You were always told to be smart. I want to tell you that it is not always wise to be smart.

The opposite of smart might be innocent. Choose innocence. It is better not to know everything, beloveds. It is better to not know all the angles. It is better not to calculate. It is better to come from openness rather than closedness. When you are smart, you presuppose. When you are innocent, you see things as they are. As one who is clever, you look to protect yourself. As one who is not clever, you simply see and hear, and, in so doing, you may change the whole tenor of a room.