Wisdom is conceptual knowledge plus experience. You can learn how to ride a bike or drive a car conceptually. You can learn how it works and how to control it by watching. It is totally different to actually have the experience of doing it. No one can give you wisdom. You can only gain it through your own personal experience.
Wisdom is not necessarily acquired by age. There are folks twice your age who have considerably less wisdom than yourself. There are also children who have been through enough to be, "Wise beyond their years."
So many of the sayings we have today are real jewels of wisdom that will not be recognized as so if they are not your actual experience. Words can not express the perspective of the speaker unless the listener has had the experience.
Most of these phrases are common and are considered common sense. But, "Common sense is not common." Just a few of a ton of phrases that have a lot more to them then they sound like.
- "Just to go to it can never amount to going through it."
- "There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."
- "Takes one to know one."
For more wisdom and truth, read What Is Really Good? and stay tuned!
1 comment:
So on point. From my experience, wisdom comes from within. Like when I practice my postures. Even though I might have read or seen a picture of the pose, it is not until I have practiced it for a while, or even years, more insight comes in. That knowledge that comes from experience and sheds light on what you might learn on the outside is what I call wisdom.
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