Ignorant Bliss
Ignorant Blissg
What we avoid doesn't disappear. It grows.
sent by Krystal Chryssomallis | April 20, 2026
""I would rather live in hard truth than ignorant bliss."
Hi Friend,
I have looked away from things I already knew. More than once.
Not out of denial exactly, but out of that very human hope that if I didn't fully acknowledge something, it might resolve itself without me having to face it.
It never did.
And I don't think I'm alone in that.
Most of us have something we're giving time to. A situation we're calling complicated when deep down we already know what it is. A feeling we keep brushing past because naming it would make it real. We tell ourselves we're being patient. What we're actually doing is letting the weight grow.
The truth doesn't wait. It's always there, present and patient, even when we aren't ready for it. And the longer we leave it unacknowledged, the harder it becomes to face.
While ignorant bliss can feel wonderful in the moment, the thing we're afraid of often happens anyway. The only question is how much room we have left to move when it arrives.
Sometimes, it's time to just rip the bandaid. Facing it is hard. But it is never as hard as what we carry trying to avoid it. And it gives you something avoidance never can — the chance to choose how you navigate what comes next, whether you do anything differently or not.
When I sense something in a relationship, a situation, a partnership, I ask for truth. I ask that it reveal itself and I stay open to receiving it. Then I trust the unfolding. Because the truth always comes out.
It will for you too.
I would rather live in hard truth than ignorant bliss.
What do you already know, that you haven't let yourself fully know yet?
With love,
Krystal ♥️
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