I KNOW NOTHING

The more I’ve allowed myself to not have all the answers, the more life has begun to open up for me. Why? Because knowing it all can quietly close down the doors that humility keeps open.

I heard an alternative perspective on humility from Matthew Mcconaughey recently on Jay Shetty’s podcast. He talks about humility being the ability to have an accurate observation of oneself.

Being able to look at our flaws — our weaknesses — cleanly and clearly.

It’s not about thinking less of ourselves, and more about remaining teachable, adaptable, and honest with ourselves. The moment we believe we’ve figured life out, we stop listening. We stop exploring. We stop growing.

The interesting thing is that growth often comes through connections I never expected to make. One book leads to another. One conversation changes my perspective. One piece of music opens an emotional world I didn’t have the language for before.

One heartbreak deepens our compassion. One failure introduces us to an entirely different version of ourselves. Life becomes richer when we stop trying to dominate it with certainty and start relating to it with curiosity.

Just like a child. I want to be more ‘childish’.

This “parallel universe” exists everywhere — not just in art. It’s in people, philosophy, relationships, nature, business, spirituality, grief, masculinity, love.

The more I’ve softened my grip on needing to know everything, the more the natural unfolding of things has revealed itself in layers. And strangely, that openness hasn’t made me weaker — it’s made me more alive.

Final thought; confidence and humility can coexist. We can be a work-in-progress and full of ourselves at the same time. We can know our value while still remaining open.