The Need To Be Confused

by Joseph Peter Capaque

When confusion knocks at your door, you hallucinate with worry. You don't know this and you don't know that. If you don't know this, how can you proceed to the next step in life. You thought you would be doing this but when you are nearing the finish line, you realize that the path you are taking right now isn't your cup of tea.

Or you thought you know everything you have possibly known in your specialty. But here comes a beginner asking you a relevant question that even an "expert" like you can answer. You too then become confused.

In this world, for example. You get confused when all spiritual leaders claim that their respective denominations possesses true religion. You get confused when you fall in love with the same sex. You get confused when you don't know what you want to accomplish before death. you get confused asking why there is a need to be born in this world just to suffer.

Confused then worried.

Worried then frustrated.

Frustrated then lost.

It is but right to feel bad when confused but let us remember that this feeling is a good indicator that we are human, that we are not perfect, that there are still lots of things that we need to know, that this life is meant to be finite. And so, not being confused means that you are already omniscient or all-knowing. We can't be possibly be like that.

We need confusion once in a while to bring us a background check on the current reality. Most of all, we need confusion to understand that there is a divine being that is omniscient who sees events in our life as part of his climactic plan. (I don't know if that comforts you though).

When confusion comes, the best thing to do is to ride with the tide. You will become insane when you trouble yourself into finding antidotes to confusion.

(PS I am also aware that you might be confused to reading this piece)