I’ve been reading The TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey. He talks about ignorance and it strikes a nerve with me.

Ramsey says “ignorance is not a lack of intelligence; it is a lack of know-how.” In other words, if I am ignorant about something, then I simply don’t “know-how” to do it. So then wealth ignorance means I don’t “know-how” to create or keep wealth. I simply haven’t learned to pay cash for what I want instead of using credit for everything. I simply haven’t learned to live debt free yet, because I haven’t been truly exposed to what it means.

Faith ignorance means I don’t “know-how” to faith in every area of my life. I haven’t been exposed to the true & simple, practical application of the Gospel to my everyday situations. I just don’t “know-how” to do it YET. But the beauty about being alive is that we can learn. For example, we can learn what love really is so that we are no longer so ignorant with relationships. When we learn to pay attention to what is real and stop ignoring what is clear & present danger in our relationships or finances or on our jobs (and the list goes on), we find freedom.

In my humble opinion, the most commonly used solution to problems that we don’t want to face is ignorance, excuse me, I mean IGNORING them. Chances are that you’ve done this before in some area of your life, I know I have:

1. I have ignored bills until “later (whatever that is)” or “tomorrow” until the late fees added up to a designer outfit that I never bought because I ignored my way into a mini-mess; and
2. I have ignored the rage and anger an “ex” until that rage was slapping me upside my head, wringing my neck, and breaking my heart; and
3. I have ignored pain in my body feeling like I was “too busy (what is that?)” to address it until I was picking my gluteus maximus up off the floor and

the list could go on and on, but that is enough about me and my mess. What about you?

What have you been ignoring and what are you going to do about it? Don’t be ignorant about a bad relationship, your jacked-up finances or your health–pay attention, make a decision, move on, and live well. It’s time to get some “know-how.”

MizJAI . . . refusing to be ignorant, seeking the answers she needs and insisting on living well