What do you know for sure?

Every so often I scan my bookshelf and pick up a book I haven’t read in a while. This week my eyes landed on the book by Oprah Winfrey, "What I know for sure".

In the intro she describes one time she was at a loss for words when she was interviewed by Gene Siskel. He asked her, what do you know for sure?

Since that day, she’s taken on the practise of asking herself that question regularly and writes a weekly column in her magazine with her reflections.

I love this question because it’s interesting to see where your mind goes when you think about the answer.

The first answer that came to my mind is that there’s not much we really know for sure. Especially with the state of the world right now, where we have so many conflicting opinions about absolutely everything.

But then, on deeper reflection, there is so much that we do know for sure.

When we tap into our world of rich experience, gut instinct and what make us who we are, we get nuggets of realisations - from the simple to the sublime - that give us clarity and insight into who we truly are and what life is all about.

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