"Ignorance is Bliss. And yet every day I set out to learn and to experience the world in a new light. Why would I do this if it will only make me unhappy?

I do it because even when I was ignorant I could tell there was something I lacked, something others had, even if it was only in stories. I knew it the same way a woman who had never drank would be parched of thirst yet not know water. I am immersing myself now in this sea of life and learning. A mermaid of knowledge and truths.

Knowledge and understanding underpin appreciation and enjoyment of lifes' astounding and incomparable breath taking beauty.  I will never choose to return to ignorance because that would rob me of all I have become and all I have seen. Of all that I have won. 

I pine for growth and to stumble and scrape my knees on paths unknown. I yearn for new pleasures and new pain. For new faces and ideas that do not correspond exactly with my own. For conversation that instigates connection and new understanding. It is such a beautiful life if you can only open your eyes.

Or baby steps and try out a few games of Peek-a-Boo"