What I Believe
What I Believe
I have come to believe, in my life, that the most important thing of all, in life, is wisdom. With wisdom, all of the other good things life has to offer are there.
My life has always been a search for wisdom in many ways. When I was a child, I looked to my parents for the wisdom to know the difference between right, and wrong. I looked to my parents, to help me find my path through childhood.
As a teenager, I looked to the many books I read, to understand the world I lived in, and found what wisdom I could from them. In school, I looked to my teachers, but although they had plenty of truths, there were few concrete answers to true wisdom. Like many teenagers, I had many questions, but few real answers I could understand.
As a young man, I looked to the world for the answers, the wisdom to understand the people around me. I looked to books once again, but most of all I looked to real people.
Then, as an adult, I began to understand the nature of wisdom. Wisdom isn’t just how much we learn about everything else in our world. Wisdom is about how we view ourselves in our world. Wisdom is about us.
I have found that there is no short path to wisdom. In our youth, we always believe that we know all the answers, when we rarely even know the right questions to ask. As we grow in our lives, we learn that sometimes knowing what questions to ask is as important as the answers.
I have never reached the age to where I could be called truly wise, nor do I expect to. I expect to learn throughout my lifetime, about myself, and about my world.
What I have discovered, is that wisdom needs to be shared. Some of us do have a measure of wisdom. To keep that knowledge to ourselves would be wrong. Sharing our knowledge, and wisdom with others, makes wisdom of value.
A philosopher might say, that wisdom is the “Greatest Good”, and to this I would say that wisdom is the most important thing of all. With wisdom, comes the knowledge of ourselves, and the knowledge of how we fit into this life. Unshared wisdom; however, is as if it never were.
October 4th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
How beautifully stated this is! The choir says, “Amen!”.
October 4th, 2005 at 5:11 pm
A person will always learn throughout his whole lifetime. You start learning from the day you are born till the day you die. Wisdom is a very important thing, and it’s too bad that there are people in this world that do not know what to do with the knowledge they have gained.
You my friend are a wise man and should be proud of who you are. People gain knowledge everyday, but it is how they put it to use that will determine how truly wise they are. If there were more people in this world like you, it would certainly make it a better place to live.
I am very glad that my children have used their knowledge wisely and have gained from it. 8 of them have anyway. 2 have strayed, but they chose the wrong path. They were taught right from wrong, but as adults they chose to live a way that we did not teach them, but with influences and weak minds they are now paying for their mistakes. I only hope that these 2 will reflect on their past and become better people.
I am proud of the 8 that have become good citizens in their communities and have accomplished what they have. They will learn a great deal throughout their lives and will nurture from it and so will their children. My grandchildren. Learning begins at home, and then you learn from the rest of the world.
October 4th, 2005 at 7:53 pm
Thank you Robin
I am more proud that I can have people like you to count as friend Ma. Your children too have the benefit of your own wisdom and outlook on life. Those who have recognized the right path have prospered in their lives. Those who have not may yet someday… wisdom sometimes takes a kick in the pants too
DB
October 7th, 2005 at 6:54 am
Another fantastically written post DB! WOW! I really liked this one. ( I know I sound real deep. Sorry) I just wanted to express how much I enjoy reading posts like this.
3T
October 7th, 2005 at 8:04 am
No need to be sorry 3T
One of the reasons I post is for all of you to Enjoy 
Thank you.
October 7th, 2005 at 8:17 am
I’ve a need to share that this is the writing that 18 classmates and one Professor physically bowed to DB after he presented it.
October 8th, 2005 at 1:13 am
Beautifully done, DB. I’ve found that one way to impart that kind of wisdom is to first recognize when others (especially kids) say or do someting wise and you make special note of it for them.
October 8th, 2005 at 1:35 am
Thank you Bud… maybe one day something I’ve written will mean something to a young person.