In recent times, I have had cause to leaf through the pages of my old journals. Expectedly, this process sends me into deep thinking mode. The scribbles in those journals represents a lot. For the sake of this post though, I will be making a temporary call on ‘aborted pursuits’ because I listened to ‘her’….
Tag: wisdom
Wisdom
I grew up in an environment that defined wisdom as being exposed to the impure motive of others. To be wise is to expect people to hate you, to weigh people’s words and find hidden meanings, to expect disloyalty and betrayal. We were praised for sniffing out things where there wasn’t, we were compensated with…
Humility
Be careful how you treat the authorities in your life when your life begins to look like what you dreamed of. Be careful how you treat your parents, mentors and teachers when you get to a point you tag ‘Spiritual/Economic/Social/Physical maturity’. Be careful how you treat their words, their counsel, their instructions. Remember they staked…