Have anyone ever told you “never be too eager to find out a secret; it might change your life forever”? Well, if the answer is no, then let me tell u now.

“Never be too eager to find out a secret. It might change your life forever”

Sometimes, the temptation to find out secrets or details (previously unknown) can be disastrous. Sometimes (rarely), does it work to be a benefit or advantage. No matter what, it will definitely change something. On the softer side, it may change your perception. On a more extreme end, it may affect your principles.

There’ a song i really like by Iris Dement; covered by Natalie Merchant n 10,000 maniacs. It’s called Let The Mystery Be. There’s some sense in that, i’m sure. Certain secrets are not worth knowing, trust me. But certain unknown information may prove to work for your benefit; definitely worth knowing. Having said that, we won’t really get to weigh the worth of it until you find out about it. which by then, spoils the whole saying. The choice one makes will reflect on one’s behaviour towards risks.

In the process of deciding whether or not it is worth knowing a secret..

We get to question ourselves.. “Am i up for ’being ignorant’ about it?”… which later in the process of answering that particular question, we just might convince ourselves “ignorance can sometimes be a bliss”. Or we might simply convince ourselves that “what doesn’t kill ya makes u stronger; anything besides that is a bonus”.

How blissful is it, resisting the temptation of never knowing the one particular secret that may change your life forever to a positive note?

but,

If it doesnt kill me, yeah true enough i’ll survive and be stronger (hopefully) but will i be calm, cool, composed and collected as to prior of knowing such secret?

This whole session of questions and ultimatums if put on paper, will definitely look like a Probability Tree Diagram, the kind we see in Stats class. Rather to crack your head with all the ‘what ifs’ and ‘which one’, why don’t we just calculate the outcomes and choose the one that carries the risk weight age that suits one’s personality? I mean, that’s what Stats is all about rite? About translating an event or situation or question into mathematical structure and logical framework? The original question in the first place was assessing one’s behavior towards risks anyway.

Which brings me to thinking, who ever said Literature and Maths don’t go hand in hand together?

By the way, this has no reflection whatsoever of the events that took place today.