Ignorance = Bliss?

Is there such a thing as too much information? Ignorance is bliss right? What do you do in life when you start to dive too deep and really start to see what's going on in the country and the world? When I started to read what is in the food I was eating, and what they did to the meat I was eating, I changed my eating habits drastically. But every time I change something about myself, it seems groups of people start to disconnect from me. For example I don't have an issue with people who choose to eat meat, but for some odd reason people get very upset and want to debate with me about why I choose (for myself) not to eat meat. Soon I became alienated from those who just want to ridicule my life style. I suppose I separated myself from a group of people. This same group of people doesn’t want to know what types of chemicals are being fed to their beef and chicken. They don't want to see it, don't want to hear it, and don't want to deal with it. They would rather blissfully consume without any thought to the consequence. I think I would rather be informed of what it is, then make a decision on how important of an impact it would have on my life. Instead of “just don't tell me so I won't have to know."

Then there is the whole relationship and dating thing. I know soooo many women who have relationships with men who consistently dog them out, and men who consistently date women who are extremely possessive and overbearing. The only problem is these are the same qualities that those people consistently complain about. I decided to recognize my own issues and explore why I am attracted to negative qualities in men instead of dealing with one loser after another and complaining about it. Thus, I lost another group of people. I soon found out that people don't want to hear actual ways to help a bad dating situation; they want to blissfully keep having bad dating situations to talk about. So when I no longer had bad dates to talk about those people didn't want to talk to me.

Government conspiracies.... “I don't want to know, nothing I can do about it so don't tell me."


Constitutional injustices..." Nope, don't wanna know, I'll just pay income taxes blissfully so I won't go to jail."


Bad unfaithful relationships..."Oh I don't care if you saw him kissing another woman, we REALLY love each other, he just tells me I'm too good for him to be with right now."


Now I don't claim to have all the answers...really none of the answers. But I do know I will continue to be informed and make informed decisions for myself. And if that means I can no longer relate to a large population of people then so be it. Ignorance is not bliss for me!