I think it’s interesting that a society and culture that is as highly evolved and “forward thinking” as ours is, we still take comfort in sitting back and accepting realities for what they are.
At no point in history have humans had so much information and technology at their fingertips. We can research into almost everything and make our own decisions and our own educated choices with our own power of thought.
As we progress, we no longer, and will no longer require to be told what the truths of the world are. Our intelligence is growing and every person is empowered to believe what they feel is their own truth.
We all go through the childhood state of “why’’ and demand answers to why things are the way they are. During childhood, kids are curious about everything and rely on their elders to explain our strange world around them. It then gets to a point where the “why” stage gets annoying and children are slowly advised “because that’s just how it is” and “because I said so that’s why”.
The point being that we need to reignite this curious stage of life in our adulthood. We constantly should be questioning everything and the reasons behind choices that are made.
Whether it boils down to your local/national/world politics, your career, your personal life, or any other factor in your life; questions should constantly be asked. If you aren’t asking questions or curious about why things are and educating yourself more and more, then you are accepting facts for what they are instead of understanding WHY they are.
You’d be surprised that things are not always what they seem and amazed by but what truths you think you knew only to find out that you have been duped the entire time.
Convenient moments and my general interest in curiosity led me to unveil that “Curiosity” did not kill the cat. Trace back the origins of this age old saying and it is actually translated into “care will kill the cat”. Old age English translates “care” into-“worry, stress, will kill the cat”.
Seems curious to me that something as simple as this proverb has been turned and twisted over time and has been re-established into something supressing instead of truthful or empowering.
Consider everything a convenient theory and look into why things are the way they are, especially if they don’t click correctly in your mind, such as “being curious will kill you”.
