May 10
19
Knowledge is Power
I’ve been thinking about motivation and knowledge and how they are connected for me. There has been a particular experience which has caused me to draw a line between them. I heard a quote once that went like this “To know and not do is to really not know”. I have found a lot of truth to that. When someone is struggling to figure out what to do they often say “I don’t know.” or when someone says “how did you know how to do that?” the answer tends to be “I learned how to do it from so and so.”
I was thinking to myself about the things I am most motivated to do…Work out, clean my house, cook, write books, be outside ect. And then about the things I’m not very motivated to do…Like to study, sew, do grueling chores, paperwork ect.
The things I am motivated to do are often things I already know a lot about. I could tell you how to do lots of great workouts because it’s something I’ve taken a lot of time to learn how to do. I feel comfortable working out at home and I do it often because I know what I’m doing and that feels good. The things I’m not so motivated about like studying have to do with things that I don’t know yet. I think it bothers me to study because it requires me to step into things I don’t already know, out of the comfort of things which I already know.
But really the only way I can know what I’m doing when it comes to working out and housework is because I have already entered into the unknown and made it into something I now know. If to know and not do is to really not know, perhaps to do is to truly know or seek to discover. Think about it…
