Understanding -or- Ignorance

[SunnyGirl]

Understanding -or- Ignorance

"Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness
and ignorance. - - Anthony J D'Angelo

When I don't understand a person or situation, I try to gather
information so I am not unaware of what is going on. I'm never
willingly ignorant as I want to know how to better understand.
I know my friends and family well, I'm aware of their wants and
needs from me and I give them what I have to give away. I
I try to be understanding, but there will always be some that
are always wanting more.

Understanding myself has been an adventure.... and I am still
a work in progress ODAT.... I pray each and every day that God
will open my mind hear His will for me. I want to be the kind of
person who will make HIM proud!

Just for today I will....

"Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the
care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster,
your life will never be the same again.” - - Og Mandino

Peace on the journey, SG

[majestyjo]

Understanding -or- Ignorance

"Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

- - Anthony J D'Angelo

Was just going through something like this. We can't always understand another person's reasoning or thinking, we can ask and try to find an understanding of our own, but that doesn't mean I can truly understand what that other person is feeling. It is a personal thing. I don't discount it, and even if I have my own understanding, it may be different from theirs.

What we become passionate about, may not seem important to others; and yet if we become compulsive and obsessive about it, then I need to share it, acknowledge it, and write about it if necessary, so we can see our thoughts in profile before we act on them. Sometimes we need to nourish them, other times we need to detach from them, and as the slogan says, "Let go and let God." I can't, He can, and just for today I choose to let Him.

I have a disease of perception. I can speak my truth, and it is my truth and I don't have the right to project them onto others. That doesn't mean I can't share where I was at, but that also means, I can't always get people to identify with me. Identify, don't compare. We can have similar circumstances, and I believe God leads us to the people we need to be with. When I compare, I stay sick. If I isolate and not share, I am not only isolating my body, but my spirit too.

I keep thinking, "Ignorance is bliss." But in the long run, it can hurt you too. I have always had an inquiring mind. That doesn't mean it was healthy, it just meant I wanted to be in the know. Sometimes it would have been best not to ask.