You never know where you’ll find new knowledge. It can come from unexpected places, at unexpected times, and in unexpected ways. It can come through a book, a movie, a trip, even a casual conversation. You never know when, where, or how you might find a useful nugget that sticks with you or leads you down a new rabbit hole of discovery.

It’s also true though that much of our suffering comes from our desire for and struggle with trying to have everything figured out. It’s not that we shouldn’t desire answers or seek them, but that we need to be comfortable not finding all of them.

We also need to be comfortable being wrong. We have a tendency to attach our identity to the things we think we know. If anyone disagrees with us, it’s as though they’ve attacked us and we feel compelled to defend our position as if we’re defending our self-worth.

Being comfortable being wrong also makes us less likely to feel superior to others when they don’t know the same things we think we know.