Personal Updates

First off, a really good friend has "turned me on" to a band that has some really good songs. The bands name is The Spill Canvas. Although some of their songs might be considered "sad", I feel that a lot of them can be considered inspiring as well. Be sure to check them out, it will be worth the 99 cents or what ever it costs to "legally" download songs.

Also, this same "good friend" of mine, that "turned me on" to the previous mentioned band, and I have been hanging out a lot more frequently lately. Although I am not 100% sure of how things are going or her thoughts on the situation, I have really enjoyed spending the time with her. She is a good friend and we, or maybe just I, always have an excellent time when we are together. (Even though we didn't get to watch the whole movie she wanted to watch; but as I always say, "You'll have that sometimes.")

I currently am employed as a "customer service representative for a finical institution". That is my title for my safety, apparently. The job is relatively easy and actually each day offers me plenty of time to read or do other things I want to. This is a plus of course, but a downfall since I don't feel really productive at work

I am getting ready to purchase a "newer" car here within the next couple of weeks. Cross your fingers for me that I don't get a lemon. Which would be nice to be able to not rely on people to take you places when it is conveient for them. I also don't like riding in cars, I prefer to drive.

I recently have taken both a standard IQ test and an Emotional Intelligence test. Although I scored relatively high in both it makes me ponder some new thoughts. First off, since the late 1980's they have decided to that a high IQ is not necessarily as great as they thought. Many businesses look for high scores in Emotional Intelligence tests due to the matter of what a high score means. Emotional Intelligence is defined as the inner capacities that let us create optimal relationships with ourselves and others. The skills include using thoughts, feelings, and actions to build self-knowledge, self-management, and self-direction.

In layman's terms, emotional intelligence is being able to know why you are feeling emotions and to "control" or "override" them in a productive matter. This being said, I have pondered the thought of how easy it must be to be "ignorant". Don't get me wrong, I am happy to have scored so highly and be considered "high leveled" in terms of emotional intelligence. Also there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity.

Perhaps it is a "generalization" of my "disappointment" to mankind in general, but with as many "ignorant" people as there are in this world the average person could use more knowledge. I do not hate anyone or think that everyone is "stupid". I do think that there are a lot of people who are "ignorant" in this world. The difference between "ignorance" and "stupidity" is "stupid" is not knowing or a lack of knowledge. However, "ignorance" is not only "not knowing", but it is also a lack of care to even want to know.

This has brought me to wonder how easy it must be to be "ignorant". It also almost wants me to be able to go back to the point in my life when I was "naive" and "innocent" to the world. A time when I could only see the "good" or the "that's just the way it is" things of the world. It must be such a "carefree" life where things happen and all you think about is the fact it "must have meant to be this way". I can not do that. I will not allow myself to believe that. Although I do think that there is a reason for everything, I think it deals more with the choices "consciously" or "subconsciously" that we make. We effect or affect our own lives more than anyone will ever take credit for.

Perhaps there has to be a certain number of people who are "ignorant" and a certain number of people who are "intelligent". It allows a balance in "the machine" we call the universe. Without intelligence no one would be ignorant, and vice-versa. Just like the saying goes, "expect the unexpected". But doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?

"I think. I think I am. Therefore, I am, I think?" - The Moody Blues

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