Ignorance is bliss.. however, take some pain..?

Being a kid, we did not know many things. Nor cared about anything. Life was happening and we just took whatever it was.

With adulthood looming, we start to learn. A lot. Even worse is today's age where so much data is being dumped into our faces. Many of us are willing to go back to the phase where we didn't care about stuff. It seems peaceful and calming not to take care of things. True though; But...

It will not always work out.

Being ignorant may not always be helpful. Sometimes, we have to know about things. We have to understand them. Sit with the disturbance it may bring.

When starting learning something very deep, it may challenge our initial assumptions. We wonder what we knew till now is very different. This not at all feels good.

You love a person, and you understand that person is not reciprocating your feelings. Being aware of this fact makes you uneasy. Unbelievable. You wonder what's happening. But it's just that. The only way is to accept and move forward.

We are repeatedly messing up and there is a common factor that is causing you to fail. We should need to take that in. Only then we do improve.

The society is not a fair and equal place. Many types of inequalities are present, which are making basic amenities unreachable to many of us. This knowledge may give us PTSD, but it is worth remembering.

The pain helps stay grounded

Of course, we can't solve some problems just like that. They might be far out of our reach. The point is not to solve everything.

It is to know our limitations, be aware of situations. Ultimately, it's knowledge. We can always try using it for better...

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