Today, in the age of information, ignorance is a choice
Let me introduce you one of, in my humble opinion, most beautiful poems by Pablo Neruda:
𝙳𝚒𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢.
𝙷𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝚍𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 “𝚒𝚝’𝚜” 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢.
𝙷𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚢-𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢, 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢.
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢.
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔, 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢.
𝙷𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢.
𝙻𝚎𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜.
Know your roots
This poem inspires on so many levels. Nowadays, in the age of information, the 4th industrial revolution, circumstances are changing faster than ever – the covid19 pandemic spoke for herself.
Educating and keeping current is crucial. And how can we do it? Deal with the root first.
Some of the ways are:
- Do not fall into a trap of hyper-rationality. Realise that where there is pain there is a potential for growth and education.
- Surround yourself with people who have somehow already reached the goal you are aiming for or are on the same mission as you are.
- Update your outdated mental operating system.
- Be humble. Be curious.
- Choose ease and flow.
This applies to whatever area of life we decide to educate ourselves. Do not wait, go now! Time can be your greatest enemy or ally, it all depends on what you decide!
Imagine, what if you could improve and use your emotional and mental energy by 90% more effectively?
