Wednesday, July 15, 2020

QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND CLARITY


We live in a civilization where ignorance is an antagonist to positive development, achievement and success, and therefore the quest for knowledge around and within us can’t be abjured. For this every reason, we are inquisitive for the knowledge of things we have no or little information of, in order that our decision making is knowledge based and not impetuously based on assumptions, which aren’t always factual.

Think about it – Is there any day where questions are not asked, no matter how minute the detail of the question? I don't think there is a day without a quest for knowledge and clarity of things. The mind is designed as the seat of reasoning. Therefore, it is inborn for any human to be inquisitive about what he or she has no knowledge of, for the mind is wired to accommodate and scrutinize knowledge for proper application towards producing functional and required results. For when you don't ask questions about those things you are or not familiar with, you will have no or less knowledge about them and in turn become unproductive. Lack of knowledge results in ignorance, and ignorance deprives one of opportunities and achievements. A lot of people have missed a golden opportunity, due to ignorance, and some are in regression, due to the lack of knowledge. "Your questions introduce you to solutions" Dr Mike Murdock.

Let's travel back in time when we were kids. You will discover one characteristics of children is that, they are agog to know things. A child can ask questions more than ten times a day, because he or she is curious in knowing and understanding what is vague to him or her, and sometimes you find him or her giving out the same information he or she just learnt to friends. 
“It is ideal to talk about what you truly have comprehended but you cannot successfully and confidently discuss what you have no knowledge about.”
“The essence of asking question(s), is for clarity, and when there is clarity about a thing, there is an investiture of confidence and peace to the mind.”
“It is detrimental to sternly hold unto assumptions.”

Let’s look at this story of a student who had a lecture scheduled for 8am and on his way to school, he met the supposed lecturer for that course just by the road side boarding a cab at 7:45am. Without any further enquiry, he presumed there wouldn’t be the lecture for that course and went on to face other activities, but little had he known that the lecturer rejigged his schedule for the lecture with a quiz at 8:10am prompt. The student’s assumption that the lecture won’t hold, cost him to miss the quiz. 

Our mental health is as important as the physical health. People put a lot of stress on the mind, trying to figure out a situation, or exhausting themselves over subtle details of things, when they have the option to just ask the question that unfolds the subtlety, rather than becoming passive in getting understanding or clarity.
“To figure subtle things out, is to ask questions and asking the right questions.”
Are there things you should have had long ago if only you had asked, or a relationship you would have saved if only you tried to ask the right questions, or a contract you should have gotten if you had asked certain questions, in order to make your decision based on knowledge?
If you must know – ask.
If you need wisdom – ask.
When it seems too difficult – ask.
When you need clarity – ask.
To find, you've got to seek.
To gain access, you've got to knock.
To possess, you've got to ask.
"Unasked questions are rarely answered" Dr Mike Murdock. 












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5 Comments:

At July 16, 2020 at 2:49 AM , Anonymous Paul Atabo said...

Inspiring. More grace

 
At July 16, 2020 at 4:19 PM , Anonymous Unknown said...

Enlightening! I will ask more

 
At July 17, 2020 at 2:53 AM , Anonymous Unknown said...

hmm I definitely will begin to ask more
Thanks for this

 
At July 19, 2020 at 4:55 AM , Anonymous Unknown said...

Nice piece

 
At July 21, 2020 at 8:25 AM , Anonymous Emmanuel Lamba said...

Ask and it shall be given... Thank you Ray

 

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