Is ignorance really bliss? Learning to ignore things might just help us live more care-free lives
Every day we face small and large tribulations and the external noise fills our mind with voices that disturb our inner peace, creating anxiety, stress, and depression.
We find ourselves having to deal with "toxic" situations and people, while our spirit wants to fly beyond the chaos, to recover some time for ourselves.
We cannot always control events, but there is one thing we can do to live better, namely, learn to ignore.
Ignore the erroneous questions. It is useless to question ourselves too much on issues that will have unpleasant responses or that do not have an answer yet.
Ignore insecurities. Being convinced of one's own path and aware of one's own value is essential for living peacefully and working effectively. Doubting one's own abilities, one's own choices is the first step towards certain failure. What we desire can never come true if we are not the first to really believe in it.
Ignore those who have ignored us. In the course of life, it may happen to share time, projects, emotions and feelings with people who do not appreciate us and who have chosen to reject us. So we must learn to let go of the memory without pain or regret, without remembering what is not there anymore or what has never really existed.
Ignore criticism. Constructive advice is very different from a destructive and gratuitous remark. Often those who comment negatively on our actions do so simply out of envy because they are afraid to dare and would like to condemn us to the same unhappy inactivity. Limits and rules do not apply to everyone, just as our experiences are not all the same. We have to decide what is best for us without being influenced by anyone.
Learning to ignore is a difficult and challenging art because even if many things slow us down or hurt, it is easier to just carry the weight and leave open wounds.
The secret is to start with the little things and continue to follow up with the bigger ones; train yourself to ignore, discipline yourself to let things slide, and to not let the past become too cumbersome for the present.
Understanding how and when to let go is often essential to winning the game of life. Or we will continue to suffer until we let ourselves be destroyed, or we finally begin to ignore and start really living.
