Education

The appreciation of the arts, the understanding of mechanics, the fluency of literature and languages, are but savory sweets in my mind. In the face of understanding, I rejoice in the challenges and adversity of my opponent unto the moment in which we have matched and in the gait of coherence, I seek patiently to keep pace.

Some people ask me, more often than I would expect, why I enjoy so much to study the obscure things of the world. In response, I have only to say that I study those obscure thing to better understand the apparent facts which I have only to see to know, to apply. to understand, and taste to learn and savor. It is in the moments of quiet contemplation which the obscure, mundane, fragmented and complex facts of the world are made clear and one may discover more in those moments about oneself than ever before.

How could we ever expect to make progress in our lives by merely giving ourselves to the common perceptions of the day; to live a life devoid of knowledge is to refuse the divinity which we have so readily been granted, for it is knowledge and intelligence which bring us closer to making a difference in the world around us; however, distraction are abundant in the world, causing light-minded individuals to scatter from place to place like a fallen leaf in the torrents of the winds, never resting, never growing, only in the morning to find ourselves in some shaded corner amidst the refuse and debris of the world. I agree with the statement of an unknown author that "attention is an act of will, of work against the inertia of our own minds."

To some, the idea of continual learning may be hampered by personal distress, but still I say to that, "We may formulate in our minds the aspects of the confusion, isolate the center, and dissolve the problem at the roots." To treat the symptoms of a disease will only ignore the crux of teh illness, prolonging the brudens which may have been easily fixed had we pondered deeper the source of the problem at hand. Yet, in our lives we are affected greater still by the immediacy of life, always sitting in preponderance of what next needs to be done. So often when faced with a difficult problem people will seek to find the easy solution, or rather, an adequate solution. In the moment when the correct solution is shown, they think to themselves, "I didn't think of that." The grandeur of knowledge, being able to think through problems and finding solutions, is the essence of study and of education.

As Carlyle addressed, "Conviction, were it never so excellent, is worthless till it convert itself into Conduct."

Moments of study are the foundations of character; integrity, knowledge and diligence. We must not allow ourselves to believe that knowledge will ever become worthless to us, for all knowledge will open our eyes to the glory of the heavens and expand our minds to better understand our relationship with deity. Ponder deeper all that you can, so that you may better understand yourself.