Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Wisdom Is Like...
By: Donovan Baldwin
"Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it."
~ Akan proverb.
I see much on many social media sites, and the internet in general, not to pick on any one platform or group of people, about how to be wise, be great, be happy, be... well, you pick the virtue or reward.
The problem as I see it, or, at least ONE problem, is that wisdom, kindness, greatness, happiness, comes to us, unique creatures that we are, as huge masses too large to be completely understood, defined, or embraced, by one person, or, encapsulated in just a few words and images.
Still, just because we cannot have ALL should NOT mean we give up and simply don't try to have ANY.
I try, and sometimes (often) fail to be as wise, as good, as kind, as happy, as I desire to be. But, each day, I give it my best shot.
No matter how much I personally reap, I also try to share whatever happiness, kindness, goodness I can spare.
After all, I might not always have a lot myself, but, at least I can remind people that good things are out there, and they can claim their share.
Funny point about good things such as wisdom, kindness, and other such things...taking some for yourself, even hoarding them, never seems to diminish what is still available to share with everybody else.
In fact, finding some for yourself seems to create more for others.
"Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it."
~ Akan proverb.
The problem as I see it, or, at least ONE problem, is that wisdom, kindness, greatness, happiness, comes to us, unique creatures that we are, as huge masses too large to be completely understood, defined, or embraced, by one person, or, encapsulated in just a few words and images.
Still, just because we cannot have ALL should NOT mean we give up and simply don't try to have ANY.
I try, and sometimes (often) fail to be as wise, as good, as kind, as happy, as I desire to be. But, each day, I give it my best shot.
No matter how much I personally reap, I also try to share whatever happiness, kindness, goodness I can spare.
After all, I might not always have a lot myself, but, at least I can remind people that good things are out there, and they can claim their share.
Funny point about good things such as wisdom, kindness, and other such things...taking some for yourself, even hoarding them, never seems to diminish what is still available to share with everybody else.
In fact, finding some for yourself seems to create more for others.
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