Knowledge
Day 28
I have a very curious mind.
I like knowing things. And I mean things.
The little things, the complicated ones. Things like why people behave the way they do. What happened somewhere in the world. Why a particular thing was done. How an idea came about. And, of course, the occasional piece of information that serves absolutely no purpose in my life but is still very interesting to know.
My love for knowledge started as a way of feeling less lost. I grew up around older people, way older. So, learning became less about curiosity and more about catching up, closing a gap I felt disconcerted about.
It doesn’t really matter where the knowledge comes from anymore. A podcast, a book, a friend- they all feed the same appetite. I’ve stopped caring so much about where the knowledge comes from. Some of my most specific knowledge has come from the most unlikely places I wasn’t expecting to learn anything from.
I like that curiosity doesn’t check credentials. It just wants to know.
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I won’t lie that every conversation I enjoy is a TED Talk. Sometimes I just want the tea. Who did what? Why? What happened after that? I enjoy a good story. I enjoy people-watching. I enjoy hearing the little details that make human beings as interesting and complicated as they are.
Perhaps not everything I learn needs to improve my career, motivate me or deepen my spirituality. Sometimes knowing something makes life more entertaining.
Knowing more makes me more curious; the more I learn, the more obvious it becomes how much I still don’t know. But I have also learned that knowledge comes with responsibility. I don’t have to believe everything I hear or prove to the world that I know.
I think knowledge has made me easier to talk to, oddly enough. Having a wide, scattered base of things I’ve picked up from everywhere means I can usually find some thread to connect with almost anyone, on almost any subject. That’s been a gift in its own right, this ability to meet people in whatever they’re passionate about because some small part of me has already brushed up against it before.
So, today I am grateful for the simple privilege of being able to learn. And for having a mind that still asks, why?
I still feel that spark every time I learn something new, and I’ve decided I don’t want to lose that, ever, even if it makes me the person who interrupts a conversation to say “wait, tell me more about that.”
🎵 Music Note: Heartbeat by James Arthur
The little things become your favourite things.❤️
Love,
Da. Lily❤️
