6.01.2010

Make peace with your own ignorance.



I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

~Socrates

When I first began reading Plato about 11 years ago, I was frustrated beyond belief. I thought I would never grasp any of his ideas. However, the people I knew who did grasp his ideas took so much delight in it that I continued reading, looking for some type of deeper connection with that ancient text. As the years went by, slowly I began to understand, and the more his words made sense the paradoxes and mysteries only multiplied.

The old adage "So close yet so far"comes to mind.

It seems so simple, most humbling things often do.