In my twenties

Damn...I don't remember ever thinking I knew anything, much less everything. The confidence of being sure of something must be one helluva high...even for a short time.

It's interesting seeing people's takes on this little scribble and what comes to the surface, whether it's intelligence, emotion, philosophies, ethics etc, i've always been instantly cynic and untrustworthy of people ... but then you meet those rare few along the road and they prove you wrong overtime (glad they did) I feel that's chipped away at some of my cynicism in a positive way and made me acknowledge that I don't always have it figured out, so I woke up and this came to mind and i'm happy it arrived 😌

I appreciate your thoughts, you're a humble soul and thank you for being here ☺️

I can relate with this. Life def has a way of humbling you. A sigh of grief is an interesting take. I guess there is some relief in knowing that things were not the way that I thought I had them all figured. Never thought Id see 30. While things may be bleak at the moment for me, there were some really good things that happened in my late 20s and my 30s. So, for that, I am glad to have been shown how wrong I was.  
 
Good write. Thanks for sharing.

I wholeheartedly agree with you there dude, it certainly does have a way of humbling you or restoring some faith in humanity that's been absent for a large portion of your life, I feel you hit the nail on the head regarding the relief in realising things are not the way you had them figured out to be, it took a terribly long time for me to learn and to trust people again without instantly believing there's some agenda behind it, I don't know your story or the routes you have taken but I feel you speak from experiences which reflects in the introspection of your writing, reminds me of somebody who once lurked along these DU halls once.

I'm sorry to hear there is a current bleakness but I do hope it lifts from your shoulders overtime, I hope the light proves you wrong or at least allow some folks to reach out their hand and believe in you while making your journey there. 🙂

Thank you for sharing your introspection and your thoughts, not enough of that around here so glad there's someone out there dude.

Be good to yourself

Sometimes ignorance is blissful....

Hey Donna,

Ignorance is bliss can often be a double-edge sword, it's bliss if it allows one to open up and learn something new or something they're not aware of and gives them the opportunity to grow, of course that's absolutely blissful, sadly in a lot of cases ignorance is bliss can allow the abuse of power as we're all aware of, tricky quote given the multifaceted factors behind it but I agree at times it can be blissful if it helps others grow.

Thank you for sharing 🙂

hey!!

In my case it was bliss, i knew or remembered less about my past in my twenties, ignorance for me was frustrating but a little more blissful than unbinding memories, but yes it can be a double edged sword indeed.
you are most welcome -PW-

When I was in my late twenties I somehow thought I knew myself quite well, knew how life worked. Being gone through quite a lot back then already. Not arrogance, just life experience. Now I've come to realize I really don't know anything.

There's this beautiful song (in Dutch) which I used to listen to a lot, part of the lyrics are:

"Hoe langer ik leef, hoe minder ik weet" > the longer I live, the less I know. Felt like sharing. This is a beautiful and thought provoking piece, dear Ethan. Love it.

Understood to well. Wish I knew less than what I do

The challenge of knowing--knowledge-- is relating to what has been PROVEN as true. Great write.

There certainly is a sense of relief realising that we don't know everything, we don't have all the answers, and that no one does. We're all just stumbling along in whatever place in the world we've landed, and continuously trying to decide what the next step or direction will be, or maybe choosing to just be still for a while.