I believe that wisdom is a trait a person accumulates..
It is not something that is passed down to you through genetics, through a will, or something that you study/graduate with..
For it's not something your parents, or anyone can teach you..
Essentially, "الي ما ايعلمه أمه وابوه اتعلمه الأيام والليالي"
So hence, there are things that your parents never teach you, such as the fact that a lot of people "ما فيهم خير" or like Fastidious Babe once twitted "The least reliable investment is that in people"and that "مو كل امدلقم يوز", and the whole "الحق امبتشينك ولا تلحق امفرحينك"..
For let's face it, no matter how many times your parents might have mentioned those lessons/quotes/proverbs/fables (**essentially things aimed to make you think critically and learn life lessons) you never seem to really pick them up and go on despite those valuable tips..
And then like always, "ما طار طير وارتفع إلا وقع", SMACK you get knocked down, get a scar/bump/bruise that will forever remind you of that valuable bit of advice that you overlooked..
Hence, in the spirit of spreading the wisdom/advice around and equipping others with the safety measurements and precautions needed to live this so called life, I- Baroque- am a big advocate of talking about your experiences and things that you went through with others especially people younger than you..
In fact I believe that it's not just a "do", it's a "must", for in the end don't we all eventually "learn from other people's mistakes and experiments/interactions."
We wouldn't have known about gravity, if that apple hadn't fallen on Newton's head, nor any of the zillion other things scientists/theorists/researchers experience and record; which eventually gets passed along to us in the form of books, research papers, theories, fables or even a simple proverb..
Spread the knowledge.
You never know when you might one day benefit from it,
xx
Baroque
Ps. Thank you's: some long overdue, others still on their way and some still waiting to be mailed.
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Nice entry.
But I have to disagree with what you said at the start. Wisdom is not an acquired trait but rather, an inherent one. There's a clear distinction between Knowledge and Wisdom. The former is quantitive, whereas the latter isn't. Wisdom is a capacity-one that allows us to apply "knowledge" to life. You get more "Knowledgeable" with experience- experience doesn't make one wise-or wiser, just more Knowledgeable.
Kissmyshades..
Great addition :)
I agree, but when I say wisdom I sort of infer that which is the result of "being there and seeing that",
But yes, I have to say I agree with u too xx
Exactly Bar-ook!
I burned, scared, stabbed; then motherdear goes like: "I told you so".
no sweet little one, I AJS the lord of "qar9aat"
it so happens that i tweeted this today too: "No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts." -Krishnamacharya << and i really blv in it.. hearing about an experience gives u an idea of how things can work or not.. but living it and learning from it is what gives u wisdom.. u can spread the knowledge but not the wisdom .. x
luv the post, brings us down humbly in a very real way. but i think that some wisdom cannot be passed on, that some mistakes have to be made in order for people to really get the "wisdom" that experience leaves you behind with. you have to live some things to really let them sink in. i like to call it post operative. somehow is, dont u think?
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