Wisdom in a word
Being in a leadership position (including being a parent) has a way of exposing my weaknesses to myself and all those around me. Every now and then, when life calls for it, I go through my self-inventory and see what have too much of and where I'm short. This last time around I have found that I want to be better in two main areas
- Wisdom
- Discipline
As far as discipline goes, the anwer is easy: just do it. I guess you can go deeper on that one and look for a source of motivation, but really it comes down to just getting out of bed, just making the phone call, just doing the assignment and so on.
posted by Glennard @ Monday, September 11, 2006
7 Comments:
I have to agree with you, and maybe it's because he's my husband, but Scott does have a lot of wisdom.
It's amazing how wanting to make the "weak things become strong", you have to really work at it. You have to make the effort. Something that's worked for me is keeping a journal specific to what I'm working on.
I think you’ve got a great start just by recognizing what you want to work on. Isn’t it interesting when you focus in on something, you find relevance in all aspects of your life?
I equate wisdom with experience but not necessarily experience with wisdom. You can have experience and learn nothing by it unfortunately. I fall in this latter category! And common sense - well, that's another thing entirely. By the way, what is CNDD? I'm sure I'll feel silly when you tell me!
No, Mom you don't need to feel silly. CNDD is a phrase that Ty and his buddies came up with. It stands for Clue Nerve Deficite Disorder. It is when someone just doesn't get it. You know, it's the guy who keeps hanging around when the girl has given him every hint that he's not welcome. His clue nerve is not fireing properly, or I guess it's not receiving properly. One of the two.
Mindy, you said it right. When you get right in there and examine the problem, you see it manifested in all parts of your life. that is why I'm having such a hard time uprooting it. It is so well intergrated into my life! Great point.
Thanks, hon. Glad I don't have to feel silly - don't want anyone doubting my "wisdom!"
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I'm lucky that I get to teach Gospel Doctrine every week. In my preparations I've learned that wisdom is the righteous application of knowledge. In other words, one can KNOW a lot, but unless one applies that knowledge properly (righteously) one is not considered "wise". Satan is a good example of this. He has a great deal of knowledge. Probably more than any of us do, but none of us would consider him to be wise, right? That's because he is the very antithesis of righteousness. I guess that just proves your point, Glenn... Wisdom really is obedience to God.
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