It is one thing to know something. lt is entirely another thing to act on that knowledge. Indeed, it is a great feat of will to go from knowing to doing. Why? Knowing is safe and requires little or no risk. Knowing is the stuff of committees with people who can talk endlessly about an issue but never decide to take action. Knowing is comfortable, reasonable, and serene. Knowing is full of hope, promises, and good intentions. But knowing will take us nowhere unless we are willing to take the first step, the first attempt toward doing. Doing, on the other hand, reveals who we are and what we stand for. Doing requires courage, strength, and intestinal fortitude, because doing can get us in trouble. Doing must be fueled by faith and prayer. In order to be authentic, doing must persevere.