How do you feel after sharing your knowledge or skills with someone new?

I love the look in my grandkids eyes when they see a new crystal and learn about how it grew — our amazing Earth. – D&LCouch Sharing knowledge is part of the learning process. New people entering this hobby/business look for that knowledge that is not available in books. I love sharing what I have learned and also look to those who have been around for a long time for new knowledge. – Paul R. After getting near retirement age I decided it was time to start sharing my 50 years of knowledge in jewelry and lapidary. I dusted off my never-used teaching degree and began to teach at a local art school, and I have kept teaching since, in one way or another. I just love teaching and feel it is an obligation of those who know how to share with those who want to learn. – B. McKay I love being able to share what I’ve learned.I’ve collected rocks and minerals for over 50 years, and when I began there was no one around to be a mentor to me, so I learned what I could where I could. Over the years, I have tried to pass what I’ve learned on to others who are just beginning. I am by no means an authority on the subject, I just try to be the help that I wish was around when I started out. Every time I’m able to answer a question or point someone in the right direction the feeling is quite rewarding, nothing like it. – J. Ford A couple of years ago, I received a random email from a guy who lives in the northeastern US. He wrote about how he was done with life and ready to give up and leave this earth, literally. He was on YouTube and came across one of my videos of crystal collecting in Arkansas. He wrote that he had not known about crystals, and how they grow and come out of the ground this way. So, he drove to Arkansas ASAP and dug crystals at Twin Creek with Bobby. After that he said it completely saved his life and gave him some type of meaning for living. After reading his email, it really shook me hard and gave me much ambition to continue to make YouTube videos. It’s one of the reasons I continually put so much effort into traveling and making the videos I do. Digging rocks can be life changing for some, in ways that most of us might not imagine. It for sure changed my life. P.S. Visit www.youtube.com/c/ TheCrystalCollector to join The Crystal Collector in his excursions!