The Person In The Mirror Is You

"Ignorance is always afraid of change."

Jawaharlal Nehru

     Is it better to live in ignorant bliss? Or educated paranoia? As I sat in the hallway waiting for class to begin, I eavesdropped on a conversation. The topic was chicken nuggets. They were talking about how they'd just rather be ignorant about how the chickens are treated than be educated about what happens to them in the chicken farms. That boggled me! Why would you rather be ignorant than educated? The answer to that question is mainly personal preference, but it comes down to, if you learn of something new it calls for change. Whether it's a physical change or a change in mindset, the attaining of new knowledge is a call to action. A call to action for us, the human race, to decide what to do about it. The only problem is, we are all going to have different opinions and beliefs. For me I think that you can be educated and blissful. 

     To often now days, we are taught to ignore the ugly parts of life and only pay attention to the beautiful. After all, that is how people are on social media especially. No one wants to post the ugliest secrets of their lives because of fear they will offend someone, be judged and treated differently. The thing that we need to realize is that progress never happened through pleasing everyone. If we are to progress in our lives we should choose to have conviction in who we are and what we believe to be good and right, even if it means not having the same rules as others. This is how we can see our own reality with clarity.  

     I know that when it comes to food it's probably the third hottest argument aside from religion and politics, but I don't understand why someone would prefer to be ignorant. I suppose it's because knowledge is a call to make a change. As Michael Jackson said, "if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change." If we are to make this world a better place, we need to acknowledge the good, the bad and the ugly, and choose to make a change in ourselves to better this world and to LIVE NOW! Thank you for reading and we'll talk soon!