What is Wisdom?

• It is quite true wisdom comes from experience. Wisdom is nothing but the stored
memories of our mistakes and the pain associated with it that we feel after committing
mistakes. It comes with time and through trial and error.
• There is no alternative for experience. Over the years the pain we undergo teaches us
the difference between right and wrong. This realization and the intelligence to do the
right is known as wisdom.
• For example, a child who is attracted by the light of the candle crawls towards it to
hold it; but the moment he feels the smarting of the burning sensation he comes to
know it is not safe to touch it.
• wisdom is different from knowledge and understanding.
• wisdom is something that can only be learned individually through personal
experience.
• This means that wisdom doesn’t come from a book or through information that
someone else tells you—you have to learn, feel and experience some of life’s wisest
lessons on your own. 

What the Life Phases Teach us

Let us recall how we felt when we were just a kid. Life looked so uncomplicated and
manageable at that time. Then, came teenage. Our own definition of life was metamorphosed
a bit. We realized that after all, life is not that simple. It is not confined to having your
favorite meals and dresses.
When we crossed teenage and entered into adulthood, even the young age years
looked dreamy and we again felt that life is more than just having a relationship. It is more
about making yourself independent, taking care of ourselves and our loved ones. Being
responsible and accountable for our decisions and choices topped the list of our way of living.

How Experience Shapes Us

• We all travel different paths of life. The ups and downs of our lives are unique.
• It is interesting to observe that same event or experience can be perceived in a
completely non-identical way by two different persons. The impacts and effects of a
trauma, a joy, or any other major change of events may not be the same for both of
them.
• This is the reason, even after going through the same phases and stages of living in
this world, we may end up having dissimilar perceptions of life.

Wisdom is Independent
• There is no specific set of rules to becoming wise. What’s more intriguing is that
having the same age, gender, or ethnicity does not make two people wise in the same
way. Wisdom is independent of these factors.
• A person may attain wisdom at the age of 20, that doesn’t in any way mean that
another person of age 40 would be double wise.

Shoot, if you don’t it’s a 100% miss

 • Experiences do teach a lot; whether good or bad.
• If one doesn't implement then knowledge is completely of no use and would only
relish if he applies his knowledge on some context or in his practical life, otherwise
it's no less than cramming and not having any application of it, that would be
impressive but worthless.
• Many wise men wish to make all the mistakes early in their life, so that after gaining
experiences they can work on to make their life better.
• One mustn't be frightened to confront the consequences of any mistake.
 

True Wisdom

• Truth is, true wisdom can only be attained through experiencing life and that means
having experienced it in its fullest form.
• Understanding that life is not always about being happy, satisfaction, or running for
temptations.
• In fact, sorrow, pain, tragedy, self-restraint are a part of it. True wisdom teaches us
that if life has to be embraced, then, the only way to do that is through acceptance,
self-observation, and with full consciousness.
• With practice, wisdom takes us above the basic instincts.
• It doesn’t let us be reduced to mere puppets in the hands of our instant gratification.
Wisdom gives our mind the power to differentiate between justified and unjustified
and act accordingly.
• Experiencing the bright and dark, both faces of life, are we filled with love, kindness,
compassion, and non-judgment toward others and also ourselves. And there is no
shortcut to that.
• Every event in the life has a purpose. It is trying to teach us something. Opening our
mind and soul to it fully is what wisdom teaches us.
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