Understanding..

Some things are better when they aren't understood or misunderstood..

And you don't understand; you're not suppose to though...Just believe in me, I know where I'm headed..

My feeling is that I rather people learn to believe in than learn to understand me, as in, try to crack my "codes". This refers to one's personality/self, however.

Regarding situations, people will tend to say "you'll never understand what I'm going through" and things of that sort. In a way, a lot of people will. Being able to place yourself successfully into one's shoes is a good trick. Verstehen. We can learn to separate ourselves from ourselves and place ourselves in an imaginary/rehearsed situation that will reflect about 99.9% of the actual situation. We can still experience those situations in a mental fashion. The only thing we cannot feel as 2nd/3rd parties is the physical experience.

But enough of that, there's my point there ^. But to seep more into the first statement I had made, I try to steer from the "we don't want to know the truth because the truth hurts" notion. Things are better when they aren't understood because what we have that is so hard to be understood is part of what makes us unique. It's sacred to us and we cherish it more than many, if not, all things. Things are better when they are misunderstood because we then leave them knowing false answers that they think are true, thus halting their pursuit in trying to understand. That pursuit is a tough one, and is usually unsuccessful.

So, to sum up a few things, I would say that situations are better understood and are possible to be understood enough to give us that insight where we would not be considered ignorant. The physical experience is still left out, however what we as people go through mentally takes a much larger toll. We can and should pursue an understanding.

Personalities, actions, and things of that sort that shape us as unique individuals are better misunderstood or not understood at all. The pursuit of this kind of understanding is less encouraged and there truly isn't any type of benefit for actually completing this understanding. In this case, learning to believe/trust in that person is better suited.