Knowledge

For the first time you are free; free to move like the shadows, free from what you thought you knew, as your curiosity drowns your thoughts in questions. You begin to pry yourself off the floor until you’re standing on two feet, weak and shaky, but standing nonetheless. You make your way to the edge of the wall, your hand dragging across the crumbling stone to guide the way. You are at the edge now and your heart is like a series of explosions as it beats out of your chest.

“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” – Nicolaus Copernicus

In a world where access to knowledge is infinite, it’s easy to convince ourselves that we are more knowledgeable than we actually are. However, true knowledge consists of both what we know and what we do not know. Yet, it’s not always easy to draw a line in the sand between the two….