Protect Your Peace ⚠️

Some people operate in ignorance and it shows in their conversation, their skill set, their manners, their delivery, their behavior, lifestyle, etc. You could blame it on being half-raised, lack of education, a deterrence of life experiences, or purely choice in decision-making but whatever the reason...you must by any means necessary protect your peace. 

Protection of your peace could mean various forms of disengagement or abandonment. If you continue to remain in the presence of ignorance, you, yourself begin to feel void of logical thinking and reasoning. You could begin to question your own sanity.

A warning ⚠️ Don’t be fooled. Ignorance will mask itself behind jokes, questionable banter, or flat out wrong statements. Ignorance can be rude, crude, and cocky. Ignorance has no age limit! Don’t think for a moment that life experiences or years of experience reshapes ignorance believing that only adds to a greater shock value. 

You could attempt to “fight” ignorance at all costs, but just be mindful that even the Bible speaks multiple times of ignorance; one that I pulled is Ephesians 18 “They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.” 

I include scripture because it’s important to know ignorance has been around and will continue to be around; the honest truth is to just protect your peace from ignorant thinking, actions, intolerance, speech, plans, etc.

Remember disengage or abandon. To disengage it MUST be a conscious effort. Actually focus and turn your energy into something else. Disengagement is primarily used in the moment for a quick resolution, actually the better word would be dissolution. You ordinarily won’t get resolution from the mind or mouth of an ignorant person so don’t hold your breathe! However, an ignorant person can’t continue a conversation with themselves (actually they can and will but as long as you consciously disengage they’ll only talk to themselves for so long before they shut up.) 

Abandonment is another conscious effort but it has specific fidelity and finality that gives you sustained peace! It’s lasting...because once you abandon ignorance you are truly free! It takes me back to the idea that unlocking the door to bondage is education, reading a book. Even another scripture being, “people perish for lack of knowledge” Your peace is protected! 

I could go on and on, but I won’t. 

One thing I know but these three things fo sho’ (for sure) 

1. Ignorance is NOT bliss! 

2. Either disengage or abandon ignorance!

3. Protect your peace!