Ignorance is NOT bliss

Ignorance is a blister, painful when popped.

Take any topic where you once believed one thing and now you believe the opposite. Maybe you had a sudden epiphany or maybe a slowly dawning realization, the result of a long process of questioning and careful consideration... Followed by a sudden epiphany!

There is a pain that comes with the new knowing, a sting, a burning. Then there is a sense of loss, grief, and anger finally subsiding in a sense of disappointment. The major issue for me is that so much that we have been taught or told has not been truthful. Disillusionment hits hard, it rocks your worldview.

Ignorance is not bliss, it is a blister, painful when popped.