Ignorance. I’ve always hated it, and in my eyes, it’s the world’s biggest disease. There is so much out there, outside your realm, outside your little world, outside your little bubble of what you know as your effing reality. (Ugh, I despise the ignorant. They should be shot.) And it’s not as if we don’t have the means either. Nowadays, with all this technology, in this fabulous day and age where we can get connected to pretty much anything from our mobiles, there is absolutely no excuse to be ignorant, or stupid for that matter (and the 2 are VERY different things). There is just so much more out there, and for some reason it’s painstakingly difficult to educate those who have narrow minds to what this beautiful effing world can bring.

The hard part is not wanting to know more, or accept that there IS more out there. Once our thinking gets crystallized, rigid, and formed, we’ve lost the battle. Once you think you have all the answers, you might as well call it quits. Once you get set in your ways, you’re already part of history. And I just can't stand people like that.

Taking an interest in the outside world is really about your development and benefit, rather than for the world’s benefit. Geez, and it doesn’t have to take much. When we read stuff online, or even on Facebook for god’s sake, when we listen, or talk to others, we stay on top of what is happening. Strong and uber successful people don’t get bogged down by the minutiae of their own lives, they don’t live in an effing bubble. I admire and appreciate people who make it their mission to know what’s going on in the world— be it any kind of news or current events, music, fashion, science, movies, food, technology, finance.. everything they can get their hands on basically.

I’ve realized that the most interesting conversations I’ve ever had, are with people who are able to hold a conversation on pretty much everything and anything because they’re interested in what’s going on. Just looking back, I’ve had some really really funny and semi idiotic conversations with people about how one country is the greatest country for instance, vs. everything else in the entire world; or how Alaska is really a separate country and not part of the US; or how pizza originated from New York, etc. (Turned out to be really funny actually.) But still.. in hindsight, it’s kind of idiotic really.

So.. I’ve deduced that the happiest, most well-balanced, most successful people in life are those who are part of something.. part of the world, and not cut off from it. And the most interesting, and most stimulating people to be around are those who take a great interest in what’s happening around them, and who don’t make baseless assumptions from the little knowledge they have.