Personal Growth - How to get excited about stuff everyone else already knows

There are things you know, general facts about life that if asked about on a quiz you'd probably get right. Things like

• It’s important to tell the truth. 
• We should help people who are in need. 
• God loves us. 

But then there are moments when you experience those truths personally and what you discover feels like you found a treasure meant only for you. Without carefully wording it, to tell others would sound like you’re just stating the obvious.

I have sometimes found it disappointing to share my personal growth with others, because after sharing what feels like a very important insight, they act like they have always known it.

It’s like I found a hundred dollar bill under my deck and showed my neighbor. I’m excited, but he looks at the bill and says, “Yes, that’s a hundred dollar bill.” It shouldn’t be about recognizing the thing we found, but what that thing and the discovery will mean to the one who found it.

Maybe the truth behind our personal discovery is obvious to everyone. But what is important is that each of us finds those truths ourselves. The ways we come to them are important. Where we came from and how it affects us are vital too.

Those things, the truth plus what we are and what we will be, are unique. Those are the treasures.

When we find them, we need to share those treasures with this in mind.

And when someone tells us about their discoveries we should listen in a way that shows we value what they found on their journey.