Just thought I'd share what I found in my fortune cookie. (I know, fortune cookies are inviting demons, just like Lucky Charms cereal 😜) Well actually it's more of a proverb, like most of them are nowadays:
"As one grows to understand life less and less, one learns to live it more and more."
This is definitely true with many of us. As JWs, we were enticed with absolute truth taught by an organization. When things contradicted this premise, many of us had to suppress the logical side of our minds, which led to great confusion, distress and anguish. Now, knowing that it isn't "The Truth" brings me, not fear of the unknown, but liberation. I can't know everything, NOBODY can know everything. And that is A-OK! Instead of stress from trying to MAKE things fit into a convoluted and flawed framework, the world is now a much bigger place. I'm free to use my own God-given mind to take things as I see them and progress, learning more as I go (because there will always be more to learn), and not fearing someone trying to control the conclusions I draw.