Firstly, and to be honest, I know we will all agree that this curiosity of a thing has driven some of the greatest discoveries and inventions the world has ever known. But also, curiosity can be harmful, just like fire which is helpful when controlled but can be harmful when left to spread out. Our curiosity atimes drags us in things and places we should never have ventured into. We just want to know, saying its our of curiousity and not minding the harm and whatever it is we are digging up, we fail to understand that the line between curiosity and invasion which when crossed might be very destructive.
There are times people did up others or their partners phone, why, just out of curiousity, to know what he/she is up to, they say they just want to check something, that something would later lead to a big thing, a big thing that migjt break bonds, break trust, and even respect. Sometimes we want to know things just for the sake of knowing, not because it benefits us in any way. That’s when curiosity becomes toxic. It eats away at relationships, it builds insecurities and also brings about doubt.
Also, there’s the curiosity that pulls into trends and gossip. We want to know who’s dating who, who got fired, who failed at something, what happened, how it happened and all. We just don't really mind prying into other peoples live and eating on their misery or mistakes. We forget that behind those sweet juicy stories are real people with real feelings. It’s even worse now with social media, where everybody’s life is more of a book and we eagerly flip the pages. Things like this ruin friendships, and at the end of the day when it turned the other way round and turn2d on us, we act surprised.
There are also things, maybe many, maybe not, I won't mention so you won't be curious, smiles. But there are times curiosity drives us to question certain things, things that are better left unquestioned, we just poke at scars, dig up past traumas, the thing is, some things are just better left buried, not that they are not important, they are, but questioning, reopening and digging them up would do more harm than good. You don’t need to know the dark part of someone to love or respect them. You don’t need to unravel every mystery to feel at peace. Some answers aren't just meant to be known.
Writing now, I need to add that, its not always about others, sometimes its about us, we are curious about certain things that mess us up personally. We go ahead to look and search for the truth we cannot handle. The more we pry, the more it gets getting deeper, the more we get confused and broken. Curiosity is one that just crave answers, not minding the cost, the consequences, the danger and all.
I would like to conclude that, curiosity is neither good nor bad, how we handle it or control it makes the difference. Just because we feel we can know something doesn’t mean we should. Sometimes choosing not to know or dig is a sign and an act of maturity. We need to set boundaries for ourselves while respecting that of others too. We can’t control our urge to be curious, but we can decide what to do with it. We can choose to let some questions go unanswered and to let some mysteries stay the way it is ..."mysterious". There's a next time, and next time curiosity pops up about a certain thing, there's the need to really think about it and not let it have the best part of us, we should weigh it a consequences and see if digging to know is really worth it. Theres peace in letting go.
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