Wisdom comes from grasping the cycles of our past experiences, relating them to the present, and using that knowledge to prepare for the future. Taking responsibility for our actions and emotions is critical: children blame others for their feelings. Adults know that their perceptual filters control their inner world if they are not VERY careful. Knowledge is the points on a circle, wisdom is intuiting the radius and being able to project the curve beyond the point of sight. This is why children can be very smart, but only rarely wise. And also why their wisdom, when it comes, can be so startling and deep.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Wisdom: An Endangered Natural Resource
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So true. I have seen wisdom in children, as when my then five year old daughter noted that the people who were friendly with her at a restaurant were not being friendly with 'her', but just with a little girl. But it does not happen very often, and it needs to be encouraged, somehow.
Of course, I often tease people much younger than I that wisdom sets in at age 40.
Most cultures would agree with you that wisdom sets in at 40--beyond peak breeding years (for women) or testosterone flush (for men). Unpoisoned by our hormones, clarity begins to set in...
Amen! when we get old we desire to have the same wisdom and experience when we were young hahaha
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