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  • "Confusion Leads to Understanding"
  • by Paula Sales
  • Confusion is what I am feeling right now. Though the objective is clear, I feel confusion for I do not know if I can define an emotion. You may be thinking"Impossible! Everyone has emotions so anyone can define an emotion."
  • True, I may have emotions but sometimes I do not think I have enough experience to define any emotion. Moreover, I question whether I have any emotions that are not catalyzed or brought out by others or external stimuli. I know myself better than anyone else and I know that my emotions mimic the emotions of people around me or are greatly affected by the environment. However, I do feel confusion more often than I feel any other emotion.
  • Confusion is experienced by everyone. It is even experienced even by those who have the high IQ. It is experienced by leaders who constantly assure us that they know what they are doing. It is experienced by infants who still are trying to figure out how to effectively communicate his needs. It is experienced by teachers who do not know why a student does not value his or her education while children in other countries do not even dream about such privilege . It experienced by high school graduates who are filling out their college applications. It is experienced by the boy who is doing all he can for the girl he loves and even hinting yet the girl still places him in the 'friend zone.'
  • More over, as we continue to age and learn, we continue to have the tendency to be confused. For example, in school, we learn but we do not feel like we are learning because we are confused. We are confused because all the information is new and sometimes even foreign. We should not let any new knowledge overwhelm us. Instead, we should fear not being confused. If nothing confuses us, then we are in our comfort zone and we are not pushing ourselves to our full potential. We are then allowing our minds to settle and be dormant. We resort to merely living and no longer existing.
  • Confusion is what helps us grow. Sure, curiosity may have killed the cat but the curiosity is what tested the cat's character. That cat was brave and hungered for understanding. I do not know about you but I definitely have more respect for the brave cat who risked his life just for the sake of knowledge then the cat who is still alive because it played it safe.
  • Confusion may not be a pleasant feeling but it has pleasant effects if we make an effort to reduce that confusion. No one likes the feeling of not knowing enough so why choose to be forever labeled as one of those who does not know enough. Am I saying, is it possible to know everything? Definitely not! However, it is possible to reduce the probability of you feeling incompetent if you are successful with getting rid of your previous feeling of confusion.
  • In my opinion, I think this unsettling feeling of confusion is experienced until we die and depending on what your beliefs are, maybe even in your 'after-life' you'll be confused. I think it is an inevitable feeling and we should blame ourselves for this feeling. Numerous aspects of society are subjective. Our values differ between families. The values themselves could also be interpreted in different ways. All the systems that we belong eventually clash at some point in our life and we cannot help but feel confused. We then find ourselves in dilemmas. Questions fill our minds. Should I protect myself first or should I do what is right and protect others? Should I believe something is true or acceptable though my religion says otherwise? Who should I believe? Is anyone or any system right?
  • No one will ever know who is right and who is wrong. If ever that were to occur, that individual must know everyone and everything. They must know not just their name but their histories, feelings and is able to sympathize with all of them. That individual must know their thoughts, thoughts that they may not even verbally express and even thoughts can be suppressed, nonetheless, that individual must know it all. No one being, except a higher power, will know and understand everything.
  • So, next time you are getting frustrated because you do not understand remember that being confused is normal. Being able to be confused can even be seen as a human trait. The feeling of confusion should not have negative connotation because the more confused you are the more information you were probably exposed to. One should see every confusion as an opportunity to learn more and better oneself. You may forever be confused and never know everything but at least you are unconsciously forming and broadening your own and unique perspective. Initially, I was confused. I was confused with emotions and even stated that I mimic emotions.
  • I made the effort to attempt to define an emotion and did not let my own confusion overwhelm me. I did not let it keep from completing the task at hand. Whether I was successful or not in defining the emotion in my own way, I definitely learned. I learned that I did have enough experience to define an emotion somehow. I also learned that I am capable of possessing an emotion with or without the presence of another person's emotion. Hence, I broadened my own perspective and further developed my understanding through this incidence of confusion.

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