I used to think I knew something about something, but now I’m convinced I know nothing about anything. I’m generalising, I know. But I think you understand.
The older I get, the more I live, the more experiences I have, the more I believe that we all are secretly, surreptitiously aware. That the more we learn, the less we know. And yet, so many of us pretend that we are experts, knowledgeable, logical, perceptive. We would never admit to being clueless.
But still, the vast majority of us understand that our knowledge has limitations. We don’t know it all. You know?
Just don’t say it out loud.
That would be unfathomable. To admit to the world, that you might just be a person who knows a little, but not a lot. Perhaps a thing or two.
One thing I think almost all of us know by now, is that if something doesn’t work, turn it off at the wall and on again. That might solve the issue. Maybe.
No one can know everything about everything. And that’s why we need each other. That’s something.
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Justene Musin”s writing has appeared in Macrame, Waffle Fried, Landfall, Quadrant, and elsewhere. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
