RE: Principle for Today......presented by Bleujay.....

Man I almost got lost in the pictures long enough to forget about the Principle. Seeing the ancient rocks, shifting sands and power of the water makes you think about the passage of time and things slowly changing under our noses.

'It is better to know one's ignorance than to be wrong.'

That Plato guy might have known a thing or 2 eh? For me, this one strikes back to a principal I tried to set for myself along the lines of Never Stop Learning. Knowing there is restriction in rigidity of though and an ego can get in the way of knowledge when being right is the priority. Learning can take the path of more learning along a path already being travelled, or discovering you are wrong and changing that path.

Anyhow, one's ignorance shouldn't be an insult to oneself, it should be a blindfold constantly being removed as it has a tendency to slip back down over the eyes unchecked. Willful ignorance can be lumped in with stupidity or fragility of ego but normal ignorance is well....normal!

A little humility and a mind open for change or even conflicting information is the path to wisdom. That path is not always peaceful but I would rather have my ignorance challenged than live with the bliss of being wrong or to slow my learning.