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I love to provoke others to think


[b]This post may not be for you[/b]…If [u]you are not a reader and thinker[/u] you will be bored with this post; just move on, no one cares to hear your blabbering about how long this is and why you disagree with it.

I love to provoke others to think.
To face conflict within themselves.
To struggle to find the right word that truly conveys what they really want to communicate. Not like these one line quips, meaning nothing. Chatting away,
it's just not my cup of tea.
I LOVE to really hear what you are thinking.
In that, I think that I feel validated as the listener and thankful for you,
the one sharing thought. I value thought.
It's a [quote]Namaste [/quote]kind of appreciation.

I'm sorry if it hurts, but I believe it's good for you.
You see, if it hurts, it's doing something, like working.
If it hurts it just might be growing and though you are unfamiliar
with that sensation and would rather run away from it than face it, try.
Don't be afraid of the hurt; no pain no gain as they say.

Why do I LOVE to provoke others to think?
Maybe I am trying to validate my existence and provoking you to THINK;
about anything really, I feel may be one of the larger purposes of my life.
I'm not afraid that you don't like what I think. I really don't care because it's NOT about me in the long run. I am just a bystander, a voyeur in ways, a dancer in the dance of Life

To see you tied up in a ball mentally is no joy for me,
but to see you work through a difficult thought, some cognitive dissonance,
for me is like seeing a baby get back up after they have fallen
from trying to take their first steps. There is LIFE.

It may come from Rene Descartes (Je pense donc je suis- in his French tongue
aka [quote]"I think, therefore I am"[/quote]...or as articulated by
Antoine Léonard Thomas, aptly captures Descartes's intent:
[b]dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum [/b]
[quote]"I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am"[/quote]
That's why doubting is actually a joy for me.
If someone says "I don't know", I feel that there is HOPE that a thought may spring up,
may overtake that bored and dull existence and CREATE a curiosity that is insatiable.

If you've read this and absorbed it deep enough, you will sense a deep sincerity on my part, because it is real. I confront myself about my thoughts, behaviors, my aspirations and goals, my loss and grief. I THINK. I'm not afraid of my thoughts and I really believe that this would would be a much better place if we had MORE THINKERS and LOVERS in it.
EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M
I think "stuff you don't know" should be further devided.
There are questions we don't know the answer to and there are questions we don't even know they exist at this time.
@EuphoricTurtle right? I'm blown away by the possibility that I may never even question SO many things. Taking them for face value is ignorance, not knowing that we CAN question them, is stupidity or perhaps, lack of education and exhortation from parents to "be our own person".
EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M
@MsAlaineEYes I think it's easy to become fixated on answers. As if having answers demonstrates inteligence and having questions demonstrates ignorance. Our own education system values people on answers and so people gradually value themselves on the answers they have and suppress whatever questions they might have.
A wise person is always more impressed with what they don't know, than what they do.
Star1 · F
@PrivateHell indeed, well said
@PrivateHell I am AMAZED and even a little BEWILDERED by ALL that I do not know but yet I have several people in my life that exclaim that I know so much. Do they say that so that I will say it back to them, or that they appreciate that I am helpful to them (I think this one, partly) or because they know that I will tell them "I don't know", in their amazement I will add, if I truly don't? (most definitely)
Tracos · 51-55, M
and the more I know, the more I know that I dont know
Ever heard a parent say "He/she's got a MIND OF HER OWN"
and you thought they were saying something bad about their child???
My parents called me STUBBORN,
I took that for "I can think for myself".
Magenta · F
@MsAlaineEYes I heard 'Strong willed'.
@Magenta Me too. so "strong willed" is supposed to be a bad thing??? lol

My mother, rest her soul, said to me once in a moment of annoyance at me and said
[quote]"I hope you have a child, JUST LIKE YOU!!!!"[/quote].
Even then, I thought, "what could be so bad to have one like me?
I think that would be a cool child to have". LOL
I still laugh. My son says that he is like me in ways, and he likes that.
He's NOT like his dad, he thinks,
and he definitely has "a mind of his own" and I LIKE IT THAT WAY.
CabinFever · M
When I first went to college many years ago, a professor really drove home the point that 'You have to know, what you don't know." I was like...What in the hell is this MF talking about?" It slowly sunk in...Now I know there is a lot I don't know, and I know it, wait, what? ha ha...
Star1 · F
I totally agree with this, I've just had 5 counselling sessions & she really made me look deeply at myself which of course helps to look forward. I never have before & its hard to do but well worth it.
@Star1 ❤️ I hope you find the loving, beautiful, creative, genuine person that you really are. I spent years "trying to find myself" when I hadn't gone anywhere. I was HERE. I just didn't talk to myself and get to know her. Don't be afraid; your depth is not deeper than you are willing/able/ready to discover. Life gets more interesting when we love ourselves. Your post gives me reason to SMILE. 🥰
Magenta · F
A smart person will say "I don't know" versus always thinking they know or have an answer for everything (ego). It's endearing actually.
@Magenta I think it takes a smarter person or at least one willing to be seen as "not knowing" (never been my issue) to say "I don't know"...my usual answer is, "I don't know; or don't think I do, that's interesting, let's find out together".
I know how to find things out, I know that what I know could still be wrong, I know how to listen and I am pretty good at spotting someone pushing and agenda rather than facts I should know. I get by pretty good that way.
@Subsumedpat Assuming. That may be the case for MANY.

And yes, GOOD POINT, they have the "same voice" or LOUDER in society.

I would guess that "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" here...IF someone is speaking out boldly; it may be ASSUMED that they have something of value to say; NO SO MUCH in this day.
The VOICES THAT NEED TO BE HEARD are the intelligent, intuitive, loving, fearful voice of reason, common sense and compassion: (but no one, assuming, wants to hear from them)
[quote]“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool,
than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book[/quote]
@MsAlaineEYes This is why the founding fathers could not stand democracy and did what they could via the constitution, and the bill of rights to temper it. 3 wolves and 2 sheep deciding on dinner is democracy.
@Subsumedpat or the "fox guarding the chicken coup". Lots of metaphors and quotes coming to my mind today. TRUE. But "some" think that is "what should be". There was an election (albeit, they do not have opinion or knowledge if it was fair and just) and the "results are to be accepted"...and they dutifully, without question, adhere to the results and "follow the leader". Without a thought. Without a question.
Star1 · F
BTW I love your 1st paragraph, such a pleasant way to say sod off lol
You are very wordy.
@BiasForAction Thank you; you must be reading challenged.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
I almost always doubt what I know. But, then, I was a scientist.
everyoneknows · 31-35, T
wow. its like reading about me.
Zonuss · 41-45, M
I feel this way everyday about people around me. Excellent post. 🙂

 
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