I had a previllege to mix with a team of sports women at one of their training sessions. I arrived at the training when everybody was already there and the training was in session. I quickly changed into my training attire and started doing my 5 laps around the court.
Soon after the warm up exercises it was now time to play the real game. The whistle was blown and soon hands were in the air catching the ball and passes flying in all directions across the court. Each player was screaming something, to correct a fellow player or to criticise a bad move. In no time there was chaos on the court, everyone wanted to talk and show that they knew their game. The more the coach tried to say something the louder and more chaotic the conversation went. In no time there was a long whistle blow.. the coach was fed up!
What I want to share with you were the few words that coach said at the end of the training session. she said and I qoute, " I know all of you are great and experienced players and you know what you are doing on the court, but one thing I have to say is that you have to learn and respect the one in authority, otherwsie everything will be chaos".
As I went home after the training I thought of the society that I find myself in today, many are the times we meet people around who seem to know everything. You can not advise them even try to correct what ever they say because they know it all. The interresting thing though is that those who think they know it all, usually they don't even have a clue on how even the simplest things around them work. My point is the more we pretend to know everything, the less we learn from others and the more we don't know what is going on because we do not want to learn from others.
Life is interesting, the more you pay attention to the people around you and what their views are the more you will learn what is going on and the more knowlegeable you become.
One thing I have noticed is that when you are in primary school, you think you have acquired all the knowledge you need. Then you move on to secondary education, you improve on your primary school knowledge. Then you move on to tertiary education, then you realise there is more out here than what I learnt from primary and secondary school. When you move on to postgraduate education, then you realise you don't have a clue about so many things. The hgher you go with your education, then you realise there is what they call specialization in a certain field, because you just can't know it all.
Take time to learn from others and let's not deceive ourselves that we know everything, because the moment you start feeling that you know it all, its time to go back to school because the world is continuously changing.
Best wishes
