When I was younger I thought my knowledge would increase with years, that it was steadily expanding like the universe. A constantly widening area of certainty that correspondingly displaced and diminished the reach of uncertainty. I was really very optimistic. With the passage of time I must admit that I know roughly as much as then, perhaps even slightly less, and with nothing like the same certainty. My so-called experiences are not the same as knowledge. It is more like, how shall I put it, a kind of echo chamber in which the little I know rings hollow and inadequate. A growing void around a scant knowledge that rattles foolishly like the dried-up kernel in a walnut. My experiences are experiences of ignorance, its boundlessness, and I will never discover how much I still don’t know, and how much is something I believed.
— Jens Christian Grøndahl, Silence in October.
Notes:Quote: Thank you Beth @ Alive on All Channels). Portrait of Jens Christian Grondahl via Nuevo Periodico
Live & Learn 
Powerful!
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It is Stacie!
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Pretty profound for first thing after a holiday weekend.
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Yes. As the post titled stated, my day after long weekend wake-up call!
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Geesh! And I thought my outlook was grim given the fact that we’re in the path of a tropical storm/hurricane. 😂
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Laughing. It’s not all that grim. It’s just an awakening to the Truth. Stay staff!
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This becomes more and more evident with the passage of time. Hailing you from across the internet. Take care my friend!
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Hey Beth! Yes, it sure does! Hope you are well.
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eyes wide open and trying to always stay awake
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Yes, wide wide open!
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good thing to know I am not alone with such thoughts…
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There’s an Ocean full of us Jim!
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well I’m glad I at least know how to swim then 🙂
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Well, it’s a start! Some people I know would benefit from that kind of knowledge – of knowing that they don’t know. It can be a valuable thing. At least then you can start learning.
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TRUTH!
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Ok. Ok. I’m woke! Now… if I could just know how much I don’t know about my wokedness I’d know more than I did before I woke! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Laughing. Me too!
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