Ignorance is bliss.
But Knowledge is power.
Which one is it?
Recently I found out so many things about people around me that are very disturbing. So I keep saying I do not want to know. At the same time I keep asking questions. Trying to find out more and more. I figure the more I know the more I can make an educated opinion. Since I was already told part of the story I should hear the rest of the story so I have a clear picture and I can give advice based on the whole picture.
But really, how much should we know?
The more you learn the more responsibility is placed on your shoulders. Even in our religion we are ordered to spread the knowledge. An Arab poet, Ahmed Shawqy, said a teacher is almost like a messenger.
So at what point do we say enough, dont tell me anymore. Or is it better for the world to try to know everything? Socrates asked a lot of questions and got killed for that. Meanwhile, at the corner of my street the begger's ignorance is what led him to the life he is leading.
When my friend told me just highlights about her marital problems i gave her advice. When I found out details of her problem I realized my advice was horrible.
The more you know the more you can help your society.
The less you know the more you can live a happy life.
Selfish.
But Happy.
You choose.
3 comments:
"When my friend told me just highlights about her marital problems i gave her advice. When I found out details of her problem I realized my advice was horrible"
And if you talk to her husband, you may change your advice.
What I've learned from life, there are many version of the same subject, sometimes you never know the truth.
Lobna Zeitoun
I may comment about
"The more you know the more you can help your society.
The less you know the more you can live a happy life.
Selfish.
But Happy.
You choose."
Selfish people are not happy ones, they may pretend that they are happy, but the truth is no. To be happy you need to share.
Lobna Zeitoun
"the begger's ignorance is what led him to the life he is leading."
Not necessarily.
Many unfortunate cases could have lead a beggar to lead such life, some which involve mental and emotional disabilities that are sometimes caused due to perhaps too much abortion of information. Especially in contradicting cultures when there’s an extreme clash of Eastern and Western values. I do not expect our society to understand much about mental and emotional disabilities, they haven’t reached, anywhere near, that capability of knowledge/advancement yet; thus, brilliantly, let us label all bums on the street as ignorant individuals who don’t know any better.
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