Sometimes you just know too much -
or so you think!
But, perhaps that is old knowing -
perhaps there is new knowing.

And so, you search for the new -
you find the experts,
you listen, you learn, you grow,
and in new knowing you find hope.

New knowing does not negate
your old knowing;
it builds on it - 
so never settle for the old knowing,
for the fearful, for the hopeless -
search out the new knowing,
find the growing,
hope-filled future! 

Joyce Alexander, 10/21/20