I had a small ah-ha moment today, clarifying something that I've wondered about for some time. A person that I'd accredited with significant knowledge had been out-foxed in the recent past. And I'd wondered why and how. It's not a thing one can ask directly about either - "Tell me how you were so blinded to this obvious situation please.."
Today I learned why and therefore how, and it was telling. Not so much about them and their situation, but rather about me.
I'd forgotten that I shouldn't associate something that I know to be true with someone else, simply because I respect them and believe them to be quite bright. I'd forgotten that we are each a product of our experience and that's what makes us individuals. "Smart" isn't a uniform standard, rather it's an ability to deal critically and with wisdom upon that which we have experience, combined with an ability to bring to any situation an understanding and curiosity about what we don't know. In my own desire to see how smart-ness had failed the person, I wasn't very smart myself.
I do love getting bitten by irony.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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