Stating the obvious (#956)

The assumptions and expectations we carry around with us without ever testing them to see if they are correct or erroneous is a failing we keep to our own peril. Ignorance is not bliss, it is ignorance. Not knowing things we could know out of superstition or the real sense that we could be wrong is worse than the fears expressed here. The ostrich with it's head in the sand is a funny vision but how many of us are doing the exact same thing when we fail to challenge one possibility over another? Are we our own little gods? Do we have the right to dismiss some things and not others? It appears that this is similar to what we do. It must change! I know, I know, what I have or believe now works for me, why should I change things when I am in such a comfort zone and others do not challenge my understandings? The reason is to change is in your own individualness. Why would you ever "settle" for things in your life that are less than what you deserve? We all have the right to seek the truth and the non-truth however it may reveal itself. To not participate in knowledge and the discovery that comes with it is antithetical to the gift of reason and analysis we have as a species. We live one time here on this planet as who we are today. There is no mulligan in life, no do-over when it comes to changing our past once it has gotten behind us. Regrets and remorse over things we have done or things we didn't do are the reasons for us to challenge everything with objectivity. It is sad to see some who have given their gifts of what it is to be human in exchange for an existence that subtracts from the beauty of all life. We have one shot at this life of ours and to be the best at it requires us to challenge the obvious and state it when we find the truth. Even when we cannot find the truth we must proclaim that as well.