In this knowl­edge-hun­gry world, it is imper­a­tive that we don’t sur­round our­selves with infor­ma­tion. I have come to learn that it breeds dis­con­tent. From the most triv­ial things, such as what I wear, to the all-con­sum­ing fear of what tomor­row will bring, every thought must be tak­en cap­tive. It was the temp­ta­tion of knowl­edge, after all, which led our first par­ents to aban­don the truth of God and be cast out of paradise. 

At a recent trip to the ER I was sur­prised by the rev­e­la­tion of the doc­tor, who con­fessed that dur­ing med­ical school he was con­vinced that he had every dis­ease he was study­ing. Don’t we all? How can we be con­tent if we are always gaz­ing at the oth­er options? Just when I think i have a great kitchen, i see what else i could have in it, or how it could change. There is more, there is always more. Let us not con­form to the age.