Knowing Needs to be Understood

"Any fool can know.

The point is to understand."

Albert Einstein

Knowledge impacts change minimally if we do not know how to apply, to understand, and to be open.  The facts we hold dear today, may not be of relevance tomorrow.  As our perspective changes or life situations alter, our knowledge can be either impaired or heightened.  

As a brilliant individual is propelled farther into the depths of his or her specific field, it will be of no use if this individual cannot interpret the knowledge in understandable verbiage.  It is possible to be so advanced that we no longer can communicate to a layman.

As a complicated human being, we can be knowledgeable about our emotional strengths or weaknesses, but unless we can communicate facts about our emotional environment, we will be less likely to advance our expertise towards others and the less likely we will be understood.  What we know and what we understand may not be in alignment.