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I had a good conversation with my sons last night about not knowing things. They grew up in a small, rural town and didn't know a lot of stuff their friends did. They didn't grow up fixing cars and building stuff. They grew up playing sports and being athletes. So they were talking about being frustrated about not knowing some of the general "stuff" their farmer-kid friends knew. Then my older son said something interesting. He said, "It doesn't frustrate me any more. I can't use that as an excused. If I don't know, it's on me to learn it or figure it out." I thought that was an interesting point of view. So many times, we get lazy and blame others for not helping us enough with what we need. But not knowing something just means you don't know it. It means you can learn it or figure it out! We aren't stuck not knowing. We are given an opportunity to know. So start digging. Ask the "dumb" questions. Figure out the answer and then... you will know!
By Lisa GingerichI had a good conversation with my sons last night about not knowing things. They grew up in a small, rural town and didn't know a lot of stuff their friends did. They didn't grow up fixing cars and building stuff. They grew up playing sports and being athletes. So they were talking about being frustrated about not knowing some of the general "stuff" their farmer-kid friends knew. Then my older son said something interesting. He said, "It doesn't frustrate me any more. I can't use that as an excused. If I don't know, it's on me to learn it or figure it out." I thought that was an interesting point of view. So many times, we get lazy and blame others for not helping us enough with what we need. But not knowing something just means you don't know it. It means you can learn it or figure it out! We aren't stuck not knowing. We are given an opportunity to know. So start digging. Ask the "dumb" questions. Figure out the answer and then... you will know!