OT: Knowing Too Much

Darlene
on 11/13/08 9:15 pm
Ignorance Can Be Bliss

These days, we can know too much. And while it sometimes can be a great benefit to know the tiniest details of events, both bitter and sweet, there are also times when knowing less about the future, our situations, and the world can be beneficial. Being blissfully ignorant does not mean ignoring vital information or shutting out the world’s tragedies. Rather, it is a way to step away from knowledge that may only needlessly have a negative impact on your life experience. It’s not always necessary to expose yourself to information that will overwhelm you, hold you back, or cause you pain. Sometimes, ignorance can be truly blissful.

While having all the information you need can help you make an informed decision, sometimes knowing all the information can be excess. Especially when you are trying to pursue a goal, the knowledge of all the ways in which you might fail can keep you from even trying. Blissful ignorance can sometimes propel you forward because you never even knew that the possibility of failure existed. Ignorance can also be bliss when you are facing hardships. If cir****tances force you to take on a job you dislike, you may enter your new situation with unpleasant and preconceived notions that can likely create the very scenarios you are dreading. Experiencing a situation with no expectations and no advanced notions can allow you to experience it as new, because your blissful ignorance prevented you from having any preset ideas.

There is nothing wrong with avoiding "too much information," particularly when the knowledge isn’t going to serve you. When information is emotionally draining, impedes your progress, causes distress, or isn’t necessary to your experience, consider letting it pass you by. Remember the bliss of ignorance can sometimes be a gift.

What do you think?

Women are angels.
...and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly...on a broomstick.

We are flexible.

Darlene
 


Brenda R.
on 11/13/08 11:14 pm - Portage, IN
Darlene, you just reinforced one of my favorite sayings which is "Ignorance is bliss and sometimes being bliss full is a good thing". Thanks so much for sharing this. To much information is not always a good thing if you ask me.

                    It's not what you gather, but what you scatter 
                        that tells what kind of life you have lived.

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(deactivated member)
on 11/14/08 12:08 am - Somewhere IN, TX
This is the one thing that drives my siblings crazy.  I just don't and won't get involved in their issues.  I know things exist but I'm a Pollyanna and admit it but dammit, somebody needs to be. 

I refuse to have negativity in my life and when I have it, it will just about kill me.  Candy recognized that I was having great difficulty with this surgery because I wasn't sure how I was going to handle the alone time and the issues involved.  Well, believe me, just her being here took more off of my plate than you can ever imagine.  My mental outlook improved 100%.

I've been in pretty dire straits in my life and didn't handle it well at all.  I've learned.  You are right, IGNORANCE IS BLISS.  And, I've also learned that my friends don't want to hear the negativity and tend to avoid me if I have it...just as I tend to listen to them up to a point.... it's one of those 'you need to listen to yourself' things.  Yep...IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

Blissful Janet
azreggie
on 11/14/08 5:47 am - Tucson, AZ
Sometimes I go on a news fast.  I won'****ch the evening news for a few days.  If its really important, I'll find out about it.  The "news" just keeps me in a constant state of agitation.  I like Janets view, that "ignorance is bliss".  I like bliss.

Reggie

sadgma
on 11/14/08 9:42 am
Darlene, it is just too funny that you wrote this.  I was just thinking the same thing, or nearly the same.  When I get home from work I turn on the tV..........usually news is on. I just get totally agitated........what can I do about any of it?! So I have started watching Andy Griffith!!!!

Blissful hugs.........V
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