OK I can't explain why exactly but I just freaking love this so much.
"Ignorance, the hatred of knowledge, is true evil." This part seems so scarily true but I love it!
God knows why but just recently I thought about this too...I realised that when it comes to suffering, I don't want to see it or hear of it because I'm scared of it. I wanted to be blindfolded from the dark truths in the world because it only brings me negative feelings like helplessness and sorrow. Then I reasoned with myself that I want to study what I'll study because I want to make a difference which will better the world and its inhabitants. I don't want to be selfish; I want those feelings to fuel me to make a change.
I think I'd rather leave this life with the knowledge that I'd at least tried to help. I always go on about how I want to be a saviour but never fully realised that heroes aren't only the ones who do one giant act of selflessness (who might typically die because of it); sometimes they're the ones who continue living, helping in short bursts day by day.
I want to help the environment, animals and people. My people skills suck but I guess their only chance of improving is by biting the bullet and meeting more people. If we meet more people then there's a better chance to find somebody whose thought patterns, ideas and interests click, right?
What I'm scared about is being taken advantage of or being taken for a fool - of donating money to a charity where I can't see where my money is invested, for example, or of trying to defend something with incorrect facts etc.
I'm so scared of being wrong, of making mistakes and of embarrassing myself or others. How do you think this can be overcome?
"Ignorance, the hatred of knowledge, is true evil."
This part seems so scarily true but I love it!
God knows why but just recently I thought about this too...I realised that when it comes to suffering, I don't want to see it or hear of it because I'm scared of it.
I wanted to be blindfolded from the dark truths in the world because it only brings me negative feelings like helplessness and sorrow.
Then I reasoned with myself that I want to study what I'll study because I want to make a difference which will better the world and its inhabitants.
I don't want to be selfish; I want those feelings to fuel me to make a change.
I think I'd rather leave this life with the knowledge that I'd at least tried to help. I always go on about how I want to be a saviour but never fully realised that heroes aren't only the ones who do one giant act of selflessness (who might typically die because of it); sometimes they're the ones who continue living, helping in short bursts day by day.
I want to help the environment, animals and people. My people skills suck but I guess their only chance of improving is by biting the bullet and meeting more people.
If we meet more people then there's a better chance to find somebody whose thought patterns, ideas and interests click, right?
What I'm scared about is being taken advantage of or being taken for a fool - of donating money to a charity where I can't see where my money is invested, for example, or of trying to defend something with incorrect facts etc.
I'm so scared of being wrong, of making mistakes and of embarrassing myself or others. How do you think this can be overcome?