The more I know the less I know

As I acquire more and more certifications (the next one is Domestic Violence Training), I realize I could list them all on my business card or outside my door, or post them on my office walls.  I do not plan to do this.  I will not leave this world with my letters and certifications connected.  These blog entries and reflections will likewise disappear.  This does not mean I will stop learning or writing.  Both seem necessary parts of my vocation.  Still, it seems I will move on to the next frame of existence with no letters at all.

The more I know

The less I know.

The more training I get,

The more letters listed

After my name

On the door,

On the business card,

The less any of it matters

Really.

I expect to have a completely blank slate

When it comes my time

To die,

Whenever that is listed

On the Master Calendar.

The more I know

The less I know.

This does not mean

I try to learn less.

Quite to the contrary,

My plate is full and fuller.

The letters line up in neat rows

After my name.

Yet still

The more I know

The less I know.

In the end

The letters will all evaporate

Like so much morning mist.

Even these reflections that I write

Every day

Will disappear

Like the dew on the grass

Goes to the sun.

I will die with no letters

At all,

Completely unencumbered.