Inspiration from the source this morning is about wisdom. Had a lot of chats about it over the weekend, so I opened my mind to the idea of wisdom this a.m. A full body warmth enveloped me in the chill of the Fall as I asked for thoughts on the subject. Wisdom, it seems, is something to strive for. Wisdom is the ability to live in the now completely, but allow the influence of the past to guide us as we respond to situations, as we make our decisions as we open ourselves completely to this life experience. But I sense that wisdom is sometimes an excuse for keeping walls up, for pushing out the potential for joy, or success or love. Ive had so many people tell me, well, that didnt work, so I gave up on it and Im trying something else. Wisdom should not be a prison, keeping us locked off from reaching out and trying to correct mistakes, to live the dream. Sure, sometimes we find that a tactic we tried to reach a goal did not work. Should we then just turn our back on the potential because there was a bad moment here and there? I think wisdom is the knowledge that listening at all times provides answers. As I grow older, I know with certainty that understand less and less. This is surely from aging and realizing that not everything people do makes sense, decisions are so often grounded in unstable emotions, fear or anger - that you cannot know what is to come, and you cannot always understand the past. What you can do, with a quiet and thoughtful heart, is look deeply into others, and listen with an open heart. Seek the beauty in every living thing. And if you are really, really lucky - youll have a moment or two to reflect that into their eyes. Dance with everyone...and dont worry if they are going to step on your toes. At my 30th reunion this weekend - I talked to people I am pretty sure I never had the guts to speak to 30 years ago. I looked in their eyes, and I found so much beauty I did not see when I was young. I told them each what I saw - and some of them were open to hearing it. If I could go back now, I would listen to each of you so much better - I would strive to just hear your hearts, I would not judge you so quickly for actions I thought I saw you take - but would talk to you and find out why. I would possibly have had a much better and happier senior year if I had done this. But is it necessary to linger back then and worry about that? No - instead I choose to love all of these people better than I did in the now. I think I may have made some friends this weekend - and at the next reunion, who knows. I might dance with a lot more people. Time is teaching me that wisdom is the ability to wait and see, in patience, in joy, in love - right here, in this moment. Time is teaching me to dance. That feels good. Namaste.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:57:26 +0000