The Importance Of Knowledge

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Knowledge is the fact, information, or skill that is acquired by a person through experience or education. It can also be defined as the theoretical or practical understanding of a given subject. Knowledge can be acquired in different ways. The moment that we are speaking, reading, walking, or even giving an opinion to a certain topic is considered as knowledge. We are unaware that we encounter knowledge in every moment of our lives. But as human beings, what is knowledge? How can we connect it to different happenings in our everyday living?
When we are born, we are at our “blank state”. We have empty minds and we do not know anything. Our body functions, but we do not have an idea how it works. As we grow up, we are encountering different phases in our lives. Ready or not, we must face it willingly and whole heartedly. Facing those experiences will be surely a roller coaster of emotions for each individual in this world. We may feel happy, joyful, grateful, anxious, sad, angry, or even afraid of the surprise our life will bring us. And that proves that every situation can give us knowledge about our life. This knowledge nurtures us as human beings and develops the blank state that we have when we are young. We do not have innate knowledge when we are born. The knowledge we have now, are because of the experiences that we have encountered. It gives us the idea of something and that comes to our mind. Then, our mind will eventually process the given idea. While on the