You've heard that phrase: curiosity killed the cat.
I think it's meant to be a warning. Mind your own business.
So yes, curiosity killed the cat.
But if you look at the proverb, it continues: satisfaction brought it back.
And I think that changes the whole meaning of it all.
I think it means that curiosity can get you in trouble. It can also bring you back too. It can save you.
It certainly saved me. It showed me there was a whole big, wide world out there when my world seemed so small.
But sometimes, curiosity can be a place to hide.
We say, "I'm trying to understand," but what we really
mean is, "I'm not ready to decide. I don't want to carry what this decision might cost me."
Sometimes it's easier to sit inside the safety of questions than face up to what the answers might demand of us.
It's easier to stay curious forever than to finally say, "This is where I stand."
So when does curiosity move you forward? And when is it a way of hiding? Standing still?
Let me know in the comments, and check out more at jamesabrown.net.
Yes, that's jamesabrown.net.
On that note, I'm James A. Brown.
And as always, be well.
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