Wisdom

This morning I sit here with Trixie in my lap

and Wisdom is on my mind.

"TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND"

Would it not be the most perfect world,

full of perfect relationships if we all had

the understanding of all and were understood

without having to explain.

I imagine that is part of what heaven is.

Finally having the answers and understanding all the

questions of the human world.

Age is the best teacher of wisdom.

That is, if you listen and learn from the world and others.

If you refuse to grow up and see things through different

eyes then I think you stay stuck.

I don't want to be stuck.

The older I get the more patience I seem to have.

I am imperfect, though.

I still gossip, talk negatively about others,

on the other hand, I am sometimes the one

who will defend the worst, have the back of

someone who needs it.

In my years I have began to look at all angles

of a situation, I try and place myself in the shoes of

others before I make a decision to disagree

with the way some people think or live.

I do know this.

I am a better person at 47 than I was at 25.

I am a more caring individual than I was at 21.

I sometimes go out on a limb, against the grain

to defend some from gossip when I can see

a situation different from most.

So today, I focus on wisdom.

I ask God today for a wise heart...

well, and more years to get it right...

In my imperfection I doubt heaven is ready for me yet.

;^)