Wise or Ignorant?
01/07/2019
Temporary vs. Lasting Happiness
A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do. - Christopher Puke, Sati
Some people seek happiness blindly and don’t mind if they don’t know what else is going on in the world. I am the type of person who always wants to know and always wants to understand. Whether it’s in school, in sports or in the news. I am not the type of person to ignore the important events going on in the world or be ignorant to the pressing issues that could effect humanity. In school I don’t just want to get the answer to a problem I want to know how to get there. Although I may joke about how I only care about grades, I love to learn and I get great satisfaction out of understanding things and and solving problems. Being wise is always better for me than being ignorant. To me somebody who would rather be ignorant is someone who is too lazy or too scared to face real problems that need to be solved. Sometimes if there is an issue people will ignore it and avoid learning more about the issue so they can be happier. However, I feel that ignorant happiness can only be temporary. Issues will always catch up to someone in the end, they can’t be brushed off, because no matter how laid back someone may be, stress is natural and it effects people’s happiness greatly. No successful person has ever gotten to where they are now by ignoring there problems and hoping everything will workout. That is for people who want win the lottery, but higher than 99.9% don’t win the lottery, and if they are ambitious they have to earn their success. Not just avoid problems and hope. Being wise is necessary for eternal happiness. I would never want to be someone who pushes away problems because I love to be productive and I want use my privileged life the best way I can and being ignorant would be an absolute waist of my gifts in life.