The People We Meet on Our Journey All Will Teach Us Something

What I Know about The People We Meet on Our Journey

You will meet many people along this journey and each and every one of them can teach you something.

You will meet those with varying degrees of knowledge and varying degrees of certainty about their knowledge. It ranges from informed to uninformed and from ignorance to arrogance but each person can teach us a great deal. That is - provided you know this simple fact.

You will meet those who simply know, which is just one step down from those who confidently know that they know. There are those, of course, who also know that you know they know. But you must also be ready for those who think they know but actually don’t know. That is a scary situation and I would urge a bit of extra caution.

But you will meet people who really don’t know and even meet people who know you know they don’t know. It’s always okay not to know. Offer help to those who don’t know as best as you can - provided you know.

Keep in mind that not everyone you meet will know that you know if indeed it’s the case that you do know. So let others know you know when it’s appropriate and put your knowledge to good use if you find yourself in this situation. Knowledge can change the world.

Not knowing is always okay. In fact, this is a far better state to be in than what people get themselves into when they really don’t know that they don’t know. That too is a scary situation and I would urge a bit of extra caution.

You will meet plenty who know that you know or at least think that you know. But there will be many too who really, really, really hope that you know. These people count on you. Just do your best.

Sometimes you will meet those who know you don’t know. That’s quite okay as it’s always okay not to know. One must never be too concerned in this situation. There will be quite a handful that you’ll meet who don’t know that you don’t know. Be respectful to your fellow human in this situation.

I know it’s a strange world and I hope that you know this too. But everyone can teach you something that you truly need to know.