A Parable About a Wise Owl.

"The owl never left her nest. She was afraid, afraid to go outside.
The owl sat inside, tucking her feathers under herself, making a soft warm bed. She knew a great deal, and because of that she was terribly afraid to go out.
She saw all the dangers in the sky, in the branches of the trees, and down there in the forest clearing. She knew everything, and so she was afraid of being injured or caught by someone.
But she also knew how to shelter from a blizzard, how to hide from the rain, where to find food and water.
'But how did she eat if she never left the hollow?'
'A thrush helped her.'
He brought her exactly what he could carry.
But one day he did not come. The owl waited a while longer, but the thrush never appeared. Then she stuck her head out of the hollow and saw him lying in the snow at the base of the tree.
Without thinking, she rushed to him to help, to warm him. But it was too late.
And then she saw three tiny fledglings — his chicks. The owl understood that no one would care for them, and she sheltered them. She gave up her soft bed, fed them and put them to rest. She no longer grieved over the thought that she herself might perish; instead she worried about how to raise these chicks, how to give them what the thrush could give and even more, but in no way less.
And that desire, that striving to do the very best for them, stirred in her a will to live and to help others.
She saw how good it was when other birds, knowing her advice and following it, sheltered themselves better, hid more quickly, and did not go hungry.
She no longer lived in that hollow but fell asleep nearby on a branch. And she was happy for it, feeling the fullness of life only now.

Your knowledge and skills matter to those around you. Even if you keep them to yourself, there will be no use in that. You will not develop in your solitude. Just as the owl could not remain without food, so you cannot remain without interaction, without the support of others.
But once you step outside your own boundaries, a whole world will open to you.
What made the owl leave her home?
'A frozen thrush below?'
'Correct. And what influenced the owl to want to remain free? To stop living in her closed house?'
'She took the fledglings in and settled them with her.'
'And who are those fledglings?'
'I don't understand.'
'They are your virtues that live in the temple of your soul.
When you go forth with a pure, full heart, the whole world opens before your eyes, yielding to you, clearing the way, lighting your path. The more virtues you nurture within yourself, like that owl raising her chicks, the more strength and confidence you will gain. But for that you must only wish to go out, to learn and to help, to interact with the whole world around you, not only with one another. This is very important, because it is precisely in this interaction that you come to know yourself, that very truth which, unfolding within you, illuminates with a warm, gentle light.'