{"id":478,"date":"2017-05-22T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2017-05-22T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:54:11","slug":"wisdom-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wisdom-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom: Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I told you that one day I would reflect on the wisdom I may have acquired\u00a0in my sixty-five years. Today is as good as any. Not because I sat down in front of my laptop feeling greatly wise or tremendously enlightened but because I sat down in from of my laptop today and felt just plain old.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing: I have<\/em> learned a lot, Mostly I learned that there is a lot I do not know. I wake up every day wondering what I will learn. Partly because learning\u00a0of all kinds, including\u00a0emotional and spiritual learning, is an ongoing quest. I am a naturally curious person. \u00a0I want to know. And\u00a0<\/em>I love the mystery of existence. As it is reported that Michelangelo said when he neared death, \u201cI am still learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know that I will never know it all.\u00a0I won\u2019t know it all theologically, scientifically, psychologically, spiritually or any other way. I may never even know the best recipe for a homemade strawberry cake. It never\u00a0keeps me from looking but it does caution me against landing.<\/em><\/p>\n

So the first and perhaps best bit of aged wisdom I can share is: don\u2019t ever think you know it all. Some of you might laugh because I do<\/em> know a lot of stuff and am willing to share the information whether it is about cooking, car maintenance, sheet rocking, children\u2019s literature, gardening, decorating, history\u2026 the list goes on. In my defense I would argue that I share information<\/em> not knowledge or wisdom. And in my continuing defense I\u00a0admit I am wrong if my information I have is disproved.<\/p>\n

Wisdom, on the other hand and in my experience, cannot be shared. It is discovered through the triumphs and tribulations and even the monotony of daily life. Information and good intentions don\u2019t insulate us from tragedy or success, failure or fulfillment. We\u00a0find meaning and wisdom by living our lives. The more full out you live the more opportunity to increase in\u00a0wisdom.<\/p>\n

I, myself, get wiser when I make mistakes. That\u2019s the kind of learner I<\/em> am. I may push back, kicking and screaming, but eventually, in making sense of my mistakes, I learn. Maybe you will become wise in other ways. But if you are like me then here is some information<\/em> I can pass along: try not to hate yourself when you screw up.\u00a0It’s your best shot at getting wise.<\/p>\n

More later\u2026<\/p>\n