July 7, 2008
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What do I know?!
There are a great many things which I do not know. I will admit it freely. The beauty is, though, that while I am aware of the presence of things I don’t know, I don’t know which things I don’t know. Sure, off the top of my head I could name things like, tying a bow tie, that I don’t know, but that’s also something that I could learn very easily. Or not, just depending on skill, but the point is, I would learn the technique, so theoretically, it would be something I knew. But the most important things that I don’t know stem from the fact that I am completely unaware of their existence. Since, I know that bow ties exist then it is of course, not part of the things I don’t know that I don’t know list.
It is, precisely, of those things that I wish to learn. But I don’t even know where to begin. I think, this is why they talk of learning something new everyday. It’s not about completing some perfunctory task or learning the elemental properties of er, whatever but about completely challenging the horizons of the comfortable world in which you subsist.
And this, this is why acceptance is needed. Just ask any ignoramus.
Comments (2)
When I was a teenager, I knew everything. Ah, those were the days.
But at least you’re aware that there are things you don’t know of, but are willing to learn–when and if they happen to pop up in life.
That’s not such a bad place to be in.