| What Is Wisdom Essay, Research Paper
What Is Wisdom?
Is it knowledge, science or just common sense? I think
it is a mixture of all these things and more. If you
look in the thesaurus these words would just be a few
that you come up with. How old do you have to be to
obtain this wisdom that so many people seek? How do
you know when you got it? There are many books written
on this subject; from the dictionary, which defines it,
to the Bible and to Socrates. It seems to me that you
gain or learn about wisdom through your life experiences.
How you deal with a situation now will help you
understand it better later on in life.
You have help along the way to gaining your wisdom.
The first contact we get is from our parents. They
help feed our thirst for knowledge. Depending how they
help mold us will determine how receptacle we are to
others who will enter our lives. The next contact we
have that can affect us are teachers. If they would
take the time to see what children can do instead of
what they can’t would really help them blossom. A
child who knows that someone believes in them will do
more than a child who has no one.
You have different paths that you can choose to take to
help you attain your knowledge. It could be
spiritual and you learn by faith. It could be science
and your are constantly reading books to learn more
about why for every action there is a reaction. Last
is could just be common sense, you just learn from
trial and error.
Wisdom might mean having a wise attitude and good sense
but how someone response to different situation might
not reflect wisdom. Not every person responds to every
situation the same so is that to say that one has
wisdom and the other does not. I think you know you
are on the right path to gaining wisdom when you learn
from your past experiences. You can also learn a lot
by observing, listening and being open-minded. If you
are constantly talking, being ignorant or doing
something you might miss an opportunity to learn.
You are never too old to learn and there is always
someone out there that knows more than you. No matter
what path we choose to go down we are constantly
learning from it and slowing gaining wisdom in
different areas of life.
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