740. Can being Ignorant be considered Innocence???????

Innocence is the lack of knowledge as in a child, while Ignorance is the lack of capacity to absorb knowledge may be whether intentional or otherwise. A child is an icon of innocence and is rightly called an “angel” at that stage of its life. At that age they reflect ethical clarity, lack of remorse and lack of knowledge. When they make mistakes without knowing the consequential outcome, they are forgiven but warned not to commit the same nuisance.

Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. It's similar to innocence in some ways, because innocence can mean a lack of knowledge and understanding about the world. But there are distinct differences. Innocence is an optimistic term signifying inexperience and purity. There is some sort of solace in being innocent; if we happen to see the world today we would want our children to be innocent for as long as possible before they are spoiled by knowledge of the horrible things that are happening in the world. We idealize as elders the memories when we were young and innocent when we used to believe in all the stuffs which would make us happy and day dream.

On the other hand ignorance is that which imply to access of knowledge that isn't made use of. It's a term that can be applied to people who lack ability to understand matters that are more relevant in life, but are too lazy or don’t bother to learn. However we are fortunate that in this age information is fed to us by means of books, the internet, TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Lack of enthusiasm to know something that everybody else keeps track of, makes us seems as if we haven't bothered to learn about it.

There is up gradation of new information, ideas, technologies and strategies, in our jet speed world which needs us to be well connected with others. Unawareness of these connections may mean a missed opportunity. A well linked and diverse network annihilates ignorance. So we need to assess better networks that help us sustain in our success journey.

We cannot afford to be ignorant of things around us as we are living in a society. The only way to get rid of our ignorance is to get updated with the help of say, interacting with people, or reading about what has to be known, or ask for the answers from others. The main setback for us to know things is inhibition or arrogance. Inhibition can be taken care by joining to some personality development courses, but to handle arrogance is the tough task which needs to be looked in with high priority.

“IGNORANCE is not an offense but continuation of it IS”