Knowing Better vs. Doing Better

Hope is on the horizon. At the time of writing this article, our country has been collectively holding its breath for 454 days. Every day, we’re seeing more smiling, mask-less faces and hugging friends and family members we haven’t seen in well over a year. And as much as I want to lean in and fully embrace the joy of what’s to come, I think it’s important to reflect before we fully exhale.

In the early months of quarantine, many of my conversations carried a similar sentiment: Now that my life has been stripped down to the bare essentials, I’m really questioning what kind of life I want to go back to once this is all over.

The experience of living through a crisis like a global pandemic exposes the places where our lives are out of alignment — from how we spend our time and interact in our relationships to how we engage larger, systemic issues like racial injustice. Now, we have the opportunity to ask ourselves an important question.

What will we do with what we know?

Both my professional experience as a therapist and my life experience as a person have taught me that knowing better = doing better is a faulty equation. 

Knowing what matters to us and the type of person we want to be is easy. Consistently doing what matters to us and continually pursuing the type of growth that will develop us into that person is hard. Really hard. But, it’s also incredibly important. Our personal freedom and impact for God’s kingdom depend on it …

Read the full article at Grit & Virtue.