Andrea Elliott, in her wonderful blog, Holistic Words, wrote a great post regarding the meaning of life. It’s worth your while to take a look at: http://holisticwords.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/the-meaning-of-life/.
In response to her blog, I stated that in regard to “the meaning of life”, it’s very important for me to be okay with “I dunno”. It truly is a large key to my own feeling of well-being. After all, I spend a great deal of my life in the state of “I Dunno-Ness”.
Tibetan endless knot Nederlands: Tibetaanse Oneindige knoop (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It sometimes feels okay, and it sometimes feels awful, and at other times, being in I Dunno-Ness just feels neutral. Usually, I Dunno-Ness allows me to be more creative, because it’s those times I find myself being more curious. It’s when I’m in the state of I Dunno-Ness that I look around and explore, more than I would if I saw the world through a lens of black and white.
How about you? Are you okay with I Dunno-Ness?
I am (mostly) okay with not knowing . . . in uncertainty, lies all possibilities. Thanks, Janet.
You are welcome! And thank you for taking the time to read my post!
I’m into your blog now but only via your comments on mine – I will keep checking in! Love the way you write!
Thanks much! I seem to have hit a low spot here, the past couple of weeks, but will turn a corner soon. Time & energy don’t always coincide!
I don’t know much at all (and what I do “know” constantly changes) so I guess I’m okay with a state of ‘dunno-ness’
I like to have a loose idea of what I’d like to accomplish, but leave it loose in case I see something along the way that I’d like to explore instead. (Like taking a side-road on a road trip just to see where it goes.)
I had this job once that wanted me to submit a written 5-year plan. Really hard for me because I didn’t want to pin myself down to a career path that could change. I wrote something sufficiently vague, but good enough for them to leave me alone!)
Sounds good to me! Thanks for reading and commenting! Have a good weekend!
With regard to the “Meaning of Life” that you linked from another blog (I read it too), I can say that my personal life is in constant pilgrimage on a four-stage cycle of: (1) discovering my unique voice, (2) growing to my maximum potential, (3) connecting and relating to others, and (4) helping and guiding others in their personal four-stage process.
Everything in between, I can say that “I dunno” much. So to answer your question, yes, I’m okay with “I dunno-ness.”
Life is never simple. There will always parts of it that we can never know…yet. Later maybe…
Thanks for your profound thoughts!
Agree!
There is a saying I use to love during high school, “The more I study, the more I know. The more I know, the more I forget. So why study?” lol, we will never know everything and the sooner we accept it the better. I dunno…
Love that!
I’m working on it…I used to hold very tightly to trying to understand everybody and everything…and eventurally realized that, for me, that leads to discontent and isn’t possible, but it seens to be a slow process for me to let go…the more I let go of trying to “know” and accept “I Dunno-ness” (great word!!), the calmer, more peaceful and content I become.
Exactly. I think that’s what Being-ness is about. Being content (or not) with what is, and not requiring ourselves to understand everything all at once. After all, our “minds” are finite; our soul is infinite. I think it’s just about love, and that’s boundless. . . I Dunno, except what I know, and I think it’s about grace (or unconditional acceptance of what is), which are just other words for love. We need to be tender with ourselves.
Janet…I love this post…I just did a screen copy and sent it to my daughter…who’s here for the weekend….( she’s from Wide Open Spaces post when you first fount PP) ….so important to accept this idea. I think I’ll print it and put it up on the wall too…so important to learn to accept this…. thanks!
Thanks much!
I am quite ok with I Dunno-ness. I have to be as I Dunno a helluva a lot! hehe. Great post, Janet. And I love the endless knot picture. I gotta look that up. HUGSSS
Right back to ya!!! ♥