The Quiet Space

Saying “I don’t know” is one of the most freeing sentences in the whole world (imo). We don’t have to know the answer to everything all the time and my, oh my, what a relief that is😅. “I don’t know” allows us to be life-long students of this beautiful thing called life. It takes the pressure off when you know that it’s not up to you to have it all figured out. Saying “I don’t know” helps us to be vulnerable with one another, and maybe creates some empathy in us when we realize that all of us are new to being this exact age in this space & time, and maybe just maybe we all are doing the best we can even if we think “they” could do better. We live in a world that often values certainty over curiosity, expertise over exploration. There’s an unspoken pressure to always have an answer—to fill the silence with something, anything, rather than admit that we don’t know. But what if “I don’t know” wasn’t a sign of weakness or ignorance? What if it was an invitation? I don’t know….🤷🏽‍♀️