Good ol Socrates

I once had a friend quote Socrates to me, "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing".

This quote has never seemed more relevant to my life.  I have always been a mediocre student growing up.  I could probably be extremely intelligent if I wasn't so lazy and actually had a little more drive about what I was learning.  English is the only thing that has stuck with me that I truly feel passionate about (academic wise), but even in that I only do the necessary to succeed with a B average.  Lately however, I have found myself dying to learn about anything and everything, especially religion.  I think it is so fascinating to explore what other people believe about this life and the next.  It is my, among countless others, sole purpose on this Earth to devote my life here to the creator and I think that is why I have become so intrigued lately with different viewpoints surrounding the subject.  The hard part about being propelled by a new found knowledge of different belief systems is the fact that there is so much to know.  I feel like every time I get an answer it opens the door to a whole new set of questions.  Although humbling, this is extremely frustrating and only further confirms my assumption that I will be in school FOREVER.  It also begs the question: how lame would life be if we ever got to the point where there was nothing else to know?  It's really pushing me to make a conscious effort to soak in everything I can from the people around me.  Especially because of all the amazing resources that I encounter throughout my day (Jeff and Shimmy to name a few), I would be ridiculously foolish not to take advantage of the knowledge they have to offer and we know how God feels about foolish people...it's not pretty.