Don’t Stay Ignorant
Read this every day — and remember.
I’ve been blind, stumbling through life with my eyes closed.
Lost in the fog of my own ignorance.
Ignorance — it’s not just a lack of knowledge, it’s a choice.
I’ve ignored what’s right in front of me, the things I don’t know, the things I haven’t mastered.
I’ve envied those who’ve made it, those who’ve found the path, but instead of learning from them, I just sat there, stewing in my own resentment.
But here’s the truth, the cold, hard truth:
Everything I need to know is already out there.
It’s all laid out, waiting for me to reach out and grab it.
I’ve been fed this lie, that I’m somehow lesser.
That success is for others, not for me.
But that’s just another layer of the ignorance I’ve been trapped in, a veil over my eyes, keeping me from seeing the truth.
I need to wake up.
I need to open my eyes.
The knowledge is there, the tools are there, all of it within my reach.
I just have to pick it up, embrace it, let it burn through the darkness of my ignorance.
But I’ve got to make that choice, because ignorance is a prison, a cage built by my own hands.
The only way out is to tear down the walls, brick by brick, with every piece of knowledge I claim as my own.
I can’t stay ignorant.
I can’t let my own ignorance keep me in the dark.
The light’s out there, the truth is out there, and it’s mine for the taking.
All I’ve got to do is step out of the shadows and grab it.