Knowledge

We are in the midst of
A phenomenal quest for knowledge.
It has been said that the total amount
Of knowledge available
Doubles every ten years or so,
And we struggle to keep up with it all.

Bookstores and libraries
Are filled with it.
Books and magazines are available
On every conceivable subject,
And not just one book or magazine either,
Hundreds of them on each subject.

However, have you ever noticed
How little difference
All the collected knowledge
Typically makes in our life.
What we know just doesn’t seem
To affect the way we live.

How many of us know
How to lose weight?
It’s really simple,
Eat less and exercise,
Yet that knowledge
Doesn’t do us much good.

How many of us
Have challenges
In our relationships?
Do the tens of thousands
Of books and articles written
On how to make them work help?

How about the art
Of finding a mate?
Would reading all the
Mating manuals
Ever written
Really better the odds?

How about the science of
Raising kids?
If you really wanted to
Drive yourself crazy,
Try doing that
By the book!

I’m not against knowledge
And ignorance certainly isn’t bliss,
But sometimes in an experiential world
Knowledge can be the booby prize
Allowing us all the answers
That don’t do us any good!