Within just 24 hours, we absorb so much information---about ourselves, the people around us, and the world we live in. This information helps us understand the world better and also helps us make informed, wise decisions. We often get presented with information unexpectedly. Sometimes, we don’t even know what to do with it. We get confused, we get triggered, we feel overwhelmed. It’s quite human to feel all such emotions.
One thing that can separate us from the rest of the world could be just a small thing—it is how we use that information. Using information to our advantage is quite crucial.
Whether it is bad news, good news, or something we can’t even name an emotion for, we all process things differently. On receiving good news, the most common emotions we face are happiness, contentment, peace, and gratefulness.
Similarly, for bad news, the emotions differ completely. We feel profound sadness, distress, instability, and mostly, a question as to why this is happening to us.
But the most surprising and unsettling kind of information is the one we receive and don't know what to do with. It is then, in our power, to decide, how we absorb it, how we process it, and how we act upon it.
For example: When COVID happened, we got some news—some information.
Some of us took it positively—an unexpected break from work, from studies, from general life. Some were happy. Others took it quite negatively—the collapse in business, loss of income, confinement in homes.
Then there were people who were facing physical and mental consequences of the pandemic: death of loved ones, depression, anxiety, a constant fear when stepping outside, sickness.
The world was taken by a storm because of the pandemic, yet there were some people who managed to take it to their advantage. There were people who didn’t waste their time at home and started content creation. Others worked on their physique. There were various others too who analyzed and saw the gap in the job/business industry and came up with creative solutions to fill that gap.
Looking back, we all sometimes think—maybe we could’ve done something better too. We could’ve transformed our lives, yet we couldn’t figure out what to do with the sudden news. We all froze, we panicked, we shut down.
A lot of what we faced then, we face regularly.
We stay fixed where we are, and we keep watching life as it passes by—the same way we did during the pandemic.
Just because we were stuck at home doesn’t mean we didn’t grow older, we didn’t mature quickly, we didn’t face life-altering situations too early in life.
The only difference between then and now is that we had limited options then to tackle all of our problems. But now, we are limitless.
The sky is also not the limit. We can build and conquer whatever we set our mind to.
Yet still, there’s so much uncertainty, fear, and confusion amongst many of us.
Many of us are following a path blindly. We don’t know where it’ll lead us to, or if we are even moving. But we are just not opening our eyes to see the world.
Information can change that.
Information can be that power that opens our eyes—that can tell us where we are headed in life.
I remember when I was back in 10th grade, I was happy all the time. I don’t remember being too sad for too long. Every day was a new puzzle, a new opportunity, and I didn’t flinch—I grabbed everything in my hands.
The difference between then and now is that I attained so much new information since then, that now, I’m more lost than ever.
I know—it looks ironic to what I want to convey, but bear with me.
Attaining too much information in a short period of time can cause our minds to shut effectively, just like it does with attaining bad news. We can feel distressed, unstable, and confused.
The only way out from such a big load of information is through it.
We need to understand what we know, how we attained that information, which area of our life can benefit from this information, and how we make sure we can retain it lifelong.
Usually, when we get too knowledgeable, things start feeling harder, more complicated and complex.
Yet, at the same time, it can also help us simplify every single thing in our life.
I know it may feel confusing, but once you start looking at things differently, you’ll know which piece of information can help you.
Initially, everything will feel overwhelming. You may feel that you were better off without knowing all of this. But life only presents you with whatever is necessary and whenever it is necessary.
It’s often said that no one receives more than what they’re destined for, and never before it’s truly meant to happen.
It simply means that when your time comes, you’ll receive the exact amount of information necessary to change your fate.
It is up to you what you do with that information and how you use it to your power.
Think of it as a murder mystery game. You’ll get enough clues to find the killer. Some clues will lead to other clues, and eventually to the killer.
The game does not give you the killer instantly—instead, it teaches you how to deal with information.
The more information you start attaining, the more powerful you get.
And when you’re the most powerful, you get the killer.
Attaining information at every step will make you powerful.
Every event, every change in trajectory, even every mishap will make you powerful.
You may not realize this in the moment, but it does.
Every loss you face makes you stronger to face uncertainty in the future.
Every success you achieve makes you powerful enough to take difficult decisions in life.
Information is not just through books—it is through life.
Life in itself is such a good teacher.
You can’t escape it, you can’t run away from it, you can’t hide from it.
You have to face it—sooner or later.
The day you’ve learnt just about everything you were destined to learn, your journey continues somewhere else.
Therefore, just keep your eyes, your mind, and your soul open.
And maybe, just maybe—if you’re lucky enough—
YOU MIGHT JUST BECOME POWERFUL!
Source: Information is Power
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