The common curse of mankind,

Folly and ignorance,

Be thine.

Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida II,3

IGNORANCE is indeed a curse, and there are people who know not, and know not that they know not. And yet, they act as if they know everything, even as they wallow in the quagmire of their ignorance. The same applies to people who are in denial. They see all the evidence around them, feel it breathing down their neck, hear it, can almost touch and taste its bitterness, and yet choose to deny its very existence. Some bury their heads in the sand and think that if they don’t see the problem, then it will go away. Is this what they call a fool’s paradise, or is it just that ignorance is bliss?

Whichever way you cut it, whether you are ignorant to the facts, or are shown the facts but deny their existence, the result is the same… you are cursed with the folly of your ways. So many people live in denial, especially from actions of those close to them. Every mother thinks that her son or daughter is the best, even when she’s faced with the hard evidence that the child is worthless. Remember also, every mother thinks that it’s the other members of the marching band in the parade who are out of step, and not her son. That’s denial, and we’ll examine it more right after some feedback to “I am wife” and “what makes men happy”.

So true, Teerob,

But I wonder, though, why is it that after they become wives, they change, transform? If they were slim, they get fat and barrel-shaped; if they were humble, they get all of a sudden, so hostile. If they were submissive… oh my word. Lord help us to decide, PLEASE!! As the Good Book said, “Who can find a virtuous woman?”

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