“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles on it.” - Margaret Fuller
“This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine…” How many of us remember that from church or grade school?
“Knowledge shared is knowledge squared.” Another favorite quote of mine.
Knowledge is power, a power that grows by sharing it with others. The way I’m sharing my knowledge, my life learning, with you via this essay, this blog, and all my other ramblings and writings.
Knowledge can also be power lost. We lose it by hoarding it, refusing to share it, taking it with us when we leave. We also lose it by destroying it, as was done to the library of Alexandria, or by the senseless killings of wise men and women accused of crimes they did not commit, as has been done in the name of religion or political and material greed.
Knowledge can be destroyed or placed under a bushel by fear. Fear of the unknown seeking to be known. Fear of change, of growth, of loss. Fears that come from a place of lack, that dark place that shuns the light.
Knowledge brings light, the light at the end of the tunnel, the light that illuminates the darkness and chases away the demons of ignorance. Knowledge brings the light of abundance in its wake.
So, I’m going to let this little light of mine shine, lighting the way for others or lighting their candles to illuminate their own ways out of the darkness.
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