The discussion of Wisdom has, at least, two components:

  1. That the speaker or writer is at least of a certain age (that will be dependent on culture) and,
  1. That, the person has no age restriction. This one is because my 8 year old granddaughter can come up with pearls of wisdom missing in some adults.

This Wisdom discussion will relate to Component 1.

What is Wisdom? The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (2007) enlightens us thus:

  1. The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
    (My addition: on whatever the discussion topic is about)
  2. The body of knowledge and experience that develops within a particular society or historical period. (My addition: on the relevant topic)

History is resplendent with the life and wise accomplishments of men and women who helped create how we live today. Sadly, the amount of information via official education is negligible and yet, much of that is what has formed today’s world.
(My addition: How is a youngster and even an adult supposed to make sense of the extremes we experience today?)

So, what does the above definition actually mean? We know that each of us sees and therefore experiences the same situation differently.

Ask half a dozen people the details of an event they each witnessed at the same time, and you’ll get half a dozen different versions. They may have commonalities but that’s it.

Each of us views experiences according to
– our past experiences,
– our biases,
– our religious involvements,
– our spiritual connections,
– teachings of people of past or present influences
– and so on.

Oh, dear, what is really ours? Actually, not much!

In other words, we see things from our memory and our current model of the world.

This, of course, makes the discussion of Wisdom even more complicated. Whose wisdom is it then? Remember, Wisdom is dependent on

  1. Whether we have experienced something
  2. Whether we have knowledge about it. If we haven’t experienced it, it presupposes that we have done much research on the topic to become informed (not limited research or hearsay).
  3. So that, we can make a good judgment about it.

Whatever perspective you have on any topic, I ask the following:

  1. Let’s keep comments, opinions, and discussions clean and respectful – that’s part of Wisdom.
  2. We are all on this Earthly journey together. The energy we transmit, circulates to the furthest corner of Earth and influences events.
  3. We are all co-creators with our thoughts and actions.

Basically, we  all want the same in life.

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