strive to do what’s right.
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In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead
James 2:17
