rod stewart's enterprise
oprah tells me to "turn wounds into wisdom". confucius says...."by three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." while good ol' st. augustine reminds me that "patience is the companion of wisdom".
who said, "ignorance is bliss"? i'm pretty sure they weren't far off. while i try ferverently to turn wounds into wisdom, i realize how much i really don't know... how much i'm not aware. i'm discovering more and more that awareness is a difficult and painful thing. still there is something in me that won't settle for bliss: this yearning for wisdom.
case and point: a friend tells me... "every six months i look back at were i was six months prior and realize how clueless i was." the funniest thing about it is that she couldn't have done anything about her cluelessness. can you picture it... well i think i'm going to go out and find some wisdom today. i'm going to figure out what is going to own my life for the next six months before hand so that i can prevent it from happening. no, rod stewart isn't singing "i'm glad that i knew what i know now when i was younger". it just doen't work that way. sometimes i ask the question: why the why the h-e not?
even though i see glimpses of how much i'm clueless about right now i can't seem to make myself wiser. i notice things about the way i am and say, "wow that is totally wrong thinking" but when those brief moments escape me i continue to think that way. i wish that i could tap more into what confucius say is the noblest and easiest ways to learn wisdom: reflection and imitation. instead i consantly turn to the bitterness of experience.
the bitterness doesn't only exist in the experience but in the reflection on that experience when phrases enter the mind like... "that was completely wrong advice" or "wow, was i judging that person ignorantly or what?"... or the pride demolishing "i'm wrong a lot more than i think i am". these phrases have been making so many guest appearances in my mind lately that they've seemed to signed a contract and become stars of the show for the next three seasons. i've got a hunch that there isn't going to be a season finale or even a last episode... and a lot of me doens't want there to be one.
it is true... socrates is right... of course he is. i know nothing really but i'm going to keep trying to learn something. in that i realize even more how much i don't know. it sounds defeating, doesn't it? yes and no because i do know something more than i did six months ago. knowledge and wisdom are very different things... which do you chose? most likely it isn't about chosing one or the other. for now James 1:5-7 sounds like a good place to start.
"the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ----socrates
who said, "ignorance is bliss"? i'm pretty sure they weren't far off. while i try ferverently to turn wounds into wisdom, i realize how much i really don't know... how much i'm not aware. i'm discovering more and more that awareness is a difficult and painful thing. still there is something in me that won't settle for bliss: this yearning for wisdom.
case and point: a friend tells me... "every six months i look back at were i was six months prior and realize how clueless i was." the funniest thing about it is that she couldn't have done anything about her cluelessness. can you picture it... well i think i'm going to go out and find some wisdom today. i'm going to figure out what is going to own my life for the next six months before hand so that i can prevent it from happening. no, rod stewart isn't singing "i'm glad that i knew what i know now when i was younger". it just doen't work that way. sometimes i ask the question: why the why the h-e not?
even though i see glimpses of how much i'm clueless about right now i can't seem to make myself wiser. i notice things about the way i am and say, "wow that is totally wrong thinking" but when those brief moments escape me i continue to think that way. i wish that i could tap more into what confucius say is the noblest and easiest ways to learn wisdom: reflection and imitation. instead i consantly turn to the bitterness of experience.
the bitterness doesn't only exist in the experience but in the reflection on that experience when phrases enter the mind like... "that was completely wrong advice" or "wow, was i judging that person ignorantly or what?"... or the pride demolishing "i'm wrong a lot more than i think i am". these phrases have been making so many guest appearances in my mind lately that they've seemed to signed a contract and become stars of the show for the next three seasons. i've got a hunch that there isn't going to be a season finale or even a last episode... and a lot of me doens't want there to be one.
it is true... socrates is right... of course he is. i know nothing really but i'm going to keep trying to learn something. in that i realize even more how much i don't know. it sounds defeating, doesn't it? yes and no because i do know something more than i did six months ago. knowledge and wisdom are very different things... which do you chose? most likely it isn't about chosing one or the other. for now James 1:5-7 sounds like a good place to start.
"the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ----socrates
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