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
Powerful!
It is Stacie!
Pretty profound for first thing after a holiday weekend.
Yes. As the post titled stated, my day after long weekend wake-up call!
Geesh! And I thought my outlook was grim given the fact that we’re in the path of a tropical storm/hurricane. 😂
Laughing. It’s not all that grim. It’s just an awakening to the Truth. Stay staff!
This becomes more and more evident with the passage of time. Hailing you from across the internet. Take care my friend!
Hey Beth! Yes, it sure does! Hope you are well.
eyes wide open and trying to always stay awake
Yes, wide wide open!
good thing to know I am not alone with such thoughts…
There’s an Ocean full of us Jim!
well I’m glad I at least know how to swim then 🙂
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.
TRUTH!
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! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Laughing. Me too!