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The word "curious" comes directly from Latin curiosus meaning "careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome," akin to cura meaning "care" which, in turn, is the root word for "curate" the "priest" who takes care of his flock.
When we are curious, we are willing to be careful: specifically, we are careful in the sense that we do not ignore what is there to be seen... what "needs" seeing, especially if we hope to understand in the fullest sense possible.
I am reminded of a verse in the Beatles' song, "Martha, My Dear": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gaa5ggYrWE
"Hold your head up, you silly girl
Look what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you
Silly girl"
What we need is very often "present" but often we do not care enough to take time -- or better yet, settle into "the eternal now" in order to realize, which is to say "to make real (to ourselves) what is there, waiting to nourish us, to fulfill our needs - chiefly the need to feel whole, to feel complete, to be satisfied because what's really around us, if we "see clearly and completely" is enough.
Or, "you can't always get what you want (often that which is wanton), but if you try sometime, you just might find, you get what you need."
Notably, Donald Trump is a famously incurious person.
He doesn't take care.
And in his carelessness, he overlooks a great deal.
A strong argument can be made that "His Malignancy" overlooks everything except his pinpoint (and pinheaded) passions for power, sex and money.
The dunce wears a pointed cap because he can't see past the very narrow concerns that make him a dunce.
The dunce is not well-rounded. Rather, he has only one point. And that one point tends to obtrude in noxious ways.
But I digress...
(Or, do I?)
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