There is a quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that reads, “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” That is exactly what it is: a single story. And from these single stories, these stereotypes, we form opinions. Opinions that we constantly want to gratify - that feeling of being correct is pure satisfaction. But why do we not challenge these opinions we hold? How will we know our opinions are correct if we have not searched for ideas that combat them - fact check, if you will?
We all have these preconceived ideas in our heads of how things are supposed to be - how places are, how people act. But, in truth, we are wrong at times. Perhaps these notions are formed because you have heard it from someone or seen it on social media. It might even be the general opinion of the time. But how do we know if it is true if we do not bother to look?
I DARE YOU TO
And although I’ve now said all this - assigned you the task of becoming the next Stephen Fry, there is something to be said about not knowing everything. There is good in being wrong, making mistakes and learning from them. Truth be told is that you never will be an expert on every little thing in life. There is something wrong, however, in not being willing to learn anything and even worse is when one pretends to know everything. The only result this breeds is closing the door to finding out what is really there.
PICK TRUTH. ALWAYS.
