{"id":1144,"date":"2019-12-12T04:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:48:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:48:45","slug":"knowledge-and-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/knowledge-and-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge and Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is a difference in the knowledge of reading about something, and the knowledge of experiencing something.<br><br>It\u2019s the difference between the knowing in our heads and knowing from the heart.&nbsp;<br><br>If you\u2019ve been to the Grand Canyon, you know with your whole being the expanse of it all. There are no words to describe it. The grand scale of its depth is beyond what any wikipedia entry could ever help you to know if you\u2019ve never been there. Yes, you can look at a picture, study the stats, and recount the history of how it came to be. But that will never get close to the experience one gets by standing on the South Rim.<br><br>This reminds me of the powerful scene in the movie&nbsp;<em>Good Will Hunting<\/em>&nbsp;when Sean confronts Will that not all things in life can be read in a book.&nbsp;<br><br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oRG2jlQWCsY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br><br>What we know with our heads sometimes keeps us from believing with our hearts. We think we know something because we read about it or watched a Ted talk about it. We are inundated with pictures, data, and the expanse of words that tell us about things in life. Yet we\u2019re impoverished in actually experiencing these same things. Things like adventure, love, taking a <a href=\"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/tag\/risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"risk (opens in a new tab)\">risk<\/a>, forgiveness, healing, or <a href=\"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/tag\/sacrifice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"sacrifice (opens in a new tab)\">sacrifice<\/a>.<br><br>What might we find out about ourselves, or others, if we moved away from the comfort of knowing, to the <a href=\"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/comfort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"comfort (opens in a new tab)\">comfort<\/a> of experience?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>______________________________________ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a difference in the knowledge of reading about something, and the knowledge of experiencing something. It\u2019s the difference between the knowing in our heads and knowing from the heart.&nbsp; If you\u2019ve been to the Grand Canyon, you know with your whole being the expanse of it all. 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