Albertooooo!

I find it absolutely astounding how little I truly know. It might be easy for me to look back at my educational success, my GPAs and SATs and convince myself that I'm a profoundly wise and knowledgable individual. But to do so would be ignorant and naive beyond comprehension.

The fact is, I could easily go through every remaining day of my life and find multitudes of new information to learn. Just going to a new, difficult class and looking through the book is a wake up call. I have so much to learn in life.

But to look at that observation as strictly pertaining to book knowledge, as I've thus far described it to be, would be a severely narrow-minded approach. Whereas that book knowledge may help me with a job in the future, it is undoubtably the least important wisdom to possess.

For example, I have always been shy, especially around older people, and somehow I've managed to make it through life being manipulative enough to convince my parents to assist me in many assertive actions I must take. But I've learned recently that there really is no reason to be afraid. And furthermore, I am fully capable of dealing with all of these situations without assistance. In reality, if I had continued to stay passive and avoid any possible confrontation, I would have been royally screwed over for housing next year. This may not be book knowledge, but is certainly an important lesson to learn in life.

From this point forward, I will try to view life with my eyes fully open, looking for anything from which I can learn. But don't get me wrong. I know there is much more in life than being all knowing. And in all honesty, I really don't see myself as being an incredibly intelligent individual anyway; I just have this unfair ability to get by where others struggle.

Anywhoodle, thanks to Alberto, today is a fantastic day to pursue that desire to obtain more knowledge and study. So that is what I shall do. Enjoy your day friends.