SELF-KNOWLEDGE

What one thing do we have to know, the knowing of which makes everything else in our life work? Albert Camus said that we only need to understand one thing really well and through that one understanding we can understand everything else. When offered wealth, power and fame, King Solomon asked only for understanding. What is it that we need to understand right now that will really make a difference in our lives? Are we focused on that crucial point of self-knowledge? Or are we dissipating energy and intention by pursuing secondary goals? During this beginning of a new year, let's take some time to inquire into our hearts and ask if we are centered in understanding what we are about right now on our earth journey. Have we put the Highest and Best first, as far as we understand these? Have we discovered the one thing we need to know to live a full, joyous and real life on this earth?