What Must One Know
Since I view the word “must” with some skepticism, actually nothing. Yet my expectations toward myself or others often run directionally toward reality, although I would immediately ask: at which points does one actually anchor reality?
So the expectation becomes detached from the present moment, which would suggest a certain distance from reality. But for that to be said in the first place, there would have to be another kind of reality close at hand, against which one could claim that someone is moving away from reality.
But I do not assume that. I am simply in the here and now, and what is needed arises out of itself. Or it limits itself. Yet how do I determine that limitation is needed? I think one could call that intuition.
And something else might happen as well: the observation itself could change things. Like a pair of glasses through which I look, it could become part of the present without me having intentionally influenced it.
There is also a certain fear — more among others than in me — that such an attitude somehow summons something negative and that it should therefore be avoided.
I would say, however, that this is largely a fear of losing control that sets the tone here, and fear is rarely a good advisor. That does not mean I have no fear. It is there as well — but not only that. And trying to ignore fear is a futile endeavour; fear will find its ways.
To acknowledge it and question it seems to me a better approach.
Intuition and fear sort themselves into place like this: not equal in size, not rigid — because that is not what matters in the present. What matters is recognising their influence as such.
Recognising is a good keyword, because at the moment I cannot determine much more with certainty. But that is okay. It is a journey — a journey toward the present — and along that journey things are allowed to change.
So to close the circle: one does not have to know anything, but it is good to know. And it is good to be aware of the factors that influence us. And even if everything seems complicated, it is actually quite simple. =)
Written on March 10, 2026 at 10:30. © 2026 Whisper7. All rights reserved.